Extract data from web content using Playwright MCP with Claude AI

Model Context Protocol is now becoming a new AI buzzword since it allows existing AI platform like Claude to interact with different sources like GitHub or web pages using AI agent. In this article, let’s see how you can extract data from web pages using Playwright MCP with Claude AI.

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Claude AI or ChatGPT can quickly answer us with their knowledge based on our prompts. However, they lack the support for interacting with web pages since they cannot open the web pages by themself. To fill in this gap, we can use Playwright MCP to do just that.

What is Model Context Protocol

Model Context Protocol is a open protocol that enables the integration between LLM applications and external data sources. Specifically, Playwright MCP allows existing LLM application like Claude to interact with web pages like opening the web URLs, taking screenshots, validating content using Playwright APIs.

Extract data using Playwright MCP with Claude