| name | playwright-browser-type |
| description | To type text into an editable field, enter text into inputs or textareas. |
Usage
Use the MCP tool dev-swarm.request to send the payload as a JSON string:
{"server_id":"playwright","tool_name":"browser_type","arguments":{}}
Tool Description
Type text into editable element
Arguments Schema
The schema below describes the arguments object in the request payload.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"element": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the element"
},
"ref": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Exact target element reference from the page snapshot"
},
"text": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Text to type into the element"
},
"submit": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether to submit entered text (press Enter after)"
},
"slowly": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether to type one character at a time. Useful for triggering key handlers in the page. By default entire text is filled in at once."
}
},
"required": [
"element",
"ref",
"text"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}
Background Tasks
If the tool returns a task id, poll the task status via the MCP request tool:
{"server_id":"playwright","method":"tasks/status","params":{"task_id":"<task_id>"}}