playwright-cli

Use playwright-cli to open a page, take a snapshot to get element refs, then run commands like click, fill, and type against those refs. Each command returns an updated page snapshot so you can chain actions without writing code.

Run the test with `npx playwright test --debug=cli` in the background and wait for the debugging instructions with a session name. Attach with `playwright-cli attach <session>`, then snapshot, inspect console and requests, and rehearse fixes whose generated code you paste into the test.

Yes, the route command intercepts URL patterns and fulfills them with custom status codes, bodies, or headers. For conditional logic or response modification, use run-code with page.route to inspect requests and alter real responses.

Yes, the -s flag names a session, giving each one independent cookies, storage, cache, and tabs. You can list sessions, close them individually or all at once, and persist profiles to disk with the --persistent flag.

cmd.exe and PowerShell treat the ampersand as a command separator, truncating URLs before playwright-cli runs. Escape it as ^& in cmd.exe or use the --% stop-parsing token in PowerShell to pass the full URL.

Snapshots omit some DOM attributes like id, class, and data-* values, which require the eval command to read directly from the element. Large pages produce big snapshots, so use --depth, element refs, or the find command to scope output.