playwright-mcp-metabase

Use the snapshot-act-check pattern: call browser_snapshot to get element refs, act with browser_click or browser_fill, then read the inline response snapshot. Only take a separate snapshot when the inline response looks stale or you need fresh refs.

Hover before clicking buttons that open Mantine Menu dropdowns, such as "+ New" or "..." action menus, because direct clicks hit a race condition. Call browser_hover first, then browser_click, and use the refs from the inline response.

Metabase uses Mantine Select and MultiSelect components, which are not native HTML select elements, so browser_select_option fails. Instead, click the input to open the dropdown, then click the desired option using refs from the response snapshot.

When focus is inside a Mantine popover or Select nested in a modal, Escape closes the entire modal and discards filled form fields. To dismiss only the dropdown, click outside it or on another field instead of pressing Escape.

Navigate to the login page on the local Jetty port, fill email and password, click sign-in, then explicitly navigate to the home page. Alternatively, POST to /api/session via the mage bot-api-call command and set the returned token as the metabase.SESSION cookie.

First take a fresh snapshot to handle async rendering, then retry with hover plus click for menu triggers, then try keyboard focus and Enter. After three failed attempts, report the issue and move on.