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│ ┃ Playwright ✕ › fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call │ ┃ /work/app │ ┃ [ Run all ] [ Refresh ] ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) │ ┃ ✓ 0 ✗ 0 ○ 0 total 0 ⎿ Read 6 lines │ ┃ Loading tests… ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) │ ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line │ ⏺ Bash(bun test) │ ⎿ 3 pass, 1 fail │ │ ● Done. refresh now rejects expired claims and logs an audit event. │ │ ✻ Worked for 42s · done 4:20 PM │ │ › /playwright │ ⎿ playwright-claude-mod: Playwright panel opened for /work/app. │ │ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts

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README

Playwright Claude Mod

See your Playwright tests and their results in a side panel inside Claude Code, like the Playwright extension for VS Code.

When Claude runs playwright test, the panel shows which tests passed and which failed, and the first lines of each error. You can also run every test, or one test, from the panel yourself.

 Playwright   Diff                                        ✕
[ Run all ] [ Refresh ]
✓ 23  ✗ 1  ○ 0  total 24
Claude's run: 1 of 24 failed.

adding-todos/should-add-single-todo.spec.ts
✓ Adding Todos › should add single todo 749ms

deleting-todos/should-clear-all-completed-todos.spec.ts
✗ Deleting Todos › should clear all completed todos 1204ms
    Error: Property 'toMatchAriaSnapshot' not found

This is a Claude Code mod: a plugin of function hooks. It runs only in Claude Code.

Commands

CommandWhat it does
/playwrightOpens the panel for the folder the session runs in, and lists its tests.
/playwright <folder>Opens the panel for another Playwright project.

In the panel:

ControlKeyWhat it does
Run allrRuns the whole suite.
RefreshlReloads the test list.
FixfShown only when the config has no json reporter. Asks Claude to add one. You review the edit.
A test's nameRuns only that test.

Quick start

1. Install the plugin

Type this at the Claude Code prompt:

/plugin install playwright-claude-mod --marketplace hardkoded/playwright-claude-mod

Answer y to add the marketplace, then choose the user scope. The plugin is active right away, and in every session after that.

Or add the marketplace first, then install:

/plugin marketplace add hardkoded/playwright-claude-mod
/plugin install playwright-claude-mod@playwright-claude-mod

If GitHub over SSH fails, use the HTTPS address:

/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/hardkoded/playwright-claude-mod.git
/plugin install playwright-claude-mod@playwright-claude-mod

2. Add a json reporter to your Playwright config

The panel reads the results from the json reporter's output file. Add it next to the reporters you already have:

// playwright.config.ts
export default defineConfig({
  reporter: [
    ['list'],
    ['json', { outputFile: 'test-results/results.json' }],
  ],
});

If you skip this step, the panel shows a Fix button. Press it, and Claude adds the reporter for you.

3. Run your tests

Ask Claude to run the tests, or type /playwright. The panel opens with the results.

How it works

  • Claude's test runs. After each Bash command that contains playwright test, the mod reads the json report and updates the panel. It changes nothing in the command.
  • Stale reports. The mod checks the report's modified time before and after the run. If the run wrote no new report, the panel keeps the old results and says so.
  • The --reporter flag. A --reporter flag on the command line replaces the reporters in the config, json included. So the mod adds a short note to Claude's system prompt: when you pass --reporter, also include json and set PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME. For example:
  PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME=test-results/results.json npx playwright test --reporter=list,json
  • The panel's buttons. They run npx playwright test with your config's own reporters, then read the same report. If the config has no json reporter, they ask Playwright for json on the command output instead.
  • Partial runs. A run of one file or one test updates only those tests. The other tests keep their last result.

Good to know

  • Where the panel opens. A pane that you did not open yourself needs a terminal at least 144 columns wide. If another pane is open, such as the diff panel, the Playwright pane opens as a tab behind it. In both cases the status line shows the result and tells you to open the Playwright tab or type /playwright. /playwright works at any width.
  • Which config. The mod finds the config in the panel's folder: the folder you gave /playwright, or else the folder the session runs in. Start Claude Code in your Playwright project, or open the panel with that folder.
  • How it finds the report. If the command sets PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME or PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_FILE, the mod reads that file. If not, it searches the config text for ['json', { outputFile: '...' }]. It does not find a reporter built in code or imported from another file.
  • The html reporter can hang runs. When a test fails, the html reporter starts a web server and waits. Claude's run then never ends. Set ['html', { open: 'never' }] to stop that.
  • Background runs. A run that Claude starts in the background ends after the hook has checked, so the panel does not show it. Press Run all, or ask Claude to run the tests in the foreground.
  • Large reports. The mod cannot read a json report larger than 4 MiB.
  • One project only. With several Playwright projects (chromium, firefox), the panel shows the result of the first one.

Development

Clone the repository and load the plugin from your clone for one session:

git clone https://github.com/hardkoded/playwright-claude-mod.git
claude --plugin-dir /path/to/playwright-claude-mod

Or install it from your clone, so every session loads it:

claude plugin marketplace add /path/to/playwright-claude-mod
claude plugin install playwright-claude-mod@playwright-claude-mod --scope user

Claude Code then reads the plugin straight from your clone. After an edit, run /reload-plugins.

Check and test the plugin:

claude plugin validate .
claude plugin test .

Project structure

playwright-claude-mod/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   ├── plugin.json        # plugin manifest
│   └── marketplace.json   # makes this repository a marketplace
├── hooks/
│   ├── hooks.json         # names the hooks module
│   └── register.tsx       # the command, the panel, the Bash hook, the prompt note
├── types/
│   └── index.d.ts         # the panel's state values
└── tests/
    └── panel.test.ts      # runs with `claude plugin test .`

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

Source 2 files
hooks/register.tsx 328 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { TestItem, TestStatus } from '../types'
5
6const PANE = 'playwright'
7const TITLE = 'Playwright'
8const dir = atom({ plugin: 'playwright-claude-mod', key: 'dir' } as const, '')
9const tests = atom({ plugin: 'playwright-claude-mod', key: 'tests' } as const, [])
10const isBusy = atom({ plugin: 'playwright-claude-mod', key: 'isBusy' } as const, false)
11const message = atom({ plugin: 'playwright-claude-mod', key: 'message' } as const, '')
12const needsReporter = atom({ plugin: 'playwright-claude-mod', key: 'needsReporter' } as const, false)
13
14const CONFIGS = ['ts', 'js', 'mts', 'mjs', 'cts', 'cjs'].map(ext => `playwright.config.${ext}`)
15// Matches `['json', { outputFile: 'results.json' }]` in the config's reporter list.
16const JSON_REPORTER = /\[\s*['"]json['"]\s*,\s*\{[^}]*outputFile\s*:\s*['"`]([^'"`]+)['"`]/
17// The json reporter's file, set for one run: `PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME=out.json npx playwright test`.
18const JSON_OUTPUT_ENV = /\bPLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_(?:NAME|FILE)=(['"]?)([^'"\s]+)\1/
19const HINT = "No json reporter with an outputFile. Add ['json', { outputFile: 'test-results/results.json' }] to reporter in the Playwright config."
20const FIX_PROMPT = (cwd: string) =>
21  `Add a json reporter to the Playwright config in ${cwd}: ['json', { outputFile: 'test-results/results.json' }]. Keep the existing reporters.`
22// A command that starts `playwright test`: at the line start, after ; & | ( or after env assignments,
23// optionally through npx, pnpm (exec), yarn or bunx. A mention inside quotes does not match.
24const PLAYWRIGHT_TEST = /(?:^|[;&|(]\s*)(?:\w+=\S*\s+)*(?:npx\s+|pnpm\s+(?:exec\s+)?|yarn\s+|bunx\s+)?playwright\s+test\b/m
25const NO_REPORT = "This run wrote no json report, so the results did not change. A --reporter flag replaces the config's reporters."
26// A --reporter flag drops the config's reporters, json included, so the agent is told how to keep it.
27const REPORTER_NOTE = {
28  id: 'playwright-claude-mod:json-reporter',
29  scope: 'session',
30  text: "A side panel shows Playwright results from the json reporter's outputFile in the Playwright config. When you pass --reporter to `playwright test`, also include json and set PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME to that outputFile, for example `PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME=test-results/results.json npx playwright test --reporter=list,json`. Without --reporter, the config's reporters already write it.",
31} as const
32
33const ICONS: Record<TestStatus, string> = {
34  idle: '○',
35  running: '◌',
36  passed: '✓',
37  failed: '✗',
38  skipped: '–',
39  flaky: '!',
40}
41const COLORS: Record<TestStatus, string | undefined> = {
42  idle: 'inactive',
43  running: 'warning',
44  passed: 'success',
45  failed: 'error',
46  skipped: 'inactive',
47  flaky: 'warning',
48}
49
50type Spec = {
51  id: string
52  title: string
53  file: string
54  line: number
55  tests: { status?: string; results: { status: string; duration: number; error?: { message?: string } }[] }[]
56}
57type Suite = { title: string; file: string; line: number; specs: Spec[]; suites?: Suite[] }
58
59// Playwright prints colored errors; the pane draws plain text.
60const stripAnsi = (text: string) => text.replace(/\u001b\[[0-9;]*m/g, '')
61
62function statusOf(spec: Spec): TestStatus {
63  const test = spec.tests[0]
64  if (!test || test.results.length === 0) return 'idle'
65  if (test.status === 'flaky') return 'flaky'
66  if (test.status === 'skipped') return 'skipped'
67  return test.status === 'expected' ? 'passed' : 'failed'
68}
69
70function flatten(suites: Suite[], parents: string[] = []): TestItem[] {
71  return suites.flatMap(suite => {
72    // The top suite is the file; its title adds nothing to a test's name.
73    const path = suite.line === 0 ? parents : [...parents, suite.title]
74    const own = suite.specs.map(spec => {
75      const last = spec.tests[0]?.results.at(-1)
76      const error = last?.error?.message
77      return {
78        id: spec.id,
79        file: spec.file,
80        line: spec.line,
81        title: [...path, spec.title].join(' › '),
82        status: statusOf(spec),
83        durationMs: last?.duration,
84        error: error ? stripAnsi(error).split('\n').slice(0, 4).join('\n') : undefined,
85      }
86    })
87    return [...own, ...flatten(suite.suites ?? [], path)]
88  })
89}
90
91function parseReport(text: string): TestItem[] {
92  const start = text.indexOf('{')
93  if (start < 0) throw new Error('no JSON report')
94  const report = JSON.parse(text.slice(start)) as { suites: Suite[]; errors?: { message: string }[] }
95  const fatal = report.errors?.[0]?.message
96  if (fatal && report.suites.length === 0) throw new Error(stripAnsi(fatal).split('\n')[0])
97  return flatten(report.suites)
98}
99
100// 0 when the file does not exist yet.
101const modifiedAt = ($: EngineInterface, path: string) => $.fs.stat(path).then(stat => stat.mtimeMs, () => 0)
102
103const projectDir = async ($: EngineInterface) => (await read($, dir)) || (await $.session.cwd())
104
105// The json reporter's outputFile from the project's config, as an absolute path.
106async function findReportFile($: EngineInterface, cwd: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
107  for (const name of CONFIGS) {
108    if (!(await $.fs.exists(`${cwd}/${name}`))) continue
109    const outputFile = JSON_REPORTER.exec(await $.fs.read(`${cwd}/${name}`))?.[1]
110    return outputFile && absolute(cwd, outputFile)
111  }
112  return undefined
113}
114
115const absolute = (cwd: string, file: string) => (file.startsWith('/') ? file : `${cwd}/${file.replace(/^\.\//, '')}`)
116
117// With a json reporter configured, runs with the config's own reporters and reads its file;
118// without one, asks for JSON on stdout.
119async function playwright($: EngineInterface, args: string[]): Promise<TestItem[]> {
120  const cwd = await projectDir($)
121  const reportFile = args.includes('--list') ? undefined : await findReportFile($, cwd)
122  const reporter = reportFile ? [] : ['--reporter=json']
123  const before = reportFile && (await modifiedAt($, reportFile))
124  const run = await $.process.run(['npx', 'playwright', 'test', ...args, ...reporter], {
125    cwd,
126    // The html reporter serves its report after a failure and waits; that would hold the panel busy.
127    env: { PW_TEST_HTML_REPORT_OPEN: 'never' },
128    timeoutMs: 600_000,
129  })
130  try {
131    if (reportFile && (await modifiedAt($, reportFile)) === before) throw new Error(NO_REPORT)
132    return parseReport(reportFile ? await $.fs.read(reportFile) : run.stdout)
133  } catch (error) {
134    throw new Error(stripAnsi(run.stderr).trim() || (error as Error).message)
135  }
136}
137
138// Results of a partial run update the tests they cover and keep the rest.
139function merge(list: TestItem[], ran: TestItem[]): TestItem[] {
140  const results = new Map(ran.map(test => [test.id, test]))
141  const known = new Set(list.map(test => test.id))
142  return [...list.map(test => results.get(test.id) ?? test), ...ran.filter(test => !known.has(test.id))]
143}
144
145const summary = (ran: TestItem[]) => {
146  const failed = ran.filter(test => test.status === 'failed').length
147  return failed ? `${failed} of ${ran.length} failed.` : `${ran.length} passed.`
148}
149
150// Checked and set with no await between, so two quick presses cannot both start a run.
151let isRunning = false
152
153async function busy($: EngineInterface, label: string, work: () => Promise<string>) {
154  if (isRunning) return
155  isRunning = true
156  try {
157    await update($, isBusy, () => true)
158    await update($, message, () => label)
159    const done = await work()
160    await update($, message, () => done)
161  } catch (error) {
162    await update($, message, () => `Error: ${(error as Error).message}`)
163  } finally {
164    isRunning = false
165    await update($, isBusy, () => false)
166  }
167}
168
169const discover = ($: EngineInterface) =>
170  busy($, 'Loading tests…', async () => {
171    const found = await playwright($, ['--list'])
172    const known = new Map((await read($, tests)).map(test => [test.id, test]))
173    // Keep the last result of each test we already ran.
174    await update($, tests, () => found.map(test => ({ ...test, ...pick(known.get(test.id)) })))
175    const hasReport = await findReportFile($, await projectDir($))
176    await update($, needsReporter, () => !hasReport)
177    return hasReport ? `Found ${found.length} tests.` : `Found ${found.length} tests. ${HINT}`
178  })
179
180const pick = (test: TestItem | undefined) =>
181  test && { status: test.status, durationMs: test.durationMs, error: test.error }
182
183// The config can take many shapes, so Claude makes the edit and the person reviews it.
184async function fixReporter($: EngineInterface) {
185  await update($, needsReporter, () => false)
186  await update($, message, () => 'Asked Claude to add the json reporter.')
187  await $.prompt.submit({ text: FIX_PROMPT(await projectDir($)), asUser: true })
188}
189
190const runTests = ($: EngineInterface, only?: TestItem) =>
191  busy($, only ? `Running ${only.title}…` : 'Running all tests…', async () => {
192    await update($, tests, list =>
193      list.map(test => (!only || test.id === only.id ? { ...test, status: 'running' as const } : test)),
194    )
195    try {
196      const ran = await playwright($, only ? [`${only.file}:${only.line}`] : [])
197      await update($, tests, list => (only ? merge(list, ran) : ran))
198      return summary(ran)
199    } finally {
200      // A failed run, or a report that does not hold the test, leaves nothing marked running.
201      await update($, tests, list =>
202        list.map(test => (test.status === 'running' ? { ...test, status: 'idle' as const } : test)),
203      )
204    }
205  })
206
207export const register: Register = on => {
208  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
209    await $.command.register({
210      name: 'playwright',
211      description: 'Show Playwright tests and results in a side panel',
212      argumentHint: '[project folder]',
213    })
214    return next(e)
215  })
216
217  on('command.run', { command: 'playwright' }, async ($, e) => {
218    void $.ui.status(undefined)
219    const folder = e.args.trim() || (await $.session.cwd())
220    await update($, dir, () => folder)
221    await $.ui.open({ id: PANE, title: TITLE })
222    void discover($)
223    return { text: `Playwright panel opened for ${folder}.` }
224  })
225
226  // When Claude runs the tests through Bash, show what the json reporter wrote.
227  on('tool.call', { tool: 'Bash' }, async ($, e, next) => {
228    // A background run returns before Playwright writes its report, so there is nothing to read yet.
229    if (!PLAYWRIGHT_TEST.test(e.command) || /--list\b/.test(e.command) || e.run_in_background) return next(e)
230    const cwd = await projectDir($)
231    // A file the command names for its run wins over the config's.
232    const named = JSON_OUTPUT_ENV.exec(e.command)?.[2]
233    const reportFile = named ? absolute(cwd, named) : await findReportFile($, cwd)
234    const before = reportFile && (await modifiedAt($, reportFile))
235    const ran = await next(e)
236    if (ran.deny !== undefined) return ran
237    try {
238      await update($, needsReporter, () => !reportFile)
239      if (!reportFile) {
240        await update($, message, () => HINT)
241      } else if ((await modifiedAt($, reportFile)) === before) {
242        await update($, message, () => NO_REPORT)
243      } else {
244        const results = parseReport(await $.fs.read(reportFile))
245        await update($, tests, list => merge(list, results))
246        await update($, message, () => `Claude's run: ${summary(results)}`)
247      }
248    } catch (error) {
249      await update($, message, () => `Error: ${(error as Error).message}`)
250    }
251    // An unasked pane waits on a narrow terminal, or opens as a tab behind another pane (the diff
252    // panel), and only `focus` raises it, which takes the keyboard. Anything short of a pane known
253    // to be shown, a failed open included, gets the status line.
254    const isShown = await $.ui
255      .open({ id: PANE, title: TITLE })
256      .then(async opened => opened.isPlaced && (await $.ui.panes()).some(pane => pane.id === PANE && pane.isShown))
257      .catch(() => false)
258    void $.ui.status(isShown ? undefined : `Playwright: ${await read($, message)} Open the Playwright tab or type /playwright.`)
259    return ran
260  }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
261
262  on('prompt.compose', async ($, e, next) => {
263    const composed = await next(e)
264    return { sections: [...composed.sections, REPORTER_NOTE] }
265  })
266
267  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
268    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
269    const list = await read($, tests)
270    const folder = await read($, dir)
271    const working = await read($, isBusy)
272    const note = await read($, message)
273    const canFix = await read($, needsReporter)
274    const count = (status: TestStatus) => list.filter(test => test.status === status).length
275    const files = [...new Set(list.map(test => test.file))]
276
277    return (
278      <Box flexDirection="column">
279        <Text dimColor wrap="truncate-start">{folder}</Text>
280        <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
281          <Button key="run-all" hotkey="r" variant="primary" onPress={() => runTests($)}>
282            Run all
283          </Button>
284          <Button key="refresh" hotkey="l" onPress={() => discover($)}>
285            Refresh
286          </Button>
287          {canFix && (
288            <Button key="fix-reporter" hotkey="f" onPress={() => fixReporter($)}>
289              Fix
290            </Button>
291          )}
292        </Box>
293        <Text>
294          <Text color="success">✓ {count('passed')}</Text>{'  '}
295          <Text color="error">✗ {count('failed')}</Text>{'  '}
296          <Text dimColor>○ {count('idle')}  total {list.length}</Text>
297        </Text>
298        {note !== '' && <Text color={working ? 'warning' : undefined} wrap="wrap">{note}</Text>}
299        {files.map(file => (
300          <Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
301            <Text bold wrap="truncate-start">{file}</Text>
302            {list
303              .filter(test => test.file === file)
304              .map(test => (
305                <Box flexDirection="column">
306                  <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
307                    <Text color={COLORS[test.status]}>{ICONS[test.status]}</Text>
308                    <Button key={test.id} plain dimColor={test.status === 'idle'} onPress={() => runTests($, test)}>
309                      {test.title}
310                    </Button>
311                    {test.durationMs !== undefined && test.status !== 'running' && (
312                      <Text dimColor>{test.durationMs}ms</Text>
313                    )}
314                  </Box>
315                  {test.status === 'failed' && test.error && (
316                    <Box paddingLeft={2}>
317                      <Text color="error" wrap="wrap">{test.error}</Text>
318                    </Box>
319                  )}
320                </Box>
321              ))}
322          </Box>
323        ))}
324      </Box>
325    )
326  })
327}
328
types/index.d.ts 24 lines
1export type TestStatus = 'idle' | 'running' | 'passed' | 'failed' | 'skipped' | 'flaky'
2
3export type TestItem = {
4  id: string
5  file: string
6  line: number
7  title: string
8  status: TestStatus
9  durationMs?: number
10  error?: string
11}
12
13declare module 'claude-code' {
14  interface PluginState {
15    'playwright-claude-mod': {
16      dir: string
17      tests: TestItem[]
18      isBusy: boolean
19      needsReporter: boolean
20      message: string
21    }
22  }
23}
24