Introduction to Playwright Agents | 10th Berlin Meetup

The Test Tribe 10th Berlin Meetup – Introduction to Playwright Agents

With Playwright Agents, automation is stepping into the era of AI assistance - where tests can plan, write, and even maintain themselves with the help of agentic loops like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot.

Join Simon Knott, Senior Software Engineer from the Playwright Core Team at Microsoft, as he demystifies how these agents work in real-world production environments - from setup to execution and what it takes to make agentic test generation reliable, scalable, and effective.

• Date: 21st November 2025
• Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM CET
• Venue: SumUp Services GmbH
• Session: Introduction to Playwright Agents
• Speaker: Simon Knott

Session Overview

Playwright has taken automation to the next level-and with Playwright Agents, it’s now stepping into the world of AI-assisted testing.

In this session, Simon Knott will explore how Playwright Agents can help you write and maintain tests using agentic loops like Claude Code or GitHub Copilot. You’ll learn how these agents work not just in demos but in real production apps, whether you have existing test coverage or are starting fresh.

Simon will also dive into what’s happening under the hood and unpack the key challenges of making agentic test generation reliable and efficient.

Key Takeaways

• How to set up Playwright Agents in new and existing projects
• How to use them across local VS Code, GitHub Copilot, and other agent loops
• A quick look at how Playwright Agents work under the hood
• Open Q&A on Playwright and agentic testing
  

About the Speaker

Simon Knott is a Senior Software Engineer on the Playwright Core Team at Microsoft. Before joining Microsoft, he worked on developer tooling at Netlify and studied at the Hasso Plattner Institute near Berlin.

Simon’s work focuses on enhancing developer experience through smarter, faster, and more reliable testing solutions. His passion for practical innovation continues to shape the future of automation at scale.

Why You Should Attend

• Learn directly from a Playwright Core Team engineer
• Get a hands-on understanding of Playwright Agents in real-world use
• Explore how agentic testing fits into modern QA and development workflows
• Network with Berlin’s growing QA and tech community

About The Test Tribe

The Test Tribe is the world’s largest software testing community, empowering testers globally since 2018. With 400+ events and 120K+ members across 130+ countries, we bring software testers together to learn, grow, and connect through expert-led courses, membership programs, cohorts, and community events.

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