Playwright pdf snapshot

Skill baronguyen001/ai-automation-skills/skills/playwright-pdf-snapshot

Render any URL to a headless PDF or PNG snapshot with Playwright and no committed cookies. Use when the user asks to archive a page, capture a dashboard/report, make a PDF snapshot, or save a page screenshot for downstream review.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add baronguyen001/ai-automation-skills --skill playwright-pdf-snapshot

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SKILL.md

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Playwright PDF Snapshot

Use this skill when a script needs a browser-rendered artifact from a URL: a PDF report, a full-page PNG, or a dashboard capture. The helper runs Chromium headless through Playwright, accepts optional extra headers from the caller, and does not ship cookies or credentials.

When to invoke

User says: "save this page as PDF", "capture a PNG snapshot", "archive the dashboard", "render this report URL".
The page needs browser rendering rather than a raw HTTP download.

When NOT to invoke

The URL is a static file that can be downloaded directly.
The page requires a persisted login session; use [[playwright-login-session]] first and keep state files gitignored.

Concrete example

User input:

Render the public report URL to both a PDF and a PNG after the run finishes.

Output:

# Copy assets/snapshot.py into your project, then:
from snapshot import snapshot

paths = snapshot("https://example.com/report", out_dir="artifacts", name="report")
print(paths)

Install Playwright in the target project with pip install playwright and python -m playwright install chromium. Do not commit cookies, storage state, or private headers.

Pattern to apply

Use headless Chromium and wait for network idle or a specific selector before capturing.
Save both PDF and PNG only when the downstream workflow needs both.
Keep auth out of this helper; pass public URLs or combine with a local, gitignored Playwright state file.
Use stable filenames so artifact upload steps can find them.
Pair with object storage when snapshots need to survive the local run.

Reference: assets/snapshot.py.

Source

Distilled from production use across the author's automation projects. v1.0.0. See also: [[playwright-login-session]], [[s3-uploader]], [[csv-report-writer]].

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What ships with it: 1 file

2.6 KB alongside SKILL.md, 1 of them executable

assets/

snapshot.pyruns2.6 KB

Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most pdf office docs skills give in 416 tokens

Counted across 569 of the 585 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-09-06

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Support keyboard and touch navigationin 14 of 569, across 5 files
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Split overflowing content into multiple slidesin 12 of 569, across 3 files
Set page size explicitly for consistent resultsin 12 of 569, across 5 files
Convert documents to markdown using pandocin 12 of 569, across 6 files
Read STYLE_PRESETS.md before generatingin 12 of 569, across 7 files
Send multipart POST requests to the APIin 12 of 569, across 7 files
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Said here and by no other author read

Use headless Chromium for rendering
Wait for network idle before capturing
Use stable filenames for artifacts

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