Get the structure of interactive elements on the page. Returns clickable elements like links, buttons, and inputs with their text and selectors.
AI agents call browser_get_page_structure to retrieve information from Playwright MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries the DOM structure of a webpage—a read-only operation with no side effects. It extracts information about interactive elements to enable navigation or inspection, similar to inspecting the page source. While it could be used for reconnaissance in multi-step attacks, the tool itself performs no write, execute, or destructive operations.
From the tool's definition Tool returns structure and metadata of page elements (clickable elements, links, buttons, inputs with text and selectors) without modifying or executing actions. The verb 'get' and description 'returns' indicate data retrieval only.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get the structure of interactive elements on the page. Returns clickable elements like links, buttons, and inputs with their text and selectors. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Playwright MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Playwright MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for browser_get_page_structure: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Playwright MCP Server. Nothing to install.
browser_get_page_structure is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the browser_get_page_structure rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for browser_get_page_structure. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
browser_get_page_structure is provided by the Playwright MCP Server MCP server (leviathangk/playwrightmcpforcrawler). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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