From 77edadd4290e0e08a3a81e444feaefe21787d1c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Tommy D. Rossi" <beats.by.morse@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:39:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] more globals

---
 playwriter/src/mcp.ts    | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 playwriter/src/prompt.md |  1 +
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/playwriter/src/mcp.ts b/playwriter/src/mcp.ts
index 91b71ae..22d324e 100644
--- a/playwriter/src/mcp.ts
+++ b/playwriter/src/mcp.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@ import { getCdpUrl } from './utils.js'
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
 
+const usefulGlobals = {
+  setTimeout,
+  setInterval,
+  clearTimeout,
+  clearInterval,
+  URL,
+  URLSearchParams,
+  fetch,
+  Buffer,
+  TextEncoder,
+  TextDecoder,
+  crypto,
+  AbortController,
+  AbortSignal,
+  structuredClone,
+} as const
+
 interface State {
   isConnected: boolean
   page: Page | null
@@ -35,6 +52,8 @@ interface VMContext {
   import: (specifier: string) => Promise<any>
 }
 
+type VMContextWithGlobals = VMContext & typeof usefulGlobals
+
 const state: State = {
   isConnected: false,
   page: null,
@@ -215,7 +234,7 @@ server.tool(
         throw new Error('accessibilitySnapshot is not available on this page')
       }
 
-      let vmContextObj: VMContext = {
+      let vmContextObj: VMContextWithGlobals = {
         page,
         context,
         state,
@@ -226,7 +245,7 @@ server.tool(
 
           Object.keys(state).forEach(key => delete state[key])
 
-          const resetObj: VMContext = {
+          const resetObj: VMContextWithGlobals = {
             page: newPage,
             context: newContext,
             state,
@@ -234,14 +253,16 @@ server.tool(
             accessibilitySnapshot,
             resetPlaywright: vmContextObj.resetPlaywright,
             require,
-            import: vmContextObj.import
+            import: vmContextObj.import,
+            ...usefulGlobals
           }
           Object.keys(vmContextObj).forEach(key => delete (vmContextObj as any)[key])
           Object.assign(vmContextObj, resetObj)
           return { page: newPage, context: newContext }
         },
         require,
-        import: (specifier: string) => import(specifier)
+        import: (specifier: string) => import(specifier),
+        ...usefulGlobals
       }
 
       const vmContext = vm.createContext(vmContextObj)
diff --git a/playwriter/src/prompt.md b/playwriter/src/prompt.md
index 5e5f1e4..72f88a1 100644
--- a/playwriter/src/prompt.md
+++ b/playwriter/src/prompt.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ it will control an existing user Chrome window. The js code  will be run in a sa
 - page, the first page the user opened and made it accessible to this MCP. do things like `page.url()` to see current url. assume the user wants you to use this page for your playwright code
 - require: node's require function to load CommonJS modules
 - import: async import function to dynamically import ES modules. for example `const fs = await import('node:fs')`
+- all standard Node.js globals: setTimeout, setInterval, clearTimeout, clearInterval, URL, URLSearchParams, fetch, Buffer, TextEncoder, TextDecoder, crypto, AbortController, AbortSignal, structuredClone
 
 the chrome window can have more than one page. you can see other pages with `context.pages().find((p) => p.url().includes('localhost'))`. you can also open and close pages: `state.newPage = await context.newPage()`. store the page in state so that you can reuse it later