got it to work

playwriter/scripts/extension-connect.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import playwright from 'playwright-core';
+
+async function main() {
+    const uuid = process.env.CDP_UUID || '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000';
+    const cdpEndpoint = `ws://localhost:9988/cdp/${uuid}`
+    const browser = await playwright.chromium.connectOverCDP(cdpEndpoint);
+    
+    const contexts = browser.contexts();
+    console.log(`Found ${contexts.length} browser context(s)`);
+    
+    for (const context of contexts) {
+        const pages = context.pages();
+        console.log(`Context has ${pages.length} page(s):`);
+        
+        for (const page of pages) {
+            const url = page.url();
+            console.log(`\nPage URL: ${url}`);
+            
+            const html = await page.content();
+            const lines = html.split('\n').slice(0, 3);
+            console.log('First 3 lines of HTML:');
+            lines.forEach((line, i) => {
+                console.log(`  ${i + 1}: ${line}`);
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    
+    await browser.close();
+}
+
+main()

playwriter/scripts/extension-server.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ async function main() {
     const { browserContext, close } = await createExtensionContext(
         controller.signal,
     )
-
-
 }
+
+main()

playwriter/src/extension/cdpRelay.ts

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class CDPRelayServer {
     this._wsHost = httpAddressToString(server.address()).replace(/^http/, 'ws');
 
 
-    const uuid = crypto.randomUUID();
+    const uuid = process.env.CDP_UUID || crypto.randomUUID();
     this._cdpPath = `/cdp/${uuid}`;
     this._extensionPath = `/extension/${uuid}`;
 
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ export class CDPRelayServer {
         if (sessionId)
           break;
         // Simulate auto-attach behavior with real target info
-        const { targetInfo } = await this._extensionConnection!.send('attachToTab', { });
+        if (!this._extensionConnection)
+          throw new Error('Extension not connected. Please ensure the Chrome extension is installed and connected to the extension endpoint before connecting Playwright.');
+        const { targetInfo } = await this._extensionConnection.send('attachToTab', { });
         this._connectedTabInfo = {
           targetInfo,
           sessionId: `pw-tab-${this._nextSessionId++}`,

playwriter/src/extension/extensionContextFactory.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ export async function createExtensionContext(abortSignal: AbortSignal, ): Promis
 
   // TODO simply call fetch. it was creatign a full fledged browser just to fetch an url previously. CRAZY
   // await cdpRelayServer.ensureExtensionConnectionForMCPContext(clientInfo, abortSignal, toolName);
+  // await waitForExtension()
+  return {}
   const browser = await playwright.chromium.connectOverCDP(cdpRelayServer.cdpEndpoint());
 
   return {