I Built a VS Code Extension That Turns Playwright...

Writing Playwright tests follows the same loop: write code, run it, wait for the browser, see it fail, tweak a locator, run again. Each cycle takes seconds. I wanted something more interactive — type a command, see the result immediately. So I built a VS Code extension that adds an interactive REPL, visual element picker, assertion builder, and recorder on top of Playwright's Test Explorer. Everything shares one persistent browser — no restarts between runs. The workflow: Record → Pick → Assert