[Coming Soon] Ask Katalon Anything (AKA) Sept 2025 - AI Meets Web Testing

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Thanks for your reply

Using MCP in VS Code to generate Playwright or Katalon test scripts.

Katalon Studio’s project structure is designed wide range of automation user profiles, from low-code users to experienced ones, which is different from standard software projects made for software engineers. Because of this difference, popular IDEs like VS Code don’t fully support Katalon Studio projects. For example, you can’t debug Studio scripts or trace Studio test case execution (like test steps and data binding) directly within VS Code.

We’d love to hear more about your specific needs. If you have a particular problem or a suggested solution where the MCP could make a real difference, please share it with us.

Katalon being compatible with Playwright test scripts, either by directly supporting them or by automatically converting them. This way, the current practices can be continued.

Playwright’s server-side is built on a Node.js stack with its own browser control mechanism, while Katalon Studio is based on Java and the Selenium stack. However, your idea of converting scripts is a good one, especially for helping users with a Playwright background get started with Katalon Studio.

Could you clarify your use case? Are you looking to convert an existing Playwright project to a Katalon Studio project? And is this a one-time conversion or something that would be done incrementally?

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