diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-claude.md b/.github/workflows/smoke-claude.md
index 1a385d8025..da8073bed6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-claude.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-claude.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ timeout-minutes: 15
 2. **Safe Inputs GH CLI Testing**: Use the `safeinputs-gh` tool to query 2 pull requests from ${{ github.repository }} (use args: "pr list --repo ${{ github.repository }} --limit 2 --json number,title,author")
 3. **Serena MCP Testing**: Use the Serena MCP server tool `activate_project` to initialize the workspace at `${{ github.workspace }}` and verify it succeeds (do NOT use bash to run go commands - use Serena's MCP tools or the safeinputs-go/safeinputs-make tools from the go-make shared workflow)
 4. **Make Build Testing**: Use the `safeinputs-make` tool to build the project (use args: "build") and verify it succeeds
-5. **Playwright Testing**: Use playwright to navigate to https://github.com and verify the page title contains "GitHub"
+5. **Playwright Testing**: Use the playwright tools to navigate to https://github.com and verify the page title contains "GitHub" (do NOT try to install playwright - use the provided MCP tools)
 6. **Tavily Web Search Testing**: Use the Tavily MCP server to perform a web search for "GitHub Agentic Workflows" and verify that results are returned with at least one item
 7. **File Writing Testing**: Create a test file `/tmp/gh-aw/agent/smoke-test-claude-${{ github.run_id }}.txt` with content "Smoke test passed for Claude at $(date)" (create the directory if it doesn't exist)
 8. **Bash Tool Testing**: Execute bash commands to verify file creation was successful (use `cat` to read the file back)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-codex.md b/.github/workflows/smoke-codex.md
index 48e740f636..076652566b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-codex.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-codex.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ timeout-minutes: 15
 1. **GitHub MCP Testing**: Review the last 2 merged pull requests in ${{ github.repository }}
 2. **Safe Inputs GH CLI Testing**: Use the `safeinputs-gh` tool to query 2 pull requests from ${{ github.repository }} (use args: "pr list --repo ${{ github.repository }} --limit 2 --json number,title,author")
 3. **Serena MCP Testing**: Use the Serena MCP server tool `activate_project` to initialize the workspace at `${{ github.workspace }}` and verify it succeeds (do NOT use bash to run go commands - use Serena's MCP tools)
-4. **Playwright Testing**: Use playwright to navigate to https://github.com and verify the page title contains "GitHub"
+4. **Playwright Testing**: Use the playwright tools to navigate to https://github.com and verify the page title contains "GitHub" (do NOT try to install playwright - use the provided MCP tools)
 5. **Tavily Web Search Testing**: Use the Tavily MCP server to perform a web search for "GitHub Agentic Workflows" and verify that results are returned with at least one item
 6. **File Writing Testing**: Create a test file `/tmp/gh-aw/agent/smoke-test-codex-${{ github.run_id }}.txt` with content "Smoke test passed for Codex at $(date)" (create the directory if it doesn't exist)
 7. **Bash Tool Testing**: Execute bash commands to verify file creation was successful (use `cat` to read the file back)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md
index a09369706d..d98c9861e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ strict: true
 1. **GitHub MCP Testing**: Review the last 2 merged pull requests in ${{ github.repository }}
 2. **Safe Inputs GH CLI Testing**: Use the `safeinputs-gh` tool to query 2 pull requests from ${{ github.repository }} (use args: "pr list --repo ${{ github.repository }} --limit 2 --json number,title,author")
 3. **Serena MCP Testing**: Use the Serena MCP server tool `activate_project` to initialize the workspace at `${{ github.workspace }}` and verify it succeeds (do NOT use bash to run go commands - use Serena's MCP tools)
-4. **Playwright Testing**: Use playwright to navigate to <https://github.com> and verify the page title contains "GitHub"
+4. **Playwright Testing**: Use the playwright tools to navigate to <https://github.com> and verify the page title contains "GitHub" (do NOT try to install playwright - use the provided MCP tools)
 5. **File Writing Testing**: Create a test file `/tmp/gh-aw/agent/smoke-test-copilot-${{ github.run_id }}.txt` with content "Smoke test passed for Copilot at $(date)" (create the directory if it doesn't exist)
 6. **Bash Tool Testing**: Execute bash commands to verify file creation was successful (use `cat` to read the file back)
 7. **Discussion Interaction Testing**: 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-opencode.md b/.github/workflows/smoke-opencode.md
index 1d0e96bbd5..f546a0ec5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-opencode.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-opencode.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ timeout-minutes: 15
 1. **GitHub MCP Testing**: Review the last 2 merged pull requests in ${{ github.repository }}
 2. **Safe Inputs GH CLI Testing**: Use the `safeinputs-gh` tool to query 2 pull requests from ${{ github.repository }} (use args: "pr list --repo ${{ github.repository }} --limit 2 --json number,title,author")
 3. **Serena MCP Testing**: Use the Serena MCP server tool `activate_project` to initialize the workspace at `${{ github.workspace }}` and verify it succeeds (do NOT use bash to run go commands - use Serena's MCP tools)
-4. **Playwright Testing**: Use playwright to navigate to https://github.com and verify the page title contains "GitHub"
+4. **Playwright Testing**: Use the playwright tools to navigate to https://github.com and verify the page title contains "GitHub" (do NOT try to install playwright - use the provided MCP tools)
 5. **File Writing Testing**: Create a test file `/tmp/gh-aw/agent/smoke-test-opencode-${{ github.run_id }}.txt` with content "Smoke test passed for OpenCode at $(date)" (create the directory if it doesn't exist)
 6. **Bash Tool Testing**: Execute bash commands to verify file creation was successful (use `cat` to read the file back)
 7. **Discussion Interaction Testing**: