ExecuteAutomation Playwright vs shaft-skills
ExecuteAutomation Playwright is an MCP server published by executeautomation. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). shaft-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by ShaftHQ. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-09. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  ExecuteAutomation Playwright |  shaft-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:5ffcdfc3d929 Forks (GitHub): 540 Pulls (Docker Hub): 23 866 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 5 679 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace shafthq/shaft_engine | Not listed | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 155 Stars (GitHub): 418 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | ExecuteAutomation Playwright | shaft-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 5 679 (better) | 418 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 23 866 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 540 (better) | 155 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/mcp-playwright) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 32 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 37 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/executeautomation/mcp-playwright | github.com/shafthq/shaft_engine |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-14 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
ExecuteAutomation Playwright
Playwright Model Context Protocol Server - Tool to automate Browsers and APIs in Claude Desktop, Cline, Cursor IDE and More 🔌.
shaft-skills
Official SHAFT agent skills: methodology router, locator strategy, test planning and authoring, MCP-driven recording, failure analysis, and change verification.
How to run each
ExecuteAutomation Playwright As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio playwright-mcp-server -- docker run -i --rm mcp/mcp-playwrightshaft-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add shafthq/shaft_engine
/plugin install shaft-skills@shafthqCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of shaft-skills publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: ExecuteAutomation Playwright · What it can do: shaft-skills · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.