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shaft-mcp

shaft-mcp is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. SHAFT browser automation, capture, and offline deterministic failure diagnosis. It has 417 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/shafthq/shaft-engine-mcp:10.4.20261024.

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Install shaft-mcp

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shaft-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/shafthq/shaft-engine-mcp:10.4.20261024"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio shaft-mcp -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/shafthq/shaft-engine-mcp:10.4.20261024

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shaft-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/shafthq/shaft-engine-mcp:10.4.20261024"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "shaft-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/shafthq/shaft-engine-mcp:10.4.20261024"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About shaft-mcp

One Java engine for web, mobile, API, CLI, database, and desktop. Drivers, waits, and evidence are handled. Every run ends in an Allure report.

  • automation-engine
  • test-automation-framework
  • testing-tools
  • automation
  • java
  • test-automation
  • e2e-testing
  • end-to-end-testing
  • testing-framework
  • mcp-server

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How do I install the shaft-mcp MCP server?

Add the command docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/shafthq/shaft-engine-mcp:10.4.20261024 to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is shaft-mcp free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is shaft-mcp actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. The latest release is 10.4.20261024, published Oct 24, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.