What is the best MCP servers, plugins and skill for test automation?

By tashan's measured score: MCP Appium - Mobile Development and Automation Server, Ios Simulator, Adcp Client, Local CI, Playwright. the score combines upkeep and freshness, gated by real adoption — every input is public and linked to its source.

How is the ranking calculated?

From public signal only: npm download volume and publish cadence, GitHub push/release recency, contributor count, registry status, and how often a capability appears in real public agent configs. Nobody can pay to change a score, rank, or listing.

The Index · Test automation

Test automation

Q: Who does test automation as part of their job?

This is a process step performed by Computer Systems Analysts, Data Warehousing Specialists, Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Video Game Designers, Web Administrators, per the O*NET 30.3 occupational database.

'The suite'; TDD when the tests lead. tashan measures 125 capabilities for this work. Ranked on upkeep, freshness and real adoption, every input public. How we measure ›

#	Capability	tashan	Evidence	Health
1	MCP Appium - Mobile Development and Automation Server primary npm deep	79	8k/wk	active
2	Ios Simulator primary npm deep	69	5k/wk	active
3	Adcp Client primary plugin deep	57	18 ★	active
4	Local CI primary plugin deep	41	3 ★	active
5	Playwright primary npm ✓ Microsoft solid	85	4.6m/wk	active
6	Superpowers primary plugin solid	81	269k ★	active
7	Postman primary npm solid	81	13k/wk	active
8	Smartbear primary npm solid	79	10k/wk	active
9	Mattpocock Skills primary plugin solid	78	191k ★	active
10	Mobile primary npm solid	75	16k/wk	active
11	AI Devkit primary plugin solid	71	2k ★	active
12	Agentforce Adlc primary plugin solid	67	93 ★	active
13	Qodo primary plugin solid	64	44 ★	active
14	Evalview primary plugin solid	62	124 ★	active
15	Mergify primary plugin solid	61	28 ★	active
16	Postman · postman-devrel primary plugin solid	61	34 ★	active
17	Subtext primary plugin solid	59	64 ★	active
18	Harness Kit primary plugin solid	58	25 ★	active
19	Pdca Framework primary plugin solid	56	41 ★	active
20	Dx Aem primary plugin solid	51	6 ★	active
21	Testing · kobiton primary plugin solid	51	12 ★	active
22	AI Craftsman Superpowers primary plugin solid	50	35 ★	active
23	Groundwork primary plugin solid	50	41 ★	active
24	Evanflow primary plugin solid	49	417 ★	active
25	Three Pillars primary plugin solid	42	4 ★	active
26	Super Ralph primary plugin solid	42	9 ★	active
27	Tailtest primary plugin solid	41	9 ★	active
28	Playwright Pro primary plugin	75	23k ★	active
29	Axe primary npm	68	1k/wk	active
30	Aldc Spec Tdd Development Framework For Al primary plugin	57	96 ★	active
31	Super Claude For Sap primary plugin	51	46 ★	active
32	42crunch API Security Testing primary plugin	47	1 ★	active
33	Localstack · localstack primary plugin	44	12 ★	active
34	Agentiqa primary plugin	43	1 ★	active
35	Ranger primary plugin	43	1 ★	active
36	Scenario Testing primary plugin	42	1 marketplaces	—
37	Testdino primary plugin	42	1 marketplaces	—
38	Ironflow primary plugin	40	10 ★	active
39	Superpowers Beads primary plugin	40	0 ★	active
40	Swagger Contract Testing primary plugin	40	1 marketplaces	active
41	Swagger Contract Testing Drift primary plugin	40	1 marketplaces	active
42	Swagger Contract Testing Openapi Parser primary plugin	40	1 marketplaces	active
43	Zsl Superpowers primary plugin	40	1 ★	active
44	Sdlc Wizard primary plugin	40	1 marketplaces	active
45	Sdlc Wizard Cowork primary plugin	40	1 marketplaces	active
46	Cantrips primary plugin	40	1 ★	active
47	Quick Question primary plugin	38	10 ★	active
·	Verification Before Completion primary skill	not scored yet	6 repos	active
49	Tdd Guard primary plugin thin	70	2k ★	active
50	Auto Mobile primary npm thin	69	1k/wk	active
51	Dotnet Skills primary plugin thin	67	1k ★	active
52	Drengr primary npm thin	55	211/wk	active
53	Cypress primary plugin thin	54	37 ★	active
54	Aura Frog primary plugin thin	53	24 ★	active
55	Safari supporting npm deep	65	965/wk	active
56	Testrail supporting npm deep	54	278/wk	active
57	Zephyr Scale supporting npm deep	52	259/wk	active
58	Repo Test Architect supporting npm deep	51	239/wk	active
59	Devicecloud supporting npm deep	49	121/wk	active
60	Vibium supporting npm solid	67	2k/wk	active
61	AI Test Process supporting npm solid	59	311/wk	active
62	Ghost Inspector supporting npm solid	52	337/wk	active
63	Wopee supporting npm solid	52	160/wk	active
64	Five46 supporting npm solid	48	77/wk	active
65	Selenium AI Agent supporting npm solid	47	78/wk	active
66	Forgecraft supporting npm solid	45	110/wk	active
67	Umbriel supporting npm solid	45	94/wk	active
68	Browserbash supporting npm solid	45	82/wk	active
69	Vibe Test — Browser Testing Agent supporting npm solid	44	153/wk	active
70	Humanforai supporting npm solid	44	88/wk	active
71	Qaskills supporting npm solid	43	80/wk	active
72	Test Genie supporting npm solid	43	74/wk	active
73	Fixture supporting npm solid	43	44/wk	active
74	Gutcheck supporting plugin solid	40	4 ★	active
75	Siteglass supporting npm solid	40	30/wk	active
76	Swift Patterns supporting plugin solid	31	8 ★	active
77	Testsprite supporting npm	79	9k/wk	active
78	Aimock supporting npm	77	2.6m/wk	active
79	Mcpjam supporting npm	75	5k/wk	active
80	Qase Test Management supporting npm	73	8k/wk	active
81	Sunpeak supporting npm	69	2k/wk	active
82	Skyramp supporting npm	68	1k/wk	active
83	Self Healing supporting npm	68	704/wk	active
84	Karajan Code supporting npm	67	863/wk	active
85	M00nsolutions supporting npm	65	1k/wk	active
86	Tapp supporting npm	64	639/wk	active
87	Smolanalytics supporting npm	63	313/wk	active
88	Reelier supporting npm	62	830/wk	active
89	Compliance supporting npm	60	519/wk	active
90	Testers supporting npm	60	301/wk	active
91	Seedfast supporting npm	59	421/wk	active
92	QA Use supporting npm	57	1k/wk	active
93	God Prompt supporting npm	57	310/wk	active
94	Everything Claude Code supporting plugin	56	2k ★	stable
95	Claude Code Sdlc supporting plugin	56	51 ★	active
96	Qatouch supporting npm	56	274/wk	active
97	Playwright Report supporting npm	54	130/wk	active
98	Runhuman supporting npm	54	42/wk	active
99	Uindow supporting npm	53	203/wk	active
100	Pare Test supporting npm	53	141/wk	active
101	Nexus MCP Agent supporting npm	53	106/wk	active
102	Perf supporting plugin	52	14 ★	active
103	Argusqa OS supporting npm	51	134/wk	active
104	Wjttc supporting npm	49	143/wk	active
105	Letsrunit supporting npm	48	96/wk	active
106	Native DevTools supporting npm	46	197/wk	active
107	Selenium · gaforov supporting npm	45	86/wk	active
108	Offstage supporting plugin	44	2 ★	active
109	Tradeos MCP Test supporting npm	44	69/wk	active
110	Mobitru supporting npm	43	134/wk	active
111	Service Mesh Debug supporting plugin	42	1 marketplaces	—
112	Test Writer supporting plugin	42	1 marketplaces	—
113	Validoria supporting npm	42	29/wk	active
114	Visual UI Debug Agent supporting npm	42	17/wk	active
115	Picklab supporting npm	41	19/wk	active
116	Bugbrain supporting npm	40	40/wk	active
117	Canary Lab supporting npm	39	20/wk	active
118	Flutter supporting plugin	37	1 marketplaces	active
119	TypeScript · virajp supporting plugin	37	1 marketplaces	active
120	Ecc · edp43273-glitch supporting plugin	36	0 ★	active
121	Jig · shodh supporting npm	36	8/wk	active
122	Ab Testing supporting plugin	35	1 marketplaces	active
123	Automate supporting plugin	35	1 marketplaces	active
124	Insightlabai Dev supporting npm	35	10/wk	active
125	AI Review Arena supporting plugin	31	1 ★	active

Who does this work

O*NET records this as a core process step for 5 occupations, including Computer Systems Analysts, Data Warehousing Specialists, Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Video Game Designers, Web Administrators.

Recorded there as: "Develop testing routines or procedures" / "Test software performance". We publish it under the name practitioners use.

Recently changed in Test automation

124 changes recorded here in the last 45 days, newest and most serious first.

2026-08-10 Playwright — @playwright/mcp now reaches browser
2026-08-10 Axe — axe-mcp-server now reaches browser
2026-08-10 Testrail — @uarlouski/testrail-mcp-server now reaches credentials
2026-08-10 Vibium — vibium now runs a script when it installs

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