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Proving Lab vs shaft-mcp
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
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Cite or capture a web page; installs the capture extension in Firefox and Chrome.
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SHAFT browser automation, capture, and offline deterministic failure diagnosis
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours shaft-mcp (90/100 against 69). Proving Lab is hosted and callable through the gateway; shaft-mcp runs on your own machine. shaft-mcp has noticeably more public adoption.
| Proving Lab | shaft-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | C69/100 | A90/100 |
| Adoption | New | Growing |
| GitHub stars | – | 410 |
| Downloads / week | – | – |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | 10 | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | — | MIT |
| Last release | — | 2026-09-19 |
| Category | Scraping and browsing | Scraping and browsing |