# Yury Semikhatsky (slim)

> Yury Semikhatsky is principal Software Engineer; active Playwright MCP maintainer. Playwright MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Principal Software Engineer; active Playwright MCP maintainer.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yury-semikhatsky

## What Yury builds

- [Playwright MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playwright-mcp.md), graded B, 67.7/100, in Browser automation. Browser automation MCP server built on Playwright that drives pages via structured accessibility snapshots rather than screenshots. Principal Software Engineer; active Playwright MCP maintainer, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Achint Srivastava](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/achint-srivastava/), VP of Software Engineering, Office of the CTO; Decision-1 launch author
- [Bill Gates](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bill-gates/), Co-founder, Microsoft
- [Brandon Werner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-werner/), Principal Product Architect; Agent ID creator
- [Dan Hellem](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dan-hellem/), Principal Product Manager, Azure DevOps
- [Darrel Miller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/darrel-miller/), Partner API Architect
- [Dong Li](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dong-li/), Partner Director; Head of Product, Azure Speech and Voice Agents
- [Eric Imasogie](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-imasogie/), Senior Product Manager; Microsoft Learn MCP server owner
- [Faraz Siddiqui](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/faraz-siddiqui/), Senior Technical Program Manager; Product Manager for Azure Maps Geospatial APIs
- [Gary Pretty](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gary-pretty/), Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Copilot Studio
- [Julie Strauss](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/julie-strauss/), Vice President, AI Sales, Marketing and Incubations
- [Paul Allen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-allen/), Co-founder, Microsoft
- [Pieter de Bruin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pieter-de-bruin/), Technical Program Manager; Learn partnerships and MCP integrations
- [Sandeep K Sen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sandeep-k-sen/), Product Manager, Azure MCP and CoreAI
- [Shawn Henry](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shawn-henry/), Principal Group Product Manager; Product Lead, Microsoft Agent Framework
- [Tianqi Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tianqi-zhang/), Principal Software Engineering Manager; Learn knowledge-discovery and MCP team
- [Vamshidhar Kommineni](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vamshidhar-kommineni/), Group Product Manager, Azure Storage

## Questions

### Who is Yury Semikhatsky?

Yury Semikhatsky is principal Software Engineer; active Playwright MCP maintainer.

### What does Microsoft make?

Anchor Terminal lists Playwright MCP from Microsoft.

### How are Yury's tools graded?

Playwright MCP is graded B, 67.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/yury-semikhatsky/details/experience/
- https://github.com/yury-s
- https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/commits/main/
- https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/commit/f183dad4a52965583e3cc1d59b88cdc279e2e57d
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/yury-semikhatsky
- https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/leadership/bill-gates
- https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/verified-accounts
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/
- https://x.com/Microsoft/with_replies
- https://playwright.dev/community/welcome
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us
- https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp
- https://playwright.dev/

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