fix(plugin-axe): resolve pnpm install issue

[hanna-skryl]

Use Node's module resolution and npm bin specification to locate and execute playwright-core CLI directly, instead of relying on npx, which fails with pnpm's strict dependency isolation.

With pnpm, transitive dependency binaries are not hoisted to the root node_modules/.bin directory, causing npx playwright-core to fail with playwright-core: command not found.

The fix was verified with all major package managers by installing the preview package https://pkg.pr.new/code-pushup/cli/@code-pushup/axe-plugin@1150 and testing browser installation with Axe accessibility audits:

• pnpm (local + GitHub Actions CI)
• npm (local)
• yarn (local)

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commit: 625e7f7

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Code PushUp

🤨 Code PushUp report has both improvements and regressions – compared current commit c266afa with previous commit e901640.

🕵️ See full comparison in Code PushUp portal 🔍

🏷️ Categories

🏷️ Category	⭐ Previous score	⭐ Current score	🔄 Score change
SEO	🟡 61	🟢 92
Performance	🔴 34	🔴 33
Documentation	🔴 35	🔴 35
Code coverage	🟡 89	🟡 89
Security	🔴 43	🔴 43	–
Updates	🟡 71	🟡 71	–
Accessibility	🟢 92	🟢 92	–
Best Practices	🟢 100	🟢 100	–
Type Safety	🟢 100	🟢 100	–
Bug prevention	🟢 100	🟢 100	–
Miscellaneous	🟢 100	🟢 100	–
Code style	🟢 100	🟢 100	–

👍 2 groups improved, 👎 2 groups regressed, 👍 3 audits improved, 👎 4 audits regressed, 14 audits changed without impacting score

🗃️ Groups

🔌 Plugin	🗃️ Group	⭐ Previous score	⭐ Current score	🔄 Score change
Lighthouse	SEO	🟡 61	🟢 92
Lighthouse	Performance	🔴 34	🔴 33
JSDoc coverage	Documentation coverage	🔴 35	🔴 35
Code coverage	Code coverage metrics	🟡 89	🟡 89

19 other groups are unchanged.

🛡️ Audits

🔌 Plugin	🛡️ Audit	📏 Previous value	📏 Current value	🔄 Value change
Lighthouse	Page isn’t blocked from indexing	🟥 failed	🟩 passed
Lighthouse	Speed Index	🟥 7.0 s	🟥 6.7 s
Lighthouse	Time to Interactive	🟥 13.7 s	🟥 14.5 s
Lighthouse	Total Blocking Time	🟥 2,510 ms	🟥 3,190 ms
Lighthouse	First Contentful Paint	🟥 3.3 s	🟥 3.3 s
JSDoc coverage	Functions coverage	🟥 555 undocumented functions	🟥 554 undocumented functions
Code coverage	Line coverage	🟨 85.2 %	🟨 85.2 %
Lighthouse	Avoids enormous network payloads	🟩 Total size was 2,019 KiB	🟩 Total size was 2,012 KiB
Lighthouse	Minimizes main-thread work	🟥 13.7 s	🟥 16.5 s
Lighthouse	JavaScript execution time	🟥 5.2 s	🟥 6.9 s
Lighthouse	Server Backend Latencies	🟩 1,520 ms	🟩 530 ms
Lighthouse	Largest Contentful Paint	🟥 11.4 s	🟥 12.4 s
Lighthouse	Metrics	🟩 100%	🟩 100%
Lighthouse	Max Potential First Input Delay	🟥 1,160 ms	🟥 1,980 ms
Lighthouse	Uses efficient cache policy on static assets	🟨 30 resources found	🟨 30 resources found
Lighthouse	Reduce unused CSS	🟥 Potential savings of 105 KiB	🟥 Potential savings of 104 KiB
Lighthouse	Reduce unused JavaScript	🟥 Potential savings of 184 KiB	🟥 Potential savings of 184 KiB
Lighthouse	Remove duplicate modules in JavaScript bundles	🟥 Potential savings of 105 KiB	🟥 Potential savings of 104 KiB
Lighthouse	Initial server response time was short	🟩 Root document took 410 ms	🟩 Root document took 560 ms
Lighthouse	Network Round Trip Times	🟩 50 ms	🟩 30 ms
Code coverage	Branch coverage	🟨 87 %	🟨 87.1 %

657 other audits are unchanged.