AWS Bedrock AgentCore vs Artel
AWS Bedrock AgentCore is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Artel is an MCP server published by NicolasPrimeau. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  AWS Bedrock AgentCore |  Artel |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:df610a7a056f Forks (GitHub): 1 817 Pulls (Docker Hub): 20 112 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 794 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.17.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.43.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | AWS Bedrock AgentCore | Artel |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 794 (better) | 9 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 20 112 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 817 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/amazon-bedrock-agentcore-mcp-server) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 122 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 7 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 10 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/nicolasprimeau/artel |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
AWS Bedrock AgentCore
Documentation on AgentCore platform services.
Artel
Self-hosted shared-memory & coordination mesh for AI agent fleets. You host it; agents connect.
How to run each
AWS Bedrock AgentCore As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio amazon-bedrock-agentcore -- docker run -i --rm mcp/amazon-bedrock-agentcore-mcp-serverArtel As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install artel@claude-communityCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Artel publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: AWS Bedrock AgentCore · What it can do: Artel · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.