Comparison

AWS KB Retrieval (Archived) vs awsh

awsh is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑27.

AWS KB Retrieval (Archived) is an MCP server published by modelcontextprotocol. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). awsh is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Aitherium. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	AWS KB Retrieval (Archived)	awsh
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:1522c7ffee3f Forks (GitHub): 11 923 Pulls (Docker Hub): 22 999 Stars (Docker Hub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 91 847 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Community marketplace aitherium/aither-adk	Not listed	Removed on 2026-10-27 Version: 0.2.2 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-13

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

AWS KB Retrieval (Archived) vs awsh
Fact	AWS KB Retrieval (Archived)	awshno longer listed · 2026-10-27
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1	0
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	91 847	11
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	22 999	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	11 923	1
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/aws-kb-retrieval-server)	Installs as a plugin bundle
Transport (differs)	stdio	Not stated
Tools it declares (differs)	1	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	2, secrets among them: 1	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	Not a bundle	114
Licence (differs)	NOASSERTION	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers	github.com/aitherium/aither-adk
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-11	2026-10-13

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of awsh

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

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Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

AWS KB Retrieval (Archived)

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

An MCP server implementation for retrieving information from the AWS Knowledge Base using the Bedrock Agent Runtime.

awsh

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

An `aw` subagent answered by the local awsh harness daemon, plus Aither World skills, the aither output style, brick MCP servers and portable brick hooks.

How to run each

AWS KB Retrieval (Archived) As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" --transport stdio aws-kb-retrieval-server -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY mcp/aws-kb-retrieval-server

Requires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)

awsh

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of awsh publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of awsh publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: AWS KB Retrieval (Archived) · What it can do: awsh · Compare two other plugins

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