AWS Cloud Control API vs Gadriel AI Security Harness
AWS Cloud Control API is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Gadriel AI Security Harness is an MCP server published by Gadriel-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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 Cloud Control API |  Gadriel AI Security Harness |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:b53d235b43c4 Forks (GitHub): 1 827 Pulls (Docker Hub): 15 071 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 830 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.7.0 Downloads/month (npm): 853 Downloads/week (npm): 72 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 Cloud Control API | Gadriel AI Security Harness |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 830 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 15 071 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 827 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/ccapi-mcp-server) | On your machine (gadriel) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 14 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 4, secrets among them: 1 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/gadriel-ai/gadriel-copilot-plugin |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Cloud Control API
Direct resource management with security scanning.
Gadriel AI Security Harness
AI Security Harness: SAST, secrets, deps, containers, config & OWASP LLM. Scans locally.
How to run each
AWS Cloud Control API As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" --transport stdio awslabs-ccapi -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY mcp/ccapi-mcp-serverRequires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)
Gadriel AI Security Harness As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio gadriel -- npx -y gadriel code mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Gadriel AI Security Harness publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only AWS Cloud Control API asks for
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDAWS_PROFILEAWS_REGIONAWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)
Only Gadriel AI Security Harness asks for
GADRIEL_NO_ANONYMOUS_AUTH
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: AWS Cloud Control API · What it can do: Gadriel AI Security Harness · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.