Comparison

AWS Labs Nova Canvas vs Taste Profile

AWS Labs Nova Canvas is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Taste Profile is an MCP server published by openkrill.app. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-05. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	AWS Labs Nova Canvas	Taste Profile
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:5582496accaa Forks (GitHub): 1 847 Pulls (Docker Hub): 11 581 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 875 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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 Labs Nova Canvas vs Taste Profile
Fact	AWS Labs Nova Canvas	Taste Profile
Marketplaces that list it	1	1
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	9 875 (better)	1 (worse)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	11 581	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	1 847 (better)	0 (worse)
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-21
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/nova-canvas-mcp-server)	Remote server (taste.openkrill.app/mcp)
Transport (differs)	stdio	Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares (differs)	2	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	5, secrets among them: 2	Not published
Licence (differs)	Apache-2.0	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/awslabs/mcp	github.com/nguyenhieuec/agent-tools-plugins
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen	2026-10-11	2026-10-11
Endpoint at the last check (differs)	no remote endpoint we check	Responded less than an hour ago

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 Labs Nova Canvas

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

AI image generation using Amazon Nova Canvas.

Taste Profile

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Turn the reference images you collect into a written design taste your assistant can follow.

How to run each

AWS Labs Nova Canvas As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" --env "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=<YOUR_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN>" --transport stdio awslabs-nova-canvas -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_SESSION_TOKEN mcp/nova-canvas-mcp-server

Requires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret), AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)

Taste Profile As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http taste https://taste.openkrill.app/mcp

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

Only Taste Profile has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

Only AWS Labs Nova Canvas has

generate_image
generate_image_with_colors

Only Taste Profile has

add_refs
delete_profile
describe_style
get_feedback_reply
get_profile
index_tools
save_profile
search_refs
submit_feedback

Both have

None

Tool names as the marketplaces declare them and as Ext Ops observed them on the endpoints (Taste Profile as of 2026-11-01). More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.

Settings each asks for

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

What it can do: AWS Labs Nova Canvas · What it can do: Taste Profile · 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 2026-11-05. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.