Close vs Acumatica Assistant
Acumatica Assistant is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑26.
Close is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Acumatica Assistant is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Francois Taljaard. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. 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
| Marketplace |  Close | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: not stated No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace fdtaljaard/claude-skills | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-26 Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 10 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 | Close | Acumatica Assistantno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 10 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 4 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.close.com/mcp) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/fdtaljaard/claude-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 7 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-18 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 5 days ago, requires a key | no remote endpoint we check |
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 Acumatica Assistant
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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acumatica io.github.nicholsonpeter/acumatica
Connect AI assistants to Acumatica ERP — 28 tools for queries, mutations, GIs, attachments.
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Discover, plan and run tools across your connected business systems through one OAuth MCP endpoint
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BETA — Run SuiteQL, read/write NetSuite records, query SuiteAnalytics, and run saved bookmarks.
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Skills and artifacts for Acumatica ERP developers
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QuickBooks Connector by Meridian
Connect QuickBooks Online to AI agents with secure read or write access across multiple companies.
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weclapp ERP in your AI assistant: reads instantly, writes only after a preview you approve.
What each says it does
Close
Streamline sales processes with integrated calling, email, SMS, and automated workflows for small and scaling businesses.
Acumatica Assistant
Acumatica ERP assistant: REST integration development against the contract-based REST API from a bundled extraction of Acumatica's Integration Development Guide (2026 R2) — sign-in and OAuth 2.0/OIDC, endpoint and contract versions, JSON record shape, query parameters per contract version, CRUD, actions and long-running operations, custom fields, files, license limits, push notifications and webhooks, with a catalogue of 187 documented example requests, and exact entity, field and action names from a snapshot of the Default/25.200.001 contract (2025 R2); OData data access — DAC-based and generic-inquiry-based OData v4 reads (URLs, auth and licence, $filter/$expand, deleted-record tracking, CORS, Excel and Power BI) from the Reporting Tools Guide (2026 R2), with a DAC $metadata snapshot of a clean 2026 R2 instance for exact DAC, field and navigation names. More capabilities to follow.
How to run each
Close As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http close https://mcp.close.com/mcpRequires: CLOSE_API_KEY (secret)
Acumatica Assistant
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.
Only Close has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Acumatica Assistant publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Close · What it can do: Acumatica Assistant · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. 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.