Lara Translate vs useful-assets-ai
useful-assets-ai is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑16.
Lara Translate is an MCP server published by translated. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). useful-assets-ai is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Dror Moshe Aharoni. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-18. 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 |  Lara Translate | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:0424253c6b8f Forks (GitHub): 22 Pulls (Docker Hub): 19 044 Stars (Docker Hub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 100 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace ahadrorai/useful-assets-ai | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-16 Version: 1.1.6 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Lara Translate | useful-assets-aino longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 100 | 1 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 19 044 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 22 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/lara) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 22 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 8 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/translated/lara-mcp | github.com/ahadrorai/useful-assets-ai |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
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 useful-assets-ai
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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document-skills
Collection of document and configuration skills including human-readable and design-system documentation, ISO 24495-1 plain-language writing, skill creation and evaluation…
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Detect and fix unnatural Chinese workplace writing in reports, summaries, emails, and status updates.
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A UserPromptSubmit hook that helps non-native English speakers improve while using Claude Code. Three modes dispatch automatically based on what you type: (1) correct — if your…
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Write in the user's own voice, fitted to the occasion. Learns from the text they actually send.
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General-purpose, publication-agnostic writing & editing skills: fact-checker, humanizer, essay-pattern-language, content-refresh, and tunelito (human-in-the-loop review).
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Per-prompt score + rewrite in your chosen target language. Output via systemMessage (visible to you, not added to the model's context).
What each says it does
Lara Translate
Connect to Lara Translate API, enabling powerful translation capabilities with support for language detection and context-aware translations.
useful-assets-ai
Writing gates and working skills, with Hebrew and Israeli-reader modules.
How to run each
Lara Translate As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET=<YOUR_LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET>" --transport stdio lara -- docker run -i --rm -e LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET mcp/laraRequires: LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET (secret)
useful-assets-ai
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 useful-assets-ai publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of useful-assets-ai publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Lara Translate · What it can do: useful-assets-ai · Compare two other plugins
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