Needle Remote vs research-summarizer
research-summarizer is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.
Needle Remote is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). research-summarizer is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Md Faiz Alam. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. 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 |  Needle Remote | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: not stated No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace afaizalam2003/master-claude-skill | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 2.1.2 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 2 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 | Needle Remote | research-summarizerno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 2 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 2 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.needle.app/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/afaizalam2003/master-claude-skill |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Answered with HTTP 301 (5 days ago) | 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 research-summarizer
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Structured research summarization — summarize academic papers, market research, user interviews, and competitive analysis into actionable insights.
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Skeptical analyst toolkit for long reports — READ/SKIM/SKIP verdicts, structured extraction (arguments, findings, stats, case studies, key snippets), and an opinionated executive…
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Deep-reading assistant: five modes (quick, deep, knowledge-map, Feynman, full book) that extract core claims, argument structure, and key evidence from books and articles into…
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Evidence-first reading of supplied documents. Five modes (quick/deep/map/feynman/book), claim-reason-evidence decomposition, confidence labels, evidence ledger, knowledge maps…
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Summarizes very long texts (books, handbooks, biographies, codebases) using hierarchical multi-pass extraction with cheap model armies. Produces structured knowledge maps, not…
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Document analysis with inline source screenshots. When you ask Copilot to analyze a document, Eyeball generates a Word doc where every factual claim includes a highlighted…
What each says it does
Needle Remote
Production-ready RAG service to search and retrieve data from your documents.
research-summarizer
Structured research summarization — summarize academic papers, market research, user interviews, and competitive analysis into actionable insights.
How to run each
Needle Remote As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http needle https://mcp.needle.app/mcpRequires: NEEDLE_API_KEY (secret)
research-summarizer
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 Needle Remote 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 research-summarizer publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Needle Remote · What it can do: research-summarizer · 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.