Needle Remote vs ieee-acm-paper-writing
ieee-acm-paper-writing is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑24.
Needle Remote is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). ieee-acm-paper-writing is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by huguryildiz. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. 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 huguryildiz/ieee-acm-paper-writing | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-24 Version: 0.6.4 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 9 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 | ieee-acm-paper-writingno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 9 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 1 |
| 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 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/huguryildiz/ieee-acm-paper-writing |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-21 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Answered with HTTP 301 (31 h 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 ieee-acm-paper-writing
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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12 specialist agents and 30 writing principles for academic writing review, research, drafting, polishing, bibliography auditing, and literature surveys, coordinated by a…
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Modular 8-stage paper writing workflow: Planning → Literature → Writing → Citations → Figures → Review → Revision → Submission. Combines nature-skills + ARS + Omniscale best…
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Agentic LLM tool for pre-submission self-review of formal proof-based papers.
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Academic paper review, writing improvement and recommendation-letter skills for Claude Code
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Checks every LaTeX reference against Crossref, dblp, arXiv, DataCite, PubMed and OpenAlex. No LLM.
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Simulated peer reviews of your own paper in a venue's form, with an inline review card in chat.
What each says it does
Needle Remote
Production-ready RAG service to search and retrieve data from your documents.
ieee-acm-paper-writing
Evidence-bounded drafting, rewriting, auditing, and venue adaptation for IEEE and ACM engineering manuscripts.
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)
ieee-acm-paper-writing
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 ieee-acm-paper-writing publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Needle Remote · What it can do: ieee-acm-paper-writing · 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.