Short.io vs Ayrshare - Unified Social Media API for AI Agents
Short.io is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Ayrshare - Unified Social Media API for AI Agents is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Ayrshare. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. 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
| Marketplace |  Short.io |  Ayrshare - Unified Social Media API for AI Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: not stated No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace ayrshare/ayrshare-social-media-api-claude-plugin | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.2 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 20 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 | Short.io | Ayrshare - Unified Social Media API for AI Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 20 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 3 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (ai-assistant.short.io/mcp) | Remote server (api.ayrshare.com/mcp) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 19 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/ayrshare/ayrshare-social-media-api-claude-plugin |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Not responding since 2026-10-24 | Responded 6 days 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
Short.io
Access to Short.io's link shortener and analytics tools.
Ayrshare - Unified Social Media API for AI Agents
The unified social media API for AI agents. Publish, schedule, and analyze across 13+ networks from Claude Code, with post history for brand voice and content validation against each platform's rules before every post.
How to run each
Short.io As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http short-io https://ai-assistant.short.io/mcpRequires: SHORT_IO_API_KEY (secret)
Ayrshare - Unified Social Media API for AI Agents As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add ayrshare/ayrshare-social-media-api-claude-plugin
/plugin install ayrshare@ayrshareCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only the endpoint of Ayrshare - Unified Social Media API for AI Agents responded at the last daily 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 Ayrshare - Unified Social Media API for AI Agents publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Short.io · What it can do: Ayrshare - Unified Social Media API for AI Agents · 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.