autosearch vs researcher-plugin
researcher-plugin is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑18.
autosearch is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by 0xmariowu. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). researcher-plugin is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by AlexeyTripleA. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace 0xmariowu/autosearch | Listed Version: 2026.04.26.2 Forks (GitHub): 10 Stars (GitHub): 50 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace alexeytriplea/claude-code-plugins | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-18 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 3 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 | autosearch | researcher-pluginno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 50 | 3 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 10 | 1 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 4, secrets among them: 3 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 7 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/0xmariowu/autosearch | github.com/alexeytriplea/claude-code-plugins |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 4 |
| First seen | 2026-10-15 | 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 researcher-plugin
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Exa AI web search, deep research, and content extraction. Provides MCP tools and research skills for comprehensive web search, people discovery, company research, academic papers…
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Web search and content fetching with privacy-aware tool selection. Turns vague questions into optimized multi-engine queries, evaluates result quality, and re-searches when…
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google-researcher io.github.zoharbabin/google-researcher
MCP server providing Google Search, web scraping, and multi-source research tools for AI assistants
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Search1API brings multi-engine search to AI agents, with Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and specialized sources including GitHub, Reddit, X, arXiv, Wikipedia, YouTube, WeChat…
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You.com Web Search & Research
Live web search, full-page content extraction, and cited research for Claude. Look up current docs, API references, changelogs, error fixes, and web data while you code, plus…
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MultiScrape Contextual Web Research
Live web research with related queries, browser-rendered sources, images, and evidence.
What each says it does
autosearch
Self-evolving deep research. Gets smarter every time you use it. Searches across channels, synthesizes cited reports, and learns which queries and platforms work best.
researcher-plugin
AI-powered research agent that finds current information online using multiple sources: Brave Search, Tavily, Bright Data, and Reddit
How to run each
autosearch As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add 0xmariowu/autosearch
/plugin install autosearch@autosearchresearcher-plugin
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
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of autosearch publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: autosearch · What it can do: researcher-plugin · Compare two other plugins
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