researcher-plugin vs io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
researcher-plugin is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑18.
researcher-plugin is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by AlexeyTripleA. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp is an MCP server published by tavily-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-10. 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 |  io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace alexeytriplea/claude-code-plugins | Removed on 2026-10-18 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.15 Downloads/month (npm): 79 584 Downloads/week (npm): 24 167 Forks (GitHub): 308 Stars (GitHub): 2 481 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:e8bbe2860c85 Forks (GitHub): 308 Pulls (Docker Hub): 57 883 Stars (Docker Hub): 8 Stars (GitHub): 2 481 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.22 Downloads/month (npm): 79 584 Downloads/week (npm): 24 167 Forks (GitHub): 308 Stars (GitHub): 2 481 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 | researcher-pluginno longer listed · | io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 | 2 481 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 57 883 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 308 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (tavily-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 5 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 4, secrets among them: 3 | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 7 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alexeytriplea/claude-code-plugins | github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
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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Enhanced web search and real-time content retrieval via Grok API
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Web search and research using Perplexity AI. Use when user says 'search', 'find', 'look up', 'ask', 'research', or 'what's the latest' for generic queries.
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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…
What each says it does
researcher-plugin
AI-powered research agent that finds current information online using multiple sources: Brave Search, Tavily, Bright Data, and Reddit
io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
MCP server for advanced web search using Tavily
How to run each
researcher-plugin
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "TAVILY_API_KEY=<YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY>" --transport stdio tavily-mcp -- npx -y tavily-mcpRequires: TAVILY_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of researcher-plugin publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only researcher-plugin asks for
API_TOKEN (secret)BRAVE_API_KEY (secret)PRO_MODE
Only io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp asks for
DEFAULT_PARAMETERS
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: researcher-plugin · What it can do: io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp · Compare two other plugins
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