claude-shadow vs linker
claude-shadow is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by ShadowAI. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). linker is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by nautilux2. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  linker | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace alrightryanx/claude-shadow | Listed Version: 1.011 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | claude-shadow | linker |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (github:nautilux2/linker) |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 7 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 6 | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alrightryanx/claude-shadow | github.com/nautilux2/linker |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-11 |
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
claude-shadow
Get push notifications on your phone when Claude Code needs input. Approve, deny, or reply from ShadowAI.
linker
Bridge multiple Claude Code instances together — share context, send messages, ask and answer questions across sessions without copy-pasting
How to run each
claude-shadow As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add alrightryanx/claude-shadow
/plugin install claude-shadow@shadowai-pluginslinker As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install linker@claude-communityCommands 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: claude-shadow · What it can do: linker · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.