claude-shadow vs Dear User
claude-shadow is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by ShadowAI. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Dear User is an MCP server published by bleedmode. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). 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 |  Dear User | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace alrightryanx/claude-shadow | Listed Version: 1.011 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.20 Downloads/month (npm): 332 Downloads/week (npm): 85 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 | Dear User |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (@poisedhq/dearuser-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| 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 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alrightryanx/claude-shadow | github.com/bleedmode/dearuser |
| 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.
Dear User
Tells you how you and your Claude agent actually work together. Local-only, no API keys.
How to run each
claude-shadow As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add alrightryanx/claude-shadow
/plugin install claude-shadow@shadowai-pluginsDear User As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio dearuser -- npx -y @poisedhq/dearuser-mcpCommands 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: Dear User · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.