Meticulous vs regression-guard
regression-guard is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑18.
Meticulous is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by alwaysmeticulous. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). regression-guard is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by barnburner121. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. 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 |  Meticulous | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 10 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace barnburner121/claude-plugin-marketplace | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-18 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 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 | Meticulous | regression-guardno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 10 | 3 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (app.meticulous.ai/api/mcp) | On your machine (@barnburner121/plugin-hub-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 8 | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | ISC | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alwaysmeticulous/skills | github.com/barnburner121/claude-plugin-marketplace |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-14 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 12 h ago | no remote endpoint we check |
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 regression-guard
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Agentic QE (external: maintained in proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe, pinned to v3.15.17): a quality-engineering fleet with 11 QE agents, 9 skills, 9 commands, the agentic-qe MCP…
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QA process setup with AAA test cases, P0-P4 bug tracking, metrics reports, OWASP security testing and third-party handoffs. Use for test planning, approved-batch execution and…
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Language-agnostic test plan generation and execution
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Enforces Test-Driven Development by intercepting file operations in Claude Code. When Claude attempts to edit or write files, TDD Guard validates the changes against TDD…
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🧪 FAOS Master Test Architect — Master Test Architect
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Self-QA a repo's running app end-to-end — discover run/auth/features, build a feature×modality test matrix, execute it live, and produce a witnessed pass/fail report.
What each says it does
Meticulous
Agent skills for Meticulous visual regression testing — review test runs, investigate replays, debug diffs. Also connects the hosted Meticulous MCP server.
regression-guard
Generate regression tests from bug reports
How to run each
Meticulous As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install meticulous@claude-communityregression-guard
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.
Only Meticulous has a remote endpoint we 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: Meticulous · What it can do: regression-guard · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.