champion-kit vs Present Picker
champion-kit is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Anthropic. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official). Present Picker is an MCP server published by thepresentpicker.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-08. 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 |  Present Picker | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 0.5.0 Forks (GitHub): 4 835 Stars (GitHub): 46 418 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.1 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 | champion-kit | Present Picker |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 46 418 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 4 835 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-05 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (mcp.thepresentpicker.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 8 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official | github.com/wdlcmu/the-present-picker |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-11-06 | 2026-11-05 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 22 h ago |
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
champion-kit
Help Claude Code champions run hackathons and office hours, find patterns worth sharing, help teammates climb the steps of AI adoption, and write a shareable AI maturity report.
Present Picker
Gift recommendations matched to the person, the occasion, and your budget.
How to run each
champion-kit As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install champion-kit@claude-plugins-officialPresent Picker As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http present-picker https://mcp.thepresentpicker.com/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Present Picker 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: champion-kit · What it can do: Present Picker · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.