academy-guide vs AgentBase
academy-guide is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by anthropics. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). AgentBase is an MCP server published by vhspace. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |  academy-guide |  AgentBase |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace anthropics/skills | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 21 464 Stars (GitHub): 181 292 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 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 | academy-guide | AgentBase |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 181 292 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 21 464 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (mcp.agentbase.tools/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) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/anthropics/skills | github.com/vhspace/agentbase |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Not responding since 2026-10-12 |
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
academy-guide
Recommends relevant Claude Academy courses, tutorials, and use cases when users ask how to use Claude
AgentBase
Shared knowledge base for AI agents. Semantic search across agents, no setup required — just a URL.
How to run each
academy-guide As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install academy-guide@anthropic-agent-skillsAgentBase As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http agentbase https://mcp.agentbase.tools/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only AgentBase 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: academy-guide · What it can do: AgentBase · 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.