travel-agent vs io.plantrip/plantrip
travel-agent is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑27.
travel-agent is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Jacob Cassar. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.plantrip/plantrip is an MCP server published by plantrip.io. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-30. 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 |  io.plantrip/plantrip | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace apljacob/travel-agent | Removed on 2026-10-27 Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 12 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.2 Downloads/month (npm): 158 Downloads/week (npm): 25 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 | travel-agentno longer listed · | io.plantrip/plantrip |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 12 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (plantrip-mcp-server) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/apljacob/travel-agent | github.com/klabianco/plantrip-mcp-server |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
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 travel-agent
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Travel planner: create, edit, and explore trip itineraries from your Travolp AI assistant.
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Plan trips and find hotels, tours and flights; build day-by-day itineraries. Account required.
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Plan trips and manage itineraries, stays, transport, activities, expenses, and documents in Tripsy.
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Trip planning for nomadic families: multi-stop trips, Schengen/visa, climate, destinations.
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travel ai.autonomad/travel
AI travel agent — book flights, hotels, activities, and events worldwide via autonomad.ai.
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Taste-based travel concierge for researched and verified restaurant, lodging, shopping, event, and cultural recommendations
What each says it does
travel-agent
World-class travel planning. 7-phase workflow (discovery, destination shaping, logistics, day-by-day itinerary, reservations tracker, packing/prep, polished PDF). Web-search-grounded so prices, hours, closures, and visa rules are current. Modeled on Wendy Perrin, Indagare, Black Tomato, and Riveting Trips methodologies.
io.plantrip/plantrip
Travel planning: day-by-day itineraries, packing lists, weather insights, and trip cost estimates
How to run each
travel-agent
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.plantrip/plantrip As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "PLANTRIP_API_KEY=<YOUR_PLANTRIP_API_KEY>" --transport stdio plantrip -- npx -y plantrip-mcp-serverRequires: PLANTRIP_API_KEY (secret)
Commands 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
The marketplaces of travel-agent publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: travel-agent · What it can do: io.plantrip/plantrip · Compare two other plugins
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