Comparison

Aurora Inbox vs io.github.chrischall/microsoft-teams-mcp

Aurora Inbox is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by aurorainbox. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). io.github.chrischall/microsoft-teams-mcp is an MCP server published by chrischall. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	Aurora Inbox	io.github.chrischall/microsoft-teams-mcp
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community	Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.7.0 Downloads/month (npm): 2 769 Downloads/week (npm): 497 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
npm registry (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.7.0 Downloads/month (npm): 2 769 Downloads/week (npm): 497 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

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

Aurora Inbox vs io.github.chrischall/microsoft-teams-mcp
Fact	Aurora Inbox	io.github.chrischall/microsoft-teams-mcp
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1 (worse)	2 (better)
Stars (GitHub)	0	0
Forks (GitHub)	0	0
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-20
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (@aurora-inbox/mcp-server)	On your machine (@chrischall/microsoft-teams-mcp)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	2, secrets among them: 1	18, secrets among them: 2
Parts of the bundle (differs)	1	Not a bundle
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/aurorainbox/aurora-mcp-plugin	github.com/chrischall/microsoft-teams-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	3
First seen	2026-10-11	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

Aurora Inbox

In its own words, on Claude Code: claude-plugins-community:

Aurora Inbox is an AI-powered team inbox for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram. This plugin connects Claude to the Aurora Inbox Platform API, giving you 26 tools to manage your entire communication workflow without leaving your conversation. Create and search contacts, send messages, assign agents to chats, launch AI chatbot workflows, track sales opportunities, and configure webhooks — all through natural language. Ideal for support teams, sales ops, and developers building automations on top of Aurora Inbox.

io.github.chrischall/microsoft-teams-mcp

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Microsoft Teams for Claude — read any chat or channel and its unread messages; send and react

How to run each

Aurora Inbox As a Claude Code plugin

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install aurora-inbox@claude-community

io.github.chrischall/microsoft-teams-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET=<YOUR_MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET>" --env "TEAMS_ACCESS_TOKEN=<YOUR_TEAMS_ACCESS_TOKEN>" --transport stdio microsoft-teams-mcp -- npx -y @chrischall/microsoft-teams-mcp

Requires: MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET (secret), TEAMS_ACCESS_TOKEN (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

Only Aurora Inbox asks for

AURORA_API_KEY (secret)
AURORA_API_URL

Only io.github.chrischall/microsoft-teams-mcp asks for

FETCHPROXY_IDENTITY_DIR
FETCHPROXY_WS_HOST
MCP_CONFIRM_ELICITATION
MCP_CONFIRM_MODE
MCP_CONFIRM_SECRET (secret)
MCP_CONFIRM_TTL_SECONDS
TEAMS_ACCESS_TOKEN (secret)
TEAMS_CAPTURE_TIMEOUT
TEAMS_CHATSVC_BASE
TEAMS_CHATSVC_REGION
TEAMS_DISABLE_FETCHPROXY
TEAMS_OUTPUT_DIR

Show the remaining 6

TEAMS_SHAREPOINT_TOKEN_FILE
TEAMS_SUBSTRATE_TOKEN_FILE
TEAMS_TIME_ZONE
TEAMS_TOKEN_CACHE
TEAMS_TOKEN_FILE
TEAMS_WS_PORT

Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.

What it can do: Aurora Inbox · What it can do: io.github.chrischall/microsoft-teams-mcp · 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. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-26. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.