Comparison

watch-and-learn vs io.github.shinpr/sub-agents-mcp

watch-and-learn is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑25.

watch-and-learn is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Axel Sooriah. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.shinpr/sub-agents-mcp is an MCP server published by shinpr. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	watch-and-learn	io.github.shinpr/sub-agents-mcp
Community marketplace axel-pm/watch-n-learn	Removed on 2026-10-25 Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-15	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.15.1 Downloads/month (npm): 1 059 Downloads/week (npm): 294 Forks (GitHub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 98 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
npm registry (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.15.1 Downloads/month (npm): 1 059 Downloads/week (npm): 294 Forks (GitHub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 98 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

watch-and-learn vs io.github.shinpr/sub-agents-mcp
Fact	watch-and-learnno longer listed · 2026-10-25	io.github.shinpr/sub-agents-mcp
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	9	98
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	17
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-22
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (sub-agents-mcp)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	12, secrets among them: 2
Parts of the bundle (differs)	1	Not a bundle
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/axel-pm/watch-n-learn	github.com/shinpr/sub-agents-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	2	5
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.

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Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

watch-and-learn

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Turn a how-to video into a reusable skill for your AI coding agent — watched locally, no API keys.

io.github.shinpr/sub-agents-mcp

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

MCP server for delegating tasks to specialized AI sub-agents across coding tools

How to run each

watch-and-learn

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

io.github.shinpr/sub-agents-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "AGENTS_DIR=<YOUR_AGENTS_DIR>" --env "AGENT_TYPE=<YOUR_AGENT_TYPE>" --env "CLI_API_KEY=<YOUR_CLI_API_KEY>" --env "CURSOR_API_KEY=<YOUR_CURSOR_API_KEY>" --transport stdio sub-agents-mcp -- npx -y sub-agents-mcp

Requires: AGENTS_DIR, AGENT_TYPE, CLI_API_KEY (secret), CURSOR_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 watch-and-learn publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: watch-and-learn · What it can do: io.github.shinpr/sub-agents-mcp · 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. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-25. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.