Research vs AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent
Research is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.
Research is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by b-open-io. No marketplace we read lists it any more. AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent is an MCP server published by industrial-platform-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. 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 |  AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace b-open-io/claude-plugins | Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 0.1.5 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 16 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.2 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 | Researchno longer listed · | AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 16 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 4 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (mcp.apify.com) |
| 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) | 10 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/b-open-io/prompts | github.com/industrial-platform-ai/industrial-platform-agent-tools |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Status out of date: last check 33 h ago returned HTTP 401 |
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 Research
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Deep research skill for Claude Code. Bootstraps the hyperresearch CLI and hands off to its 16-step research pipeline.
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research-and-vault
Chain web research, atomic extraction, and durable note capture when the same research-to-notes sequence must repeat. Do not use this skill to design or evaluate an investigation…
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AI-powered deep research with multi-agent source verification, 7-phase pipeline, and structured report generation.
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Search the web, read pages, research questions, and assess claims through Parallel's MCP server. Search, Fetch, and Decisions work without an account; Research requires sign-in…
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Multi-source investigation skill that collects papers, articles, social-media posts, and industry signals on a topic into an indexed Markdown report. Includes sub-agent…
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Structured deep research methodology for Claude Code -- query decomposition, parallel web research with source verification, hallucination prevention, and synthesis into…
What each says it does
Research
Multi-source research, X analysis, writing-style capture, and documentation. Optional module for core.
AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent
x402 cited web research and synthesis for agents. $1.99 per completed brief.
How to run each
Research
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent 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: Research · What it can do: AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent · 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.