backlog vs Microsoft Planner
backlog is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by backloghq. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Microsoft Planner is an MCP server published by mspstack. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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 |  backlog |  Microsoft Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 2.4.3 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 5 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.4.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 4 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 | backlog | Microsoft Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 5 (better) | 4 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (mcp-planner) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 4, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 4 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 13 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/backloghq/backlog | github.com/mspstack/mcp-planner |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| 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
backlog
Persistent, cross-session task management for Claude Code. 24 tools, 7 skills, and hooks that sync Claude's built-in tasks to a durable backlog. Zero external dependencies.
Microsoft Planner
Microsoft Planner MCP server — plans, buckets, tasks via Microsoft Graph, ETags handled
How to run each
backlog As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install backlog@claude-communityMicrosoft Planner As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "MS_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_MS_CLIENT_ID>" --env "MS_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_MS_CLIENT_SECRET>" --env "MS_TENANT_ID=<YOUR_MS_TENANT_ID>" --transport stdio mcp-planner -- npx -y mcp-plannerRequires: MS_CLIENT_ID, MS_CLIENT_SECRET (secret), MS_TENANT_ID
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 backlog asks for
TASKDATA_ROOT
Only Microsoft Planner asks for
MS_CLIENT_IDMS_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)MS_TENANT_IDPLANNER_ADVANCED_TOOLSET
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: backlog · What it can do: Microsoft Planner · 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 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.