AL / Business Central vs io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai
AL / Business Central is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.
AL / Business Central is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Brad Fullwood. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai is an MCP server published by schemacrawler. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. 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.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace brad-fullwood/al.language.zed | Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: v17.16.0-1 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 12 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:3321b42e2bb8 Forks (GitHub): 4 Pulls (Docker Hub): 13 894 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 12 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 | AL / Business Centralno longer listed · | io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 12 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 13 894 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai:17.16.0-1) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 8 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 13, secrets among them: 2 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 13 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | NOASSERTION |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/brad-fullwood/al.language.zed | github.com/schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 2 |
| 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 AL / Business Central
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mcp-server io.github.cap-js/mcp-server
Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI-assisted development of CAP applications.
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Agent skills for building on, analyzing, and managing Microsoft Dataverse — with Dataverse MCP, PAC CLI, and Python SDK.
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Build and manage Microsoft Dataverse solutions using natural language. Includes table/column creation, solution lifecycle, data operations, and MCP server configuration.
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MCP server for SAP ABAP systems
What each says it does
AL / Business Central
Answer Business Central questions from the AL symbol index, call and event graphs and impact analysis instead of decompiling .app files.
io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai
Enables natural language schema queries — explore tables, keys, procedures, and get SQL help fast
How to run each
AL / Business Central
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_PASSWORD=<YOUR_SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_PASSWORD>" --env "SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_USER=<YOUR_SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_USER>" --transport stdio schemacrawler-ai -- docker run -i --rm -e SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_PASSWORD -e SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_USER schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai:17.16.0-1Requires: SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_PASSWORD (secret), SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_USER (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of AL / Business Central publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of AL / Business Central publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: AL / Business Central · What it can do: io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai · 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. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.