homeassistant-assistant vs Tapo MCP
homeassistant-assistant is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑20.
homeassistant-assistant is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by calexandre. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Tapo MCP is an MCP server published by mihai-dinculescu. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-13. 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 |  Tapo MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace calexandre/homeassistant-assistant | Removed on 2026-10-20 Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 5 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.7.0 Forks (GitHub): 91 Stars (GitHub): 873 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 | homeassistant-assistantno longer listed · | Tapo MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 5 | 873 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 91 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-12 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (ghcr.io/mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp:0.7.0) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 11, secrets among them: 5 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 9 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/calexandre/homeassistant-assistant | github.com/mihai-dinculescu/tapo |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| 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 homeassistant-assistant
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Home Assistant configuration management - YAML configuration, automations, scripts, scenes, and entity management for Home Assistant installations
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Build, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot your Home Assistant setup with Hermit.
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Build, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot your Home Assistant setup with Hermit.
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Best practices for Home Assistant automations, helpers, scripts, scenes, blueprints, device control, dashboards, AppDaemon apps, and backups
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Expert-level Home Assistant configuration management: deploy workflows, SSH/hass-cli access, automation verification, and Lovelace dashboard development
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Read and safely act on a real Home Assistant house: rooms, live state, scenes, gated actions.
What each says it does
homeassistant-assistant
Home Assistant automation, scripting, template, and troubleshooting assistant with live-entity MCP context and official-docs-backed skills.
Tapo MCP
MCP server for discovering and controlling TP-Link Tapo smart home devices via AI Agents
How to run each
homeassistant-assistant
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Tapo MCP
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Requires: TAPO_MCP_API_KEY (secret), TAPO_MCP_CAMERA_PASSWORD (secret), TAPO_MCP_CAMERA_USERNAME (secret), TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TARGET, TAPO_MCP_PASSWORD (secret), TAPO_MCP_USERNAME (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 homeassistant-assistant publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: homeassistant-assistant · What it can do: Tapo MCP · Compare two other plugins
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