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waterology vs Noosphere

waterology is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.

waterology is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Cameron Bracken. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Noosphere is an MCP server published by JinNing6. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). 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

Where each is published
MarketplacewaterologyNoosphere
Community marketplace cameronbracken/waterology-research Removed on 2026-10-15
Version: 0.7.6
Forks (GitHub): 0
Stars (GitHub): 0
Not marked · First seen
Not listed
Official MCP Registry Not listed Listed
Version: 0.5.1
Downloads/month (PyPI): 334
Downloads/week (PyPI): 34
Forks (GitHub): 3
Stars (GitHub): 18
Not marked · First seen
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community Not listed Listed
Version: 0.10.0
Forks (GitHub): 3
Stars (GitHub): 18
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

waterology vs Noosphere
Factwaterologyno longer listed · Noosphere
Marketplaces that list it (differs)02
Stars (GitHub) (differs)018
Forks (GitHub) (differs)03
Last releaseNot publishedNot published
Where it runs (differs)Installs as a plugin bundleOn your machine (noosphere-mcp)
Transport (differs)Not statedstdio
Tools it declaresNot publishedNot published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)Not published3, secrets among them: 1
Hooks it runs (differs)Not published1
Parts of the bundle (differs)725
Licence (differs)MITApache-2.0
Repository (differs)github.com/cameronbracken/waterology-researchgithub.com/jinning6/noosphere
Changes in the last 7 days00
First seen (differs)2026-10-142026-10-11

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 waterology

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

  • arbor

    Run Arbor's autonomous research workflow inside Claude Code with your own model (keyless). Installs the Arbor skill suite and the `arbor mcp` tools in one step.

    by RUC-NLPIR · Plugin bundle

    Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job

  • scientific-coding

    Principles and rules for writing faithful scientific code. Scientific code serves truth, not users. This plugin teaches Claude the fundamental differences between scientific and…

    by cemde · Plugin bundle

    Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-community · Describes nearly the same job

  • ml-research

    Machine learning experiments, training, evaluation and reproducible papers.

    by Kalaris Labs · Plugin bundle

    Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job

  • deep-research

    Multi-agent deep research pipelines for Claude Code. Runs internet research, repository analysis, schema-driven structured research, and media research (via NotebookLM) using…

    by oduffy-delphi · Plugin bundle

    Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-community · Describes nearly the same job

  • AIRAS

    Automated AI research toolkit: hypothesis generation, experiments, and paper writing

    by airas-org · MCP server

    Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job

  • data-science-and-ml

    Data analysis, statistics and machine learning libraries.

    by Kalaris Labs · Plugin bundle

    Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

waterology

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Reproducible computational research workflows for Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode.

Noosphere

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Community of Consciousness MCP Server — upload and explore collective wisdom via GitHub.

How to run each

waterology

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

Noosphere As a local MCP server: PyPI package

Claude Code
claude mcp add --env "GITHUB_TOKEN=<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>" --transport stdio noosphere -- uvx noosphere-mcp

Requires: GITHUB_TOKEN (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 waterology publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: waterology · What it can do: Noosphere · Compare two other plugins

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