stetkeep vs keep-the-why
stetkeep is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by chanjoongx. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). keep-the-why is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by oliver-zehentleitner. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-18. 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 |  stetkeep |  keep-the-why |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.4.6 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.20.2 Forks (GitHub): 13 Stars (GitHub): 231 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 | stetkeep | keep-the-why |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 231 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 13 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 7 | 2 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/chanjoongx/stetkeep | github.com/oliver-zehentleitner/keep-the-why |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 3 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-12 | 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
stetkeep
stetkeep stops Claude from refactoring code that's intentionally the way it is. Two pillars: 1) XML-structured behavior protocols (BRAIN/CRAFT/PERF, ~1.8K tokens each) encode routing, refactor discipline, and measurement-first performance rules using the XML tagging pattern Anthropic's prompting guide recommends for reliable parsing. 2) A 16-entry false-positive catalog of patterns Claude commonly mis-flags as anti-patterns: 1000-line constants files (not God Files, just data tables), V8-optimized .map.map.map chains, below-fold <img> tags, useMemo that fixes reference-equality bugs. No other plugin in the directory ships this. Enforcement is mechanical, not prompted: permission deny-lists, PreToolUse hooks (safety-net.sh / .ps1), tool-scoped subagents that cannot Write new files, and path-scoped rules that auto-load CRAFT/PERF on src/** access. Honest 5-layer breakdown in ARCHITECTURE.md §1. Supply chain hardened: zero runtime dependencies, OIDC Trusted Publisher (no long-lived npm token), Sigstore SLSA v1 p
keep-the-why
Preserves or recovers the reasoning behind a codebase — architectural decisions, rejected alternatives, workarounds, incident learnings, operational constraints, and historical context the code itself cannot explain.
How to run each
stetkeep As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install stetkeep@claude-communitykeep-the-why
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.
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: stetkeep · What it can do: keep-the-why · 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 public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.