crowdsec vs K8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server
crowdsec is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by crowdsecurity. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Community GitHub marketplaces). K8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server is an MCP server published by JDoornink. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |  crowdsec |  K8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 25 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | crowdsec | K8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 25 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (docker.io/jdoornink/k8gents:0.1.1) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 3, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec-skill | github.com/jdoornink/k8gents |
| 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
crowdsec
Operational skill for installing, configuring, operating, and debugging CrowdSec (cscli, LAPI/CAPI, hub, bouncers, WAF/AppSec) across bare-metal, Docker, and Kubernetes.
K8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server
Kubernetes RCA agent that sandboxes its own AI with OPA Gatekeeper. MCP-ready for any client.
How to run each
crowdsec As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install crowdsec@claude-plugins-officialK8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "AI_API_KEY=<YOUR_AI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio k8gents -- docker run -i --rm -e AI_API_KEY docker.io/jdoornink/k8gents:0.1.1Requires: AI_API_KEY (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 crowdsec publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: crowdsec · What it can do: K8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.