Profound vs startup
Profound is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Cursor. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Cursor: cursor/plugins). startup is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by ferdinandobons. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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 |  startup | |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor: cursor/plugins | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 268 Stars (GitHub): 12 913 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace ferdinandobons/startup-skill | Not listed | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 158 Stars (GitHub): 1 207 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 | Profound | startup |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 12 913 (better) | 1 207 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 268 (better) | 158 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.tryprofound.com/mcp) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 4 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cursor/plugins | github.com/ferdinandobons/startup-skill |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-18 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 2 days ago | no remote endpoint we check |
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
Profound
Track AI visibility, sentiment, and citations.
startup
Design, validate, and plan a startup from scratch. Covers market research, competitive analysis, business model, brand identity, product definition, financial projections, and validation experiments.
How to run each
Profound
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
startup As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add ferdinandobons/startup-skill
/plugin install startup@startup-skillCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Profound has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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: Profound · What it can do: startup · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/cursor/plugins/blob/HEAD/.cursor-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.