Xero vs Pax8 MCP
Xero is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Cursor. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Cursor: cursor/plugins). Pax8 MCP is an MCP server published by Servosity. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). 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 |   Pax8 MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor: cursor/plugins | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 133 Stars (GitHub): 11 569 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.5 Forks (GitHub): 13 Stars (GitHub): 59 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 | Xero | Pax8 MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 569 (better) | 59 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 133 (better) | 13 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-16 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@xeroapi/xero-mcp-server) | On your machine (https://github.com/Servosity/msp-skills/releases/download/pax8-v0.1.5/pax8-mcp.mcpb) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 7, secrets among them: 3 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cursor/plugins | github.com/servosity/msp-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 5 |
| 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
Xero
Read and write invoices, contacts, reports, and payroll.
Pax8 MCP
Every Pax8 Partner API endpoint, plus an offline store that reconciles billing, tracks MRR, and
How to run each
Xero
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Pax8 MCP As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add servosity/msp-skills
/plugin install pax8@msp-skillsRequires: PAX8_CLIENT_ID (secret), PAX8_CLIENT_SECRET (secret), PAX8_OAUTH_SCOPE (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
Only Xero asks for
XERO_CLIENT_IDXERO_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)
Only Pax8 MCP asks for
PAX8_AUDIENCEPAX8_BASE_URLPAX8_CLIENT_ID (secret)PAX8_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)PAX8_NO_CONFIG_WRITEPAX8_OAUTH_SCOPE (secret)PAX8_TOKEN_URL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Xero · What it can do: Pax8 MCP · 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 the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. 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.