Comparison

forager-skills vs io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp

forager-skills is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑26.

forager-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by CyranoB. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp is an MCP server published by tavily-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. 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
Marketplace	forager-skills	io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
Community marketplace cyranob/web-forager	Removed on 2026-10-26 Version: 1.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 10 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-15	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.2.15 Downloads/month (npm): 89 437 Downloads/week (npm): 11 971 Forks (GitHub): 306 Stars (GitHub): 2 463 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:e8bbe2860c85 Forks (GitHub): 306 Pulls (Docker Hub): 56 784 Stars (Docker Hub): 8 Stars (GitHub): 2 463 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
npm registry (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.2.22 Downloads/month (npm): 89 437 Downloads/week (npm): 11 971 Forks (GitHub): 306 Stars (GitHub): 2 463 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

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

forager-skills vs io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
Fact	forager-skillsno longer listed · 2026-10-26	io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	3
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	10	2 463
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	No figure on Docker Hub	56 784
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	3	306
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (tavily-mcp)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	5
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	2, secrets among them: 1
Parts of the bundle (differs)	7	Not a bundle
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/cyranob/web-forager	github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	2	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-15	2026-10-11

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 forager-skills

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

insane-research

AI-powered deep research with multi-agent source verification, 7-phase pipeline, and structured report generation.

by fivetaku · Plugin bundle

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

Deep research skill for Claude Code. Bootstraps the hyperresearch CLI and hands off to its 16-step research pipeline.

by Jordan Gibbs · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent

x402 cited web research and synthesis for agents. $1.99 per completed brief.

by industrial-platform-ai · MCP server

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

API research and documentation retrieval using Firecrawl and Context7, with multi-agent synthesis capabilities

by Grey Haven Studio · Plugin bundle

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

Iterative web research agent that searches, discovers new directions, and synthesizes findings

by Filip Procházka · Plugin bundle

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

Self-evolving deep research. Gets smarter every time you use it. Searches across channels, synthesizes cited reports, and learns which queries and platforms work best.

by 0xmariowu · Plugin bundle

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

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

forager-skills

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Seven research skills powered by DuckDuckGo search and Jina Reader: article auditing, web research, fact-checking, news monitoring, competitive intelligence, technology evaluation, and geopolitical analysis

io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

MCP server for advanced web search using Tavily

How to run each

forager-skills

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

io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "TAVILY_API_KEY=<YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY>" --transport stdio tavily-mcp -- npx -y tavily-mcp

Requires: TAVILY_API_KEY (secret)

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of forager-skills publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of forager-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: forager-skills · What it can do: io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp · Compare two other plugins

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. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-28. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.