web-researcher vs Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT
web-researcher is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.
web-researcher is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Daniel Worthington-Bodart. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT is an MCP server published by apurvsinghgautam. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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
| Marketplace |  Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace danielbodart/claude-code-plugins | Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 1.0.75 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 3.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 418 Stars (GitHub): 7 592 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 | web-researcherno longer listed · | Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 | 7 592 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 1 418 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (docker.io/apurvsg/robin:v3.1) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/danielbodart/claude-code-plugins | github.com/apurvsinghgautam/robin |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 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 web-researcher
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Web search and content fetching with privacy-aware tool selection. Turns vague questions into optimized multi-engine queries, evaluates result quality, and re-searches when…
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Exa AI web search, deep research, and content extraction. Provides MCP tools and research skills for comprehensive web search, people discovery, company research, academic papers…
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1cent Web Intelligence for AI Agents
SSRF-safe web intelligence: 4 outcomes, 43 paid x402 tools, 3 free tools and a URL preview.
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9 research tools: 5-engine web search, 9 social platforms, 5 news sources, 5 academic databases, GitHub, website mapping, document analysis, and research topic synthesis. No API…
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octen-mcp io.github.Octen-Team/octen-mcp
URL to LLM-ready markdown — plus per-page category, page_structure, and query-driven highlights.
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Community-maintained server for DuckDuckGo search. Not published by or affiliated with DuckDuckGo.
What each says it does
web-researcher
Deep web research agent that finds and synthesizes information from multiple sources
Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT
Dark web OSINT over Tor: search onion engines, scrape pages, report with your own model.
How to run each
web-researcher
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio robin -- docker run -i --rm -v robin-investigations:/app/investigations docker.io/apurvsg/robin:v3.1 mcpCommands 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: web-researcher · What it can do: Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT · Compare two other plugins
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