Marketplace Guide — start here vs AI Tools Directory
Marketplace Guide — start here is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by danielrosehill. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). AI Tools Directory is an MCP server published by toolboxes.top. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. 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 |  Marketplace Guide — start here |  AI Tools Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | Marketplace Guide — start here | AI Tools Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 4 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/danielrosehill/claude-marketplace-guide-plugin | github.com/renhongtao2-cell/ai-tools-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-22 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 3 days ago |
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
Marketplace Guide — start here
Start here: browse these plugins by theme, find one for a task, see what's new. Reads the live manifest.
AI Tools Directory
Curated index of 221 AI tools across 21 industries. Search by use case, department or pricing tier.
How to run each
Marketplace Guide — start here As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins
/plugin install marketplace-guide@danielrosehillAI Tools Directory As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http ai-tools-directory https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only AI Tools Directory 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: Marketplace Guide — start here · What it can do: AI Tools Directory · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.