knowledge-mcp vs com.adrianczuczka/mason
knowledge-mcp is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑28.
knowledge-mcp is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by David Dunnock. No marketplace we read lists it any more. com.adrianczuczka/mason is an MCP server published by adrianczuczka.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-10. 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 |  com.adrianczuczka/mason | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace ddunnock/claude-plugins | Removed on 2026-10-28 Version: 0.1.3 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 14 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.24.0 Downloads/month (npm): 1 302 Downloads/week (npm): 466 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.24.0 Downloads/month (npm): 1 302 Downloads/week (npm): 466 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 11 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 | knowledge-mcpno longer listed · | com.adrianczuczka/mason |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 14 | 11 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 | 1 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-31 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (mason-context) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 4, secrets among them: 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/ddunnock/claude-plugins | github.com/adrianczuczka/mason |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 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.
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What each says it does
knowledge-mcp
Semantic search over systems engineering standards (IEEE, INCOSE, ISO) with RAG capabilities for grounding specifications in engineering knowledge.
com.adrianczuczka/mason
Engineering decisions, change impact, documentation audits, and CI evidence for coding assistants.
How to run each
knowledge-mcp
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
com.adrianczuczka/mason As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio mason -- npx -y -p mason-context mason-mcp mason-contextCommands 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
The marketplaces of com.adrianczuczka/mason publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: knowledge-mcp · What it can do: com.adrianczuczka/mason · 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. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.