Comparison

philosopher vs io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp

philosopher is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑11‑01.

philosopher is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by dstoic. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp is an MCP server published by HarimxChoi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-11. 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	philosopher	io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp
Community marketplace digital-stoic-org/agent-skills	Removed on 2026-11-01 Version: 0.10.0 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 21 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-16	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.1.6 Downloads/month (npm): 1 249 Downloads/week (npm): 613 Forks (GitHub): 32 Stars (GitHub): 292 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
npm registry (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.1.6 Downloads/month (npm): 1 249 Downloads/week (npm): 613 Forks (GitHub): 32 Stars (GitHub): 292 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

philosopher vs io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp
Fact	philosopherno longer listed · 2026-11-01	io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	21	292
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	7	32
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-11-07
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (google-surf-mcp)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	29, secrets among them: 4
Parts of the bundle (differs)	24	Not a bundle
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/digital-stoic-org/agent-skills	github.com/harimxchoi/google-surf-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	2
First seen (differs)	2026-10-16	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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Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

philosopher

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Philosopher personas: historically-grounded dialogue with source attribution, period awareness, and AI meta-cognition

io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Web, academic and code search with graph RAG, data lineage, ontology and cross-project schema links.

How to run each

philosopher

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

io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>" --env "GITHUB_TOKEN=<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>" --env "ORCAROUTER_API_KEY=<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_API_KEY>" --env "SEARCH_API=<YOUR_SEARCH_API>" --transport stdio google-surf-mcp -- npx -y google-surf-mcp

Requires: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (secret), GITHUB_TOKEN (secret), ORCAROUTER_API_KEY (secret), SEARCH_API (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

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

What it can do: philosopher · What it can do: io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-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. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-11-11. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.