retrospect vs Parabol MCP by usefulapi
retrospect is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑11‑01.
retrospect is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by dstoic. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Parabol MCP by usefulapi is an MCP server published by usefulapi.io. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-14. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace digital-stoic-org/agent-skills | Removed on 2026-11-01 Version: 0.39.1 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 21 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.40.2 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | retrospectno longer listed · | Parabol MCP by usefulapi |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 21 | 1 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 | 0 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (parabol.usefulapi.io/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 10 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 13 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/digital-stoic-org/agent-skills | github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 8 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 18 h ago, requires authentication |
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 retrospect
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Data-grounded sprint retrospectives from your Jira, GitHub, and Slack activity.
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LLM-driven session retrospection. Detects friction in agent sessions (mechanical pre-pass + LLM inference + cross-session) and materializes approved learnings into user memory…
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Stay on top of your product — briefings, meeting processing, stakeholder comms
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Execution and product management skills: PRDs, OKRs, roadmaps, sprints, pre-mortems, stakeholder maps, user stories, prioritization frameworks, live Q&A and polls, and more.
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Streamline engineering workflows — standups, code review, architecture decisions, incident response, and technical documentation. Works with your existing tools or standalone.
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Multi-perspective plan review with VP Product, VP Engineering, and VP Design for implementation plans and architecture proposals.
What each says it does
retrospect
Retrospective analysis: session reports, collaborative retrospectives, and domain retrospectives
Parabol MCP by usefulapi
Start Parabol retrospectives, standups and sprint poker; read teams/meetings/tasks; create tasks.
How to run each
retrospect
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Parabol MCP by usefulapi As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http parabol https://parabol.usefulapi.io/mcp
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Parabol MCP by usefulapi 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: retrospect · What it can do: Parabol MCP by usefulapi · 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.