deep-review vs refcheck
deep-review is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by dipakkrishnan. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). refcheck is an MCP server published by benchoi93. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-18. 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 |  deep-review | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 98 Downloads/week (PyPI): 22 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 | deep-review | refcheck |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (refcheck-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 5, secrets among them: 4 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dipakkrishnan/deep-review-skill | github.com/umn-choi-lab/refcheck |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
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
deep-review
Deep Review is a Claude Code plugin for rigorous review of papers and technical artifacts. Aiming to reduce "edit volume" for researchers and paper-reviewers, it adds a skill that interviews the user first, reads the artifact carefully, decomposes the review into specialist passes, and verifies claims against sources or computations where possible. It also self-critiques findings, and returns a severity-ranked markdown review with evidence. It is especially useful for pre-submission paper review, theorem/proof stress tests, empirical or methods audits, literature positioning, technical memos, and AI-generated draft review.
refcheck
Verify academic citations against real databases. Catches hallucinated references, exports BibTeX.
How to run each
deep-review As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install deep-review@claude-communityrefcheck As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN=<YOUR_ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN>" --env "ELSEVIER_KEY=<YOUR_ELSEVIER_KEY>" --env "IEEE_API_KEY=<YOUR_IEEE_API_KEY>" --env "S2_API_KEY=<YOUR_S2_API_KEY>" --transport stdio refcheck -- uvx refcheck-mcpRequires: ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN (secret), ELSEVIER_KEY (secret), IEEE_API_KEY (secret), S2_API_KEY (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 deep-review publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: deep-review · What it can do: refcheck · Compare two other plugins
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