TDPilot vs tdmcp — TouchDesigner MCP server
TDPilot is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by silviu. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). tdmcp — TouchDesigner MCP server is an MCP server published by Pantani. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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 |  tdmcp — TouchDesigner MCP server | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace dreamrec/tdpilot | Listed Version: 2.4.1 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 15 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.13.2 Downloads/month (npm): 683 Downloads/week (npm): 137 Forks (GitHub): 9 Stars (GitHub): 51 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 | TDPilot | tdmcp — TouchDesigner MCP server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 15 (worse) | 51 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 9 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@dpantani/tdmcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 6, secrets among them: 2 | 2, secrets among them: 0 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 19 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dreamrec/tdpilot | github.com/pantani/tdmcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-16 | 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
TDPilot
TDPilot v2.4 routes exact validated patterns through deterministic planning and artistic or multi-domain requests through grounded concept authoring, then requires complete intent coverage before transactional execution. Live graph, runtime, visual, and performance checks plus bounded repair prevent partial scaffolds from being called finished. Local-first, 114 MCP tools, no signup or hosted model dependency.
tdmcp — TouchDesigner MCP server
Build real visual systems in TouchDesigner from plain language with Claude, Cursor or Codex.
How to run each
TDPilot As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add dreamrec/tdpilot
/plugin install tdpilot@dreamrec-TDPilottdmcp — TouchDesigner MCP server As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio tdmcp -- npx -y @dpantani/tdmcpCommands 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
Only TDPilot asks for
TD_MCP_AUTOGENERATE_SECRET (secret)TD_MCP_EXEC_MODETD_MCP_HOSTTD_MCP_PORTTD_MCP_REQUIRE_AUTH (secret)TD_MCP_WS_PORT
Only tdmcp — TouchDesigner MCP server asks for
TDMCP_RAW_PYTHONTDMCP_TOOL_PROFILE
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: TDPilot · What it can do: tdmcp — TouchDesigner MCP server · 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.