Mackforge Harness Toolbox vs io.github.Medhovarsh/forkmind
Mackforge Harness Toolbox is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Daniel Mack. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). io.github.Medhovarsh/forkmind is an MCP server published by Medhovarsh. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). 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 |  io.github.Medhovarsh/forkmind | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace dtiger1889-ops/claude-harness-toolbox | Listed Version: 1.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 13 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.9.0 Downloads/month (npm): 308 Downloads/week (npm): 51 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 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 | Mackforge Harness Toolbox | io.github.Medhovarsh/forkmind |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 13 (worse) | 977 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 721 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (forkmind) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 9 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 19 | 4 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dtiger1889-ops/claude-harness-toolbox | github.com/medhovarsh/forkmind |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 5 |
| 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
Mackforge Harness Toolbox
A tested harness for durable work across coding agents: CLAUDE.md/CHECKPOINT.md state files, an orientation gate, an interview-before-you-build gate and other hooks, and fourteen skills that encode the conventions so you never re-explain them.
io.github.Medhovarsh/forkmind
Branchable LLM history DAG + encrypted context capsules agents can save, restore, and crypto-shred.
How to run each
Mackforge Harness Toolbox As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add dtiger1889-ops/claude-harness-toolbox
/plugin install mackforge-harness-toolbox@harness-toolboxio.github.Medhovarsh/forkmind As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio forkmind -- npx -y mcp forkmindCommands 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: Mackforge Harness Toolbox · What it can do: io.github.Medhovarsh/forkmind · 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.