vulcan vs VaultPilot MCP
vulcan is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Ellipsis-Labs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). VaultPilot MCP is an MCP server published by szhygulin. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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 |  vulcan |  VaultPilot MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.5.0 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 20 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.14.4 Downloads/month (npm): 1 227 Downloads/week (npm): 162 Forks (GitHub): 1 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 | vulcan | VaultPilot MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 20 (better) | 3 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 6 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (vaultpilot-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 10, secrets among them: 4 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 21 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/ellipsis-labs/vulcan-cli | github.com/szhygulin/vaultpilot-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-12 | 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
vulcan
Agent and human-friendly CLI for trading Phoenix perpetual futures on Solana.
VaultPilot MCP
Self-custodial crypto + DeFi MCP for AI agents. Ledger-signed. EVM, TRON, Solana, BTC, LTC.
How to run each
vulcan As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install vulcan@claude-communityVaultPilot MCP As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "ETHERSCAN_API_KEY=<YOUR_ETHERSCAN_API_KEY>" --env "ONEINCH_API_KEY=<YOUR_ONEINCH_API_KEY>" --env "RPC_API_KEY=<YOUR_RPC_API_KEY>" --env "WALLETCONNECT_PROJECT_ID=<YOUR_WALLETCONNECT_PROJECT_ID>" --transport stdio vaultpilot-mcp -- npx -y vaultpilot-mcpRequires: ETHERSCAN_API_KEY (secret), ONEINCH_API_KEY (secret), RPC_API_KEY (secret), WALLETCONNECT_PROJECT_ID (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
Only vulcan asks for
VULCAN_WALLET_NAMEVULCAN_WALLET_PASSWORD (secret)
Only VaultPilot MCP asks for
ARBITRUM_RPC_URLBASE_RPC_URLETHEREUM_RPC_URLETHERSCAN_API_KEY (secret)ONEINCH_API_KEY (secret)POLYGON_RPC_URLRPC_API_KEY (secret)RPC_PROVIDERVAULTPILOT_DEMOWALLETCONNECT_PROJECT_ID (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: vulcan · What it can do: VaultPilot MCP · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.