sivia vs phd-deepread
sivia is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by gatina. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). phd-deepread is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by heleninsights-dot. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. 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 |  phd-deepread | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace exsinger-hub/sivia | Listed Version: 1.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 14 Stars (GitHub): 364 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.2 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 63 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 | sivia | phd-deepread |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 364 (better) | 63 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 14 (better) | 4 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 10 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | LicenseRef-Sivia-NonCommercial-1.0 AND MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/exsinger-hub/sivia | github.com/heleninsights-dot/phd-deepread-workflow |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-18 | 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
sivia
Understand papers and turn their core contributions into scientific overviews, with built-in detailed visual templates and editable figure reconstruction.
phd-deepread
Transform academic PDFs into structured literature notes and critical-thinking canvases for Obsidian. Extracts text from PDFs, then Claude generates a structured note with evidence tables, validity-mapped critique, and 25+ wikilinks. Outputs a 9-node JSON canvas for visual critical-thinking analysis in Obsidian.
How to run each
sivia As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add exsinger-hub/sivia
/plugin install sivia@siviaphd-deepread As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install phd-deepread@claude-communityCommands 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: sivia · What it can do: phd-deepread · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.