Database Sentinel vs Archery MCP
Database Sentinel is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Paarth Jha. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Archery MCP is an MCP server published by itzhouq. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. 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 |  Archery MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace farenhytee/database-sentinel | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 8 Stars (GitHub): 50 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 0 Downloads/week (PyPI): 729 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 0 Downloads/week (PyPI): 729 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | Database Sentinel | Archery MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 50 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 8 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (${claude-plugin-root}) | On your machine (archery-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 4, secrets among them: 1 | 8, secrets among them: 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/farenhytee/database-sentinel | github.com/itzhouq/archery-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| 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
Database Sentinel
Audit skill (Supabase, MongoDB) + read-only Supabase MCP tools.
Archery MCP
Read-only MCP server for the Archery SQL audit platform: production schema and release SQL checks
How to run each
Database Sentinel As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add farenhytee/database-sentinel
/plugin install database-sentinel@database-sentinelArchery MCP As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "ARCHERY_BASE_URL=<YOUR_ARCHERY_BASE_URL>" --env "ARCHERY_DB_NAME=<YOUR_ARCHERY_DB_NAME>" --env "ARCHERY_INSTANCE_NAME=<YOUR_ARCHERY_INSTANCE_NAME>" --env "ARCHERY_PASSWORD=<YOUR_ARCHERY_PASSWORD>" --env "ARCHERY_TOTP_SECRET=<YOUR_ARCHERY_TOTP_SECRET>" --env "ARCHERY_USERNAME=<YOUR_ARCHERY_USERNAME>" --transport stdio archery-mcp -- uvx archery-mcpRequires: ARCHERY_BASE_URL, ARCHERY_DB_NAME, ARCHERY_INSTANCE_NAME, ARCHERY_PASSWORD (secret), ARCHERY_TOTP_SECRET (secret), ARCHERY_USERNAME
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 Database Sentinel asks for
SENTINEL_ANON_KEY (secret)SENTINEL_DSNSENTINEL_REPOSENTINEL_REST_URL
Only Archery MCP asks for
ARCHERY_BASE_URLARCHERY_DB_NAMEARCHERY_INSTANCE_NAMEARCHERY_PASSWORD (secret)ARCHERY_QUERY_LIMITARCHERY_SCHEMA_NAMEARCHERY_TOTP_SECRET (secret)ARCHERY_USERNAME
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Database Sentinel · What it can do: Archery MCP · 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. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.