act vs spendtron
act is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑21.
act is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by gabrielkoerich. No marketplace we read lists it any more. spendtron is an MCP server published by swantron. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  spendtron | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace gabrielkoerich/skills | Removed on 2026-10-21 Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.0 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 | actno longer listed · | spendtron |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 6 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (spendtron.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/gabrielkoerich/skills | github.com/swantron/spendtron |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Answered with HTTP 404 (6 days ago) |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of act
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Inspect repositories, triage pull requests and issues, debug CI, and publish changes through a hybrid GitHub connector and CLI workflow.
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GitHub Actions CI/CD toolkit for workflow design, custom action creation, and matrix optimization. Includes workflow architect agent for strategic automation decisions.
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Claude Code plugin for GitHub Actions debugging, conversation cloning/half-cloning, context handoffs, and CLAUDE.md review
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Makes a repo agent-ready with AGENTS.md, boundary tests, CI pipeline, and GC scripts based on OpenAI's harness engineering methodology
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Autonomously run CI/CD pipelines on your behalf. This gives Claude Code the ability to validate code in real target environments — different runtimes, OS images, or with real…
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CI/CD automation — git worktrees, deploy pipeline, canary monitoring, auto-format/test hooks, and GitHub Actions templates
What each says it does
act
Run GitHub Actions workflows locally using act. Test CI pipelines, debug jobs, and validate workflows before pushing.
spendtron
Finds the GitHub Actions workflow eating your CI bill and suggests fix diffs, verified against runs.
How to run each
act
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
spendtron As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http spendtron https://spendtron.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"Requires: Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only spendtron has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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: act · What it can do: spendtron · 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.