sdd vs io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp
sdd is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Kyrylo Genkov. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp is an MCP server published by HarimxChoi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). 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 |  io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace genkovich/sdd | Listed Version: 2.4.1 Forks (GitHub): 67 Stars (GitHub): 184 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.4 Downloads/month (npm): 1 729 Downloads/week (npm): 104 Forks (GitHub): 32 Stars (GitHub): 290 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.4 Downloads/month (npm): 1 729 Downloads/week (npm): 104 Forks (GitHub): 32 Stars (GitHub): 290 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 | sdd | io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 184 (worse) | 290 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 67 (better) | 32 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-20 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (google-surf-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 29, secrets among them: 4 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 33 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/genkovich/sdd | github.com/harimxchoi/google-surf-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-19 | 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
sdd
Spec-Driven Development pipeline: 23 atomic Socratic skills (survey/scaffold → spec → ux-flows → design → data-model → api → screens → tasks → tests → implement → review → ship) + a living decomposition roadmap (steps + dependency graph + parallel-safe execution waves) above the per-feature flow + 10 subagents, plus a TDD implementation engine with agent-team and dynamic-workflow modes. The Q&A skills are depth-tunable (easy/medium/hard); the ideation analyses (researcher/strategist/analyst/devil's-advocate) run as named subagents gated by that dial; diagrams are confirmed in prose; and every acceptance criterion is covered end-to-end. Surface-aware: declare target surfaces at design (backend/web/mobile/desktop/CLI/worker/library, as C4 containers); downstream gates the `ui` task layer, UI-driven flows, and frontend test tiers. UI features get a design pipeline (auto-skipped for backend-only work): design-system (the committed canon — Figma MCP / Pencil MCP / code-markdown; on pencil it also bootstraps and se
io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp
Web, academic and code search with graph RAG, data lineage, ontology and cross-project schema links.
How to run each
sdd As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add genkovich/sdd
/plugin install sdd@sddio.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>" --env "GITHUB_TOKEN=<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>" --env "ORCAROUTER_API_KEY=<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_API_KEY>" --env "SEARCH_API=<YOUR_SEARCH_API>" --transport stdio google-surf-mcp -- npx -y google-surf-mcpRequires: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (secret), GITHUB_TOKEN (secret), ORCAROUTER_API_KEY (secret), SEARCH_API (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
The marketplaces of sdd publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: sdd · What it can do: io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp · Compare two other plugins
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