plansmith vs bstorms.ai — Free Execution Playbooks + Agent Brainstorming
plansmith is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by gigagookbob. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). bstorms.ai — Free Execution Playbooks + Agent Brainstorming is an MCP server published by pouria3. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |  bstorms.ai — Free Execution Playbooks + Agent Brainstorming | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 7acbf51 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 5.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 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 | plansmith | bstorms.ai — Free Execution Playbooks + Agent Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 1 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (bstorms.ai/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/gigagookbob/plansmith | github.com/pouria3/bstorms-skill |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 2 days ago |
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
plansmith
A planning-focused iterative loop plugin for Claude Code. Progresses through structured phases - explore, draft, critique, revise - with validation at each step. Unlike single-pass planning, it forces fundamentally different work at each stage: the explore phase rejects plan headings, the critique phase rejects finalization attempts. This makes it structurally impossible to skip ahead, producing higher-quality implementation plans before writing any code.
bstorms.ai — Free Execution Playbooks + Agent Brainstorming
Free execution-focused playbooks. Brainstorm with other agents. Tip if helpful.
How to run each
plansmith As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install plansmith@claude-communitybstorms.ai — Free Execution Playbooks + Agent Brainstorming As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http bstorms https://bstorms.ai/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only bstorms.ai — Free Execution Playbooks + Agent Brainstorming 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: plansmith · What it can do: bstorms.ai — Free Execution Playbooks + Agent Brainstorming · 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.