chronicle-stats vs Canvas API MCP
chronicle-stats is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Julia Muiruri. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). Canvas API MCP is an MCP server published by JohannsenLum. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 |  Canvas API MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 5 143 Stars (GitHub): 40 092 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 299 Downloads/week (PyPI): 74 Forks (GitHub): 13 Stars (GitHub): 3 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 | chronicle-stats | Canvas API MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 40 092 (better) | 3 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 5 143 (better) | 13 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (canvas-api-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 3, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/github/awesome-copilot | github.com/johannsenlum/canvas-api-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 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
chronicle-stats
See your local Copilot token usage by day, model, and session, and get tips to use it more efficiently.
Canvas API MCP
MCP server exposing the Canvas LMS REST API (1,116 endpoints) for AI assistants
How to run each
chronicle-stats
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Canvas API MCP As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "CANVAS_BASE_URL=<YOUR_CANVAS_BASE_URL>" --env "CANVAS_TOKEN=<YOUR_CANVAS_TOKEN>" --transport stdio canvas-api-mcp -- uvx canvas-api-mcpRequires: CANVAS_BASE_URL, CANVAS_TOKEN (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 chronicle-stats publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: chronicle-stats · What it can do: Canvas API MCP · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/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.