grainulator vs Fodda Deep Research
grainulator is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by grainulation. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Fodda Deep Research is an MCP server published by fodda.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  grainulator |  Fodda Deep Research |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.7.1 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 86 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.46.31 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | grainulator | Fodda Deep Research |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 86 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp) | Remote server (mcp.fodda.ai/deep-research) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 3 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 26 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/grainulation/grainulator | github.com/piers-fawkes/fodda-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 6 h ago | Answered with HTTP 404 (26 h 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
grainulator
Research sprint orchestrator for Claude Code. Ask a question, get a decision-ready brief — every finding is tracked as a typed claim, adversarially challenged, confidence-graded, and compiled into self-contained HTML output. Zero dependencies, MIT licensed.
Fodda Deep Research
Autonomous deep research reports merging PSFK trend graphs with citable sources.
How to run each
grainulator As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install grainulator@claude-communityFodda Deep Research As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http deep-research https://mcp.fodda.ai/deep-research --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only the endpoint of grainulator responded at the last daily 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
The marketplaces of Fodda Deep Research publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: grainulator · What it can do: Fodda Deep Research · 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.