research vs Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT
research is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑11‑07.
research is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Grey Haven Studio. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT is an MCP server published by apurvsinghgautam. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-10. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace greyhaven-ai/claude-code-config | Removed on 2026-11-07 Version: 2.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 31 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 3.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 484 Stars (GitHub): 7 942 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 | researchno longer listed · | Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 31 | 7 942 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 5 | 1 484 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (docker.io/apurvsg/robin:v3.1) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 7 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/greyhaven-ai/claude-code-config | github.com/apurvsinghgautam/robin |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-20 | 2026-10-11 |
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 research
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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You.com agent skills for web search, research with citations, and content extraction. Guided integrations for Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, crewAI…
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This skill should be used when the user requests to research topics using FireCrawl, enrich notes with web sources, sear
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Search the web, read pages, research questions, and assess claims through Parallel's MCP server. Search, Fetch, and Decisions work without an account; Research requires sign-in…
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AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent
x402 cited web research and synthesis for agents. $1.99 per completed brief.
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Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.
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Deep research skill for Claude Code. Bootstraps the hyperresearch CLI and hands off to its 16-step research pipeline.
What each says it does
research
API research and documentation retrieval using Firecrawl and Context7, with multi-agent synthesis capabilities
Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT
Dark web OSINT over Tor: search onion engines, scrape pages, report with your own model.
How to run each
research
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio robin -- docker run -i --rm -v robin-investigations:/app/investigations docker.io/apurvsg/robin:v3.1 mcp
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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: research · What it can do: Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT · 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.