cache-clock vs Prometheus MCP Server
cache-clock is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Hamza Zafar. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Prometheus MCP Server is an MCP server published by pab1it0. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). 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 |  Prometheus MCP Server | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace hamzafer/claude-code-mods | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 34 Stars (GitHub): 330 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.6.2 Forks (GitHub): 104 Stars (GitHub): 519 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:3c3921301229 Forks (GitHub): 104 Stars (GitHub): 519 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 | cache-clock | Prometheus MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 330 (worse) | 519 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 34 (worse) | 104 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (ghcr.io/pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server:1.6.2) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 6 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 14, secrets among them: 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/hamzafer/claude-code-mods | github.com/pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server |
| 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. 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
cache-clock
A prompt-cache line under your status line, from Claude Code's own cache figures: time left while warm, hit rate and misses, and how many tokens the next message re-caches once cold. /cache-clock setup adds it.
Prometheus MCP Server
MCP server providing Prometheus metrics access and PromQL query execution for AI assistants
How to run each
cache-clock As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add hamzafer/claude-code-mods
/plugin install cache-clock@claude-code-modsPrometheus MCP Server As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD=<YOUR_PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD>" --env "PROMETHEUS_TOKEN=<YOUR_PROMETHEUS_TOKEN>" --env "PROMETHEUS_URL=<YOUR_PROMETHEUS_URL>" --transport stdio prometheus-mcp-server -- docker run -i --rm -e PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD -e PROMETHEUS_TOKEN -e PROMETHEUS_URL ghcr.io/pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server:1.6.2Requires: PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD (secret), PROMETHEUS_TOKEN (secret), PROMETHEUS_URL
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of cache-clock publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of cache-clock publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: cache-clock · What it can do: Prometheus MCP Server · 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. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.