tap vs Agent Ready
tap is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by HUA-Labs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Agent Ready is an MCP server published by mlava. 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 |  tap |   Agent Ready |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 38 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.7.7 Downloads/month (npm): 563 Downloads/week (npm): 229 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 2 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 | tap | Agent Ready |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 38 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (agent-ready.dev/api/v1/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 7 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/hua-labs/tap | github.com/mlava/agent-ready-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-12 | 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
tap
Cross-model AI agent communication protocol. Connect Claude, Codex, and Gemini agents through a shared file-based messaging layer. Features include: control tower orchestration, cross-model code review routing, broadcast/DM/CC messaging, agent heartbeat monitoring, mission tracking with kanban board, web GUI dashboard, and generational knowledge transfer through retros, letters, and findings. Other tools give agents instructions. tap gives them context.
Agent Ready
Scan any URL for AI agent readability — Vercel Spec, llmstxt.org, and agent-protocol manifests.
How to run each
tap As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install tap@claude-communityAgent Ready As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http agent-ready-mcp https://agent-ready.dev/api/v1/mcpRequires: AGENT_READY_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Agent Ready 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
The marketplaces of tap publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: tap · What it can do: Agent Ready · 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.