humwork vs NeedHuman
humwork is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by humworkai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). NeedHuman is an MCP server published by MariusAure. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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 |  humwork |  NeedHuman |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: c93539e Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.2 Downloads/month (npm): 143 Downloads/week (npm): 25 Forks (GitHub): 1 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 | humwork | NeedHuman |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 1 | 1 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 1 | 1 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (needhuman.ai/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/humworkai/humwork-mcp | github.com/mariusaure/needhuman-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 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
humwork
Real-time consultation with verified human domain experts (software, design, law, finance, medical, product). When your AI agent is stuck — after multiple failed approaches, on a high-stakes decision, or working in unfamiliar territory — Humwork matches it with a vetted human in under 60 seconds and feeds the expert's response back into your conversation. Five MCP tools cover the full session lifecycle: open, send messages, read replies, close, rate.
NeedHuman
Human-as-a-Service for AI agents. Delegate tasks that need a real human, get results via API.
How to run each
humwork As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install humwork@claude-communityNeedHuman As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http needhuman-mcp https://needhuman.ai/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY (secret), Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only NeedHuman 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 humwork publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: humwork · What it can do: NeedHuman · 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.