map-animation-skills vs Glif
map-animation-skills is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑11‑02.
map-animation-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by iart.ai. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Glif is an MCP server published by glif.app. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-03. 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 |   Glif | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace iart-ai/map-animation-skills | Removed on 2026-11-02 Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 23 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 32 Stars (GitHub): 219 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:3f93ddceeb99 Forks (GitHub): 32 Pulls (Docker Hub): 20 094 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 219 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 | map-animation-skillsno longer listed · | Glif |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 23 | 219 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 20 094 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 6 | 32 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 10 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 3, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 11 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/iart-ai/map-animation-skills | github.com/glifxyz/glif-mcp-server |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-21 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 4 days ago |
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 map-animation-skills
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Animated map videos of any story: trips, wars, empires, storms, data. Free, no signup.
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Create 3D map flyover videos with an AI agent: script, narration, captions and animated scenes.
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Make dotted world maps and animated 3D globes and put them on a website. Bundles the globestudio skill, which writes the design as one config and embeds it as an iframe, a React…
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Generate dotted-globe maps, share URLs, and embed snippets from chat.
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Explainer video skills for AI coding agents: script, storyboard, and render narrated explainers, year-in-review recaps, and animated diagrams.
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mcp com.travelanimator/mcp
Make animated travel-route videos: plan a route, style the animation, render an MP4.
What each says it does
map-animation-skills
Map animation skills for AI coding agents — build editorial, "Vox-style" animated maps for explainer and documentary video: camera zooms, drawn-on routes, dropped pins, region highlights, and the 12fps stutter.
Glif
Generate images, video, and audio with Glif's media-generation agent
How to run each
map-animation-skills
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Glif As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http glif https://glif.app/api/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Glif has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of map-animation-skills publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of map-animation-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: map-animation-skills · What it can do: Glif · Compare two other plugins
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