vern vs StartupMKT — Startup Discovery & Marketplace
vern is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑29.
vern is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Justin Donohoo. No marketplace we read lists it any more. StartupMKT — Startup Discovery & Marketplace is an MCP server published by startupmkt.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. 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 jdonohoo/vern-bot | Removed on 2026-10-29 Version: 2.9.1 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 15 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 No figure published 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 | vernno longer listed · | StartupMKT — Startup Discovery & Marketplace |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 15 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (startupmkt.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 66 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/jdonohoo/vern-bot | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-23 | 2026-10-22 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 1 h 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.
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What each says it does
vern
Multi-LLM discovery pipelines, competing AI personas, VernHole council tiers, Historian indexing, and Oracle vision. One idea in, battle-tested plan out. Run your idea through competing AI models and personas — each one challenges, refines, and stress-tests the last. What survives the gauntlet is worth building.
StartupMKT — Startup Discovery & Marketplace
Discover startups & AI tools, browse micro-SaaS for sale, and track verified startup funding.
How to run each
vern
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
StartupMKT — Startup Discovery & Marketplace As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http startupmkt https://startupmkt.com/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only StartupMKT — Startup Discovery & Marketplace 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: vern · What it can do: StartupMKT — Startup Discovery & Marketplace · 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.