ai-ready vs autoresearch
ai-ready is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by johnpapa. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). autoresearch is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by pjhoberman. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). 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 |  ai-ready |  autoresearch |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 1.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 22 Stars (GitHub): 229 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 22 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 | ai-ready | autoresearch |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 229 (better) | 22 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 22 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 2 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/johnpapa/ai-ready | github.com/pjhoberman/autoresearch |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 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
ai-ready
Analyze any repository and generate AI-ready configuration — AGENTS.md, copilot-instructions.md, CI workflows, issue templates, and more. Mines your PR review patterns and creates files customized to your stack.
autoresearch
Autonomous experiment loops on any codebase — one file, one metric, one loop. An agent edits a constrained file, runs an eval, keeps improvements, reverts failures, and repeats unattended. Based on Karpathy’s autoresearch pattern, generalized beyond ML training to any code with a measurable outcome.
How to run each
ai-ready
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
autoresearch As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install autoresearch@claude-communityCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
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: ai-ready · What it can do: autoresearch · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.