gia-prospecting-engine vs ai.explorium/mcp-explorium
gia-prospecting-engine is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by knowledgepa3. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). ai.explorium/mcp-explorium is an MCP server published by explorium.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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 |  gia-prospecting-engine |   ai.explorium/mcp-explorium |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 22 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:48f0b580857b Forks (GitHub): 4 Pulls (Docker Hub): 13 150 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 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 | gia-prospecting-engine | ai.explorium/mcp-explorium |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 22 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 13 150 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| 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 | 12 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/knowledgepa3/gia-prospecting-engine | github.com/explorium-ai/mcp-explorium |
| 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 | Not responding since 2026-10-23 |
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
gia-prospecting-engine
AI-powered lead generation and outreach automation for Claude Code and Cowork. Find companies hiring in your target market, research prospects, and draft personalized cold emails — all in parallel. Powered by GIA governance.
ai.explorium/mcp-explorium
Access live company and contact data from Explorium's AgentSource B2B platform.
How to run each
gia-prospecting-engine As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install gia-prospecting-engine@claude-communityai.explorium/mcp-explorium As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http mcp-explorium https://mcp-github-registry.explorium.ai/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only ai.explorium/mcp-explorium has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of gia-prospecting-engine publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of gia-prospecting-engine publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: gia-prospecting-engine · What it can do: ai.explorium/mcp-explorium · 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. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.