guild vs PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence
guild is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by lookatitude. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence is an MCP server published by getpapi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. 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 |  guild |  PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 2.6.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 7 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.402.157 Downloads/month (npm): 1 274 Downloads/week (npm): 106 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 11 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 | guild | PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 (worse) | 11 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-15 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (mcp.getpapi.ai/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 24 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 147 | 15 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/lookatitude/guild | github.com/getpapi/papi |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 5 days ago, requires a key |
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
guild
Guild turns Claude Code into a self-evolving team of specialist agents for larger software tasks. It plans before execution, selects the right specialists, assembles focused context, preserves durable project memory, and improves its skills over time through evidence-based reflection. Instead of treating every request as a single long prompt, Guild breaks work into a governed workflow: clarify the goal, compose the right agent team, execute with scoped context, review the results, capture decisions, and only evolve specialists or skills when repeated evidence shows they are useful. When native agent teams are available, Guild coordinates them directly; when they are not, it falls back to sub-agents with the same planning and memory discipline. Guild is designed for projects where context, quality, and continuity matter: feature work, refactors, documentation, QA, release preparation, research-heavy implementation, and recurring workflows that benefit from reusable specialist knowledge.
PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence
Adaptive plan/build/review cycles for AI coding assistants, persisted across sessions.
How to run each
guild As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install guild@claude-communityPAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http papi https://mcp.getpapi.ai/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence 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: guild · What it can do: PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence · Compare two other plugins
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