research-co-pilot vs Academic Research Kernel
research-co-pilot is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Marazii. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Academic Research Kernel is an MCP server published by xngg1021. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). 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 |  research-co-pilot |  Academic Research Kernel |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.10.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 13 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.1.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 211 Downloads/week (PyPI): 44 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | research-co-pilot | Academic Research Kernel |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 13 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (academic-research-kernel) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 34 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/marazii/research-co-pilot | github.com/xngg1021/academic-research-kernel |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| 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
research-co-pilot
About Comprehensive research co-pilot for Claude Code and claude.ai — 13 skills covering literature review, methodology, ethics review, data analysis, qualitative coding, brainstorming, manuscript drafting, replication design, grant writing, talk building, citations, survey design, and peer review. A peer collaborator, not a subservient assistant.
Academic Research Kernel
Deterministic research state, evidence validation and statistical recomputation.
How to run each
research-co-pilot As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install research-co-pilot@claude-communityAcademic Research Kernel As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio academic-research-kernel -- uvx academic-research-kernel mcpCommands 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: research-co-pilot · What it can do: Academic Research Kernel · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.