session-handoff vs Session Forge
session-handoff is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by mehmeteminduran. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Session Forge is an MCP server published by 420247jake. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. 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 |  session-handoff |  Session Forge |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.0.3 Downloads/month (npm): 187 Downloads/week (npm): 27 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 | session-handoff | Session Forge |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (session-forge) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 3 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/mehmeteminduran/claude-session-handoff-plugin | github.com/420247jake/session-forge |
| 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
session-handoff
A Claude Code plugin that lets you hand off an in-flight task from one AI tool to another — Claude Code → Codex, Codex → Cursor, Cursor → a fresh Claude session — without losing decisions, dead-ends, or "what to do next." Sessions are named, so multiple parallel threads of work can coexist in the same repo. Ships: /handoff [session] — write the current session's state into HANDOFF.<session>.md /resume [session] — read that file, reconcile with git status, and execute the next concrete step A PreCompact hook that blocks context compaction until a fresh handoff exists, so Claude Code never silently summarizes away your unsaved state
Session Forge
Persistent memory and session intelligence for AI coding assistants. Zero config.
How to run each
session-handoff As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install session-handoff@claude-communitySession Forge As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio session-forge -- npx -y session-forgeCommands 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: session-handoff · What it can do: Session Forge · 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.