Comparison

aip vs Arm MCP Server

aip is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑23.

aip is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Architecture Intelligence Platform. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Arm MCP Server is an MCP server published by arm. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	aip	Arm MCP Server
Community marketplace michaelegner/architecture-intelligence-platform	Removed on 2026-10-23 Version: 0.6.3 Forks (GitHub): 21 Stars (GitHub): 8 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-14	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 2.4.0 Forks (GitHub): 22 Stars (GitHub): 95 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:ea7c4d1daeb9 Forks (GitHub): 22 Stars (GitHub): 95 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

aip vs Arm MCP Server
Fact	aipno longer listed · 2026-10-23	Arm MCP Server
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	8	95
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	21	22
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (docker.io/armlimited/arm-mcp:2.4.0)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	7
Environment variables it asks for	Not published	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	3	Not a bundle
Licence	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Repository (differs)	github.com/michaelegner/architecture-intelligence-platform	github.com/arm/mcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	2	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-14	2026-10-11

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of aip

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

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Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

aip

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Architecture-aware development with AIP for the Pitstop demo: skills that plan an event or messaging-contract change from evidence-qualified architecture knowledge.

Arm MCP Server

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Official Arm MCP server for code migration, optimization, and Arm architecture guidance

How to run each

aip

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

Arm MCP Server As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio arm-mcp -- docker run -i --rm run --rm -i -v "<YOUR_WORKSPACE_PATH>:/workspace" -v "<YOUR_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH>:/run/keys/ssh-key.pem:ro" -v "<YOUR_SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS_PATH>:/run/keys/known_hosts:ro" docker.io/armlimited/arm-mcp:2.4.0

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of aip publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.

What it can do: aip · What it can do: Arm MCP Server · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. 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 2026-10-25. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.