microsoft-foundry vs agend-sh
microsoft-foundry is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). agend-sh is an MCP server published by agend-sh. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  microsoft-foundry |  agend-sh |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 1.0.14 Forks (GitHub): 262 Stars (GitHub): 2 055 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.2.14 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | microsoft-foundry | agend-sh |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 055 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 262 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (ghcr.io/agend-sh/agend-mcp@sha256:4462e2571be0e69003e1be93255e04523342e1e5aa17482ec3d63bd7506bb82f) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/microsoft/foundry-dev-tools | github.com/agend-sh/cli |
| 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
microsoft-foundry
Skills and interactive Copilot canvas for designing, configuring, testing and deploying agents to Microsoft Foundry.
agend-sh
Persistent Linux environments for AI agents, with interactive terminals and HTTPS previews.
How to run each
microsoft-foundry
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
agend-sh As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "AGEND_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_AGEND_API_TOKEN>" --transport stdio agend-sh -- docker run -i --rm -e AGEND_API_TOKEN --env AGEND_API_TOKEN ghcr.io/agend-sh/agend-mcp@sha256:4462e2571be0e69003e1be93255e04523342e1e5aa17482ec3d63bd7506bb82fRequires: AGEND_API_TOKEN (secret)
Commands 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
The marketplaces of microsoft-foundry publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: microsoft-foundry · What it can do: agend-sh · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/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.