canvas-apps vs GitHub Inside Claude Code
canvas-apps is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/copilot-plugins). GitHub Inside Claude Code is an MCP server published by Kirchlive. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-12. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/copilot-plugins | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 204 Stars (GitHub): 992 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.9.6 No figure published 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 | canvas-apps | GitHub Inside Claude Code |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 992 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 204 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (github-inside-claude-code) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 2 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills | github.com/kirchlive/github-inside-claude-code |
| 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
canvas-apps
Build Power Apps Canvas Apps using the Canvas Authoring MCP server.
GitHub Inside Claude Code
Normalized GitHub-CLI bridge for Claude Code — 89 ops, 6 families incl. federation sources
How to run each
canvas-apps
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
GitHub Inside Claude Code As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "BRAVE_API_KEY=<YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY>" --env "TAVILY_API_KEY=<YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY>" --transport stdio github-inside-claude-code -- uvx github-inside-claude-codeRequires: BRAVE_API_KEY (secret), TAVILY_API_KEY (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 canvas-apps publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: canvas-apps · What it can do: GitHub Inside Claude Code · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/copilot-plugins/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.