Life Science Research vs com.medcontra/site
Life Science Research is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by OpenAI. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Codex: openai-curated (openai/plugins)). com.medcontra/site is an MCP server published by medcontra.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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 |  Life Science Research |  com.medcontra/site |
|---|---|---|
| Codex: openai-curated (openai/plugins) | Listed Version: 1.0.3 Forks (GitHub): 979 Stars (GitHub): 7 504 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.1 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 | Life Science Research | com.medcontra/site |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 504 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 979 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (medcontra.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 50 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Proprietary | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/openai/plugins | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 2 h ago |
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
Life Science Research
General life-sciences research workflows with query routing, evidence synthesis, and optional parallel subagent analysis across genetics, omics, biology, chemistry, structure, clinical evidence, and public dataset discovery.
com.medcontra/site
Medcontra: the site's own MCP server — dataset; every answer cites the site.
How to run each
Life Science Research As a Codex plugin
codex plugin marketplace add openai/pluginscom.medcontra/site As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http site https://medcontra.com/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only com.medcontra/site has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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: Life Science Research · What it can do: com.medcontra/site · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/HEAD/.agents/plugins/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.