Parallel vs Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT
Parallel is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Parallel Web Systems. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT is an MCP server published by apurvsinghgautam. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-10. 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 |  Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills | Listed Version: 0.11.1 Forks (GitHub): 14 Stars (GitHub): 91 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 3.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 484 Stars (GitHub): 7 942 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 | Parallel | Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 91 (worse) | 7 942 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 14 (worse) | 1 484 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-11-04 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.parallel.ai/mcp/claude) | On your machine (docker.io/apurvsg/robin:v3.1) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 17 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills | github.com/apurvsinghgautam/robin |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-11-01 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Status out of date: last check 39 h ago returned HTTP 405 | no remote endpoint we check |
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
Parallel
Search the web, read pages, research questions, and assess claims through Parallel's MCP server. Search, Fetch, and Decisions work without an account; Research requires sign-in. Includes CLI skills for deep research, enrichment, FindAll, and monitoring.
Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT
Dark web OSINT over Tor: search onion engines, scrape pages, report with your own model.
How to run each
Parallel As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills
/plugin install parallel@parallel-agent-skillsRobin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio robin -- docker run -i --rm -v robin-investigations:/app/investigations docker.io/apurvsg/robin:v3.1 mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Parallel 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: Parallel · What it can do: Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.