phantom-connect vs tech.vauban/pay-mcp
phantom-connect is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by phantom. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). tech.vauban/pay-mcp is an MCP server published by vauban.tech. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |  phantom-connect | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 11 Stars (GitHub): 19 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.7.1 Downloads/month (npm): 3 026 Downloads/week (npm): 834 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 | phantom-connect | tech.vauban/pay-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 19 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 11 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (docs.phantom.com/mcp) | On your machine (@vauban-pay/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | SSE | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 7, secrets among them: 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 15 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/phantom/phantom-connect-cursor-plugin | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 7 h ago | 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
phantom-connect
Phantom wallet integration for Claude Code - skills for Solana blockchain development, wallet operations, token management, and dApp building with Phantom.
tech.vauban/pay-mcp
x402 tools for MCP clients: pay exact/Starknet or STARK-receipt 402s, verify, JCS-hash. No account.
How to run each
phantom-connect As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install phantom-connect@claude-communitytech.vauban/pay-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "PAY_MCP_SEPOLIA_PRIVATE_KEY=<YOUR_PAY_MCP_SEPOLIA_PRIVATE_KEY>" --env "PAY_MCP_STANDARD_X402_PRIVATE_KEY=<YOUR_PAY_MCP_STANDARD_X402_PRIVATE_KEY>" --transport stdio pay-mcp -- npx -y @vauban-pay/mcpRequires: PAY_MCP_SEPOLIA_PRIVATE_KEY (secret), PAY_MCP_STANDARD_X402_PRIVATE_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only phantom-connect 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
Only phantom-connect asks for
PHANTOM_APP_ID
Only tech.vauban/pay-mcp asks for
PAY_MCP_SEPOLIA_ACCOUNT_ADDRESSPAY_MCP_SEPOLIA_PRIVATE_KEY (secret)PAY_MCP_STANDARD_X402_ACCOUNT_ADDRESSPAY_MCP_STANDARD_X402_MAX_WEIPAY_MCP_STANDARD_X402_PAYEESPAY_MCP_STANDARD_X402_PRIVATE_KEY (secret)STARKNET_RPC_URL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: phantom-connect · What it can do: tech.vauban/pay-mcp · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-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.