promptarc vs GitLab Documentation MCP Server
promptarc is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by promptarc. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). GitLab Documentation MCP Server is an MCP server published by nunolima. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. 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 |  promptarc |  GitLab Documentation MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | promptarc | GitLab Documentation MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (docker.io/nunolima/gitlab-docs-mcp:18.7) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 5 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/promptarc/promptarc-plugin | github.com/nunolima/gitlab-docs-mcp |
| 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
promptarc
Session intelligence for AI coding agents. Get AI briefings of past work before you start coding, generate PR descriptions from the terminal, share sessions to the cloud with automatic secret redaction, and search across your entire session history. Supports Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Cursor sessions in one unified view.
GitLab Documentation MCP Server
Searchable access to GitLab documentation from multiple repositories with full-text search.
How to run each
promptarc As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install promptarc@claude-communityGitLab Documentation MCP Server As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio gitlab-docs-mcp -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/nunolima/gitlab-docs-mcp:18.7Commands 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: promptarc · What it can do: GitLab Documentation MCP Server · 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.