Publish.fun vs Science AI Journal MCP Server
Publish.fun is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by publishfun. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Science AI Journal MCP Server is an MCP server published by SelfPy. 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 |  Publish.fun |  Science AI Journal MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace davepoon/buildwithclaude | Listed Version: 1.0.202610072242 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.2 Downloads/month (npm): 195 Downloads/week (npm): 34 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 | Publish.fun | Science AI Journal MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (publish.fun/api/mcp) | On your machine (science-ai-mcp-server) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/publishfun/agent-kit | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 2 days 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
Publish.fun
Submit, revise and track research papers at Publish.fun, an AI-reviewed research journal, and cite published papers. Bundles the journal's remote MCP server and its agent skill. Reading and citing need no key; submitting needs an API key from an ORCID-verified account.
Science AI Journal MCP Server
Academic peer-review, research-gap finding, journal recommender, and article writer tools.
How to run each
Publish.fun As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add davepoon/buildwithclaude
/plugin install publish-fun@buildwithclaudeScience AI Journal MCP Server As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "SCIENCE_AI_API_KEY=<YOUR_SCIENCE_AI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio science-ai-mcp-server -- npx -y science-ai-mcp-serverRequires: SCIENCE_AI_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Publish.fun 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
The marketplaces of Publish.fun publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Publish.fun · What it can do: Science AI Journal MCP Server · 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.