harness-evolver vs io.github.hidai25/evalview-mcp
harness-evolver is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by raphaelchristi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). io.github.hidai25/evalview-mcp is an MCP server published by hidai25. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 |  harness-evolver |  io.github.hidai25/evalview-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 6.4.2 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 56 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.6.1 Forks (GitHub): 27 Stars (GitHub): 139 Not marked · First seen |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.6.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 2 297 Downloads/week (PyPI): 1 750 Forks (GitHub): 27 Stars (GitHub): 139 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 | harness-evolver | io.github.hidai25/evalview-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 56 (worse) | 139 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 5 (worse) | 27 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (evalview) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 2 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 13 | 4 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/raphaelchristi/harness-evolver | github.com/hidai25/eval-view |
| 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
harness-evolver
Autonomous LLM agent optimization using LangSmith. Spawns 5 parallel proposers in git worktrees, evaluates candidates via LangSmith experiments, and merges winners automatically. Includes evaluator agent (LLM-as-judge via langsmith-cli), critic, architect, and testgen agents. No external API keys needed beyond LangSmith.
io.github.hidai25/evalview-mcp
Regression testing for AI agents. Golden baselines, CI/CD, LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI, Claude.
How to run each
harness-evolver As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install harness-evolver@claude-communityio.github.hidai25/evalview-mcp As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio evalview-mcp -- uvx evalviewRequires: OPENAI_API_KEY (secret)
Commands 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
The marketplaces of harness-evolver publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: harness-evolver · What it can do: io.github.hidai25/evalview-mcp · Compare two other plugins
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