retrieve-the-forgotten-memory vs Docs Ask (local docs RAG)
retrieve-the-forgotten-memory is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by roomi-fields. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Docs Ask (local docs RAG) is an MCP server published by alyiox. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-12. 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 |  Docs Ask (local docs RAG) | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.26.4 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | retrieve-the-forgotten-memory | Docs Ask (local docs RAG) |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (mcp-docs-ask) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 4 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 12 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/roomi-fields/rtfm | github.com/alyiox/mcp-docs-ask |
| 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
retrieve-the-forgotten-memory
Indexes your project — code, markdown, PDFs, legal text, research notes into a local SQLite file. Claude searches it before grepping. No API keys, no cloud, nothing leaves your machine.
Docs Ask (local docs RAG)
Local RAG MCP for markdown documentation. Retrieval only; host synthesizes answers.
How to run each
retrieve-the-forgotten-memory
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Docs Ask (local docs RAG) As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-docs-ask -- uvx mcp-docs-askCommands 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 Docs Ask (local docs RAG) publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: retrieve-the-forgotten-memory · What it can do: Docs Ask (local docs RAG) · 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.