searchwave vs AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent
searchwave is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by rowbradley. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent is an MCP server published by industrial-platform-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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 |  searchwave |  AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.4.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 5 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.2 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 | searchwave | AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 5 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (mcp.apify.com) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 4 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/rowbradley/searchwave | github.com/industrial-platform-ai/industrial-platform-agent-tools |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 2 days ago, requires a key |
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
searchwave
Searchwave is a research synthesis plugin for Claude Code with two command families, Wave and Deepwave. Think of it as ‘minimum viable context collection’ for both humans and agents. Wave delivers quick ~90-second research with parallel web searches and synthesis — ideal for rapid context collection. Deepwave offers depth-selectable research (Quick/Standard/Max) with Opus synthesis, up to 10 parallel searches, inline citations, and thesis-driven analysis for comprehensive topic coverage in 7...
AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent
x402 cited web research and synthesis for agents. $1.99 per completed brief.
How to run each
searchwave As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install searchwave@claude-communityAI Web Research & Research Brief Agent
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: searchwave · What it can do: AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent · 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.