sandstorm vs Ad Creative Intelligence
sandstorm is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Sandstorm-App. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Ad Creative Intelligence is an MCP server published by atul0016. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. 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 |  sandstorm | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 83 Downloads/week (PyPI): 27 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 | sandstorm | Ad Creative Intelligence |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (mcp.sandstormapp.com/mcp) | On your machine (ad-creative-intelligence-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 3, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/sandstorm-app/mcp-anthropic | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 4 days ago, requires a key | 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
sandstorm
Sandstorm MCP: Ad creative ops, AI generation, brand management. Create campaigns, generate visuals, manage scenes and concepts from your terminal.
Ad Creative Intelligence
Creative fatigue, winning-angle, competitor ad, and hook benchmark intelligence.
How to run each
sandstorm As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install sandstorm@claude-communityAd Creative Intelligence As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "EARNALL_MCP_LICENSE_KEY=<YOUR_EARNALL_MCP_LICENSE_KEY>" --transport stdio ad-creative-intelligence -- uvx ad-creative-intelligence-mcpRequires: EARNALL_MCP_LICENSE_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only sandstorm 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 sandstorm publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: sandstorm · What it can do: Ad Creative Intelligence · 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.