idstack vs Claro – AI course creator
idstack is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by savvides. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Claro – AI course creator is an MCP server published by tryclaro.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-14. 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 |  idstack | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 3.4.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 9 Stars (GitHub): 28 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 No figure published 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 | idstack | Claro – AI course creator |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 28 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 9 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (mcp.tryclaro.ai/mcp) |
| 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) | 11 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/savvides/idstack | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-11-10 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 7 h ago, requires authentication |
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
idstack
Evidence-based instructional design pipeline. 11 skills backed by peer-reviewed research across 11 domains. Analyze, design, build, review, and export courses with every recommendation citing its evidence tier (T1 meta-analyses through T5 expert opinion).
Claro – AI course creator
Build, edit and update narrated, interactive training courses from your documents.
How to run each
idstack As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install idstack@claude-communityClaro – AI course creator As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http claro https://mcp.tryclaro.ai/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Claro – AI course creator 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: idstack · What it can do: Claro – AI course creator · 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.