xss-prevention vs GuardCue
xss-prevention is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Claude Skills Maintainers. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). GuardCue is an MCP server published by guardcue.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-10. 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 |  GuardCue | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace secondsky/claude-skills | Listed Version: 3.9.0 Forks (GitHub): 36 Stars (GitHub): 248 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 | xss-prevention | GuardCue |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 248 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 36 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (api.guardcue.com/api/v1/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) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/secondsky/claude-skills | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-11-05 | 2026-11-02 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Status out of date: last check 42 h ago returned HTTP 405 |
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
xss-prevention
Prevents Cross-Site Scripting attacks through input sanitization, output encoding, and Content Security Policy. Use when handling user-generated content, implementing rich text editors, or securing web applications.
GuardCue
Checks a site built with AI tools for security problems and gives the fix in plain English.
How to run each
xss-prevention As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add secondsky/claude-skills
/plugin install xss-prevention@claude-skillsGuardCue As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http guardcue https://api.guardcue.com/api/v1/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only GuardCue 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: xss-prevention · What it can do: GuardCue · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. 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.