loop-and-gate-foundation vs emdly
loop-and-gate-foundation is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by slogsdon. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). emdly is an MCP server published by emdly.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 |  loop-and-gate-foundation |  emdly |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.4.3 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | loop-and-gate-foundation | emdly |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (emdly.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 11 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/slogsdon/loop-and-gate-foundation | Not stated |
| 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 27 h ago |
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
loop-and-gate-foundation
A self-improving agent loop with plain-text Obsidian memory. Skills for capture, reflect, and improve; a SessionStart hook injects working memory each session. The teaching-tier Foundation of the Loop & Gate stack.
emdly
Search, install and submit Markdown skills for AI agents; private Brain files when signed in.
How to run each
loop-and-gate-foundation As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install loop-and-gate-foundation@claude-communityemdly As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http emdly https://emdly.com/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only emdly 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: loop-and-gate-foundation · What it can do: emdly · 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.