AI-Firstify vs NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway
AI-Firstify is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by techwolf-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway is an MCP server published by vvvvking. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  AI-Firstify |  NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 134 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 134 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 0 Downloads/week (PyPI): 167 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 | AI-Firstify | NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 134 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (aiapi-pro) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/techwolf-ai/ai-first-toolkit | github.com/vvvvking/novai-python |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
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
AI-Firstify
AI-first project auditor and re-engineer based on the 9 design principles and 7 design patterns from the TechWolf AI-First Bootcamp
NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway
Chinese frontier AI models as MCP tools via one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, zero platform fee.
How to run each
AI-Firstify As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
/plugin install ai-firstify@knowledge-work-pluginsNovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "NOVAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_NOVAI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio novai-python -- uvx aiapi-proRequires: NOVAI_API_KEY
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
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 AI-Firstify publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: AI-Firstify · What it can do: NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.