carryall-policy-enforcement vs Cycles — Budget Authority for AI Agents
carryall-policy-enforcement is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by tronmongoose. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Cycles — Budget Authority for AI Agents is an MCP server published by runcycles. 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 |  carryall-policy-enforcement |  Cycles — Budget Authority for AI Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.3.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.6.1 Downloads/month (npm): 274 Downloads/week (npm): 61 Forks (GitHub): 1 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 | carryall-policy-enforcement | Cycles — Budget Authority for AI Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@runcycles/mcp-server) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 3, secrets among them: 2 | 9, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/tronmongoose/agent.carryall_plugin | github.com/runcycles/cycles-mcp-server |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 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
carryall-policy-enforcement
Deterministic IAM control plane for AI agents. Translates natural language intent into minimal-scope Ed25519-signed envelopes. You bring your own data plane. Carryall governs access with least-privilege enforcement and a tamper-evident audit trail.
Cycles — Budget Authority for AI Agents
Runtime budget authority for AI agents — reserve, enforce, reconcile spend across providers
How to run each
carryall-policy-enforcement As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install carryall-policy-enforcement@claude-communityCycles — Budget Authority for AI Agents As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "CYCLES_API_KEY=<YOUR_CYCLES_API_KEY>" --env "CYCLES_BASE_URL=<YOUR_CYCLES_BASE_URL>" --transport stdio cycles-mcp-server -- npx -y @runcycles/mcp-serverRequires: CYCLES_API_KEY (secret), CYCLES_BASE_URL
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
Only carryall-policy-enforcement asks for
CARRYALL_KEYS_DIR (secret)CARRYALL_SLOS_CONFIGOPENAI_API_KEY (secret)
Only Cycles — Budget Authority for AI Agents asks for
CYCLES_API_KEY (secret)CYCLES_BASE_URLCYCLES_DEFAULT_AGENTCYCLES_DEFAULT_APPCYCLES_DEFAULT_TENANTCYCLES_DEFAULT_TOOLSETCYCLES_DEFAULT_WORKFLOWCYCLES_DEFAULT_WORKSPACECYCLES_MOCK
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: carryall-policy-enforcement · What it can do: Cycles — Budget Authority for AI Agents · Compare two other plugins
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