twelvelabs vs Vidgrid — eyes for video
twelvelabs is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by twelvelabs-io. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Vidgrid — eyes for video is an MCP server published by pawvej. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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 |  twelvelabs |  Vidgrid — eyes for video |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 26 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed, marked deprecated Version: 0.1.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 57 Downloads/week (PyPI): 20 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 | twelvelabs | Vidgrid — eyes for video |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 26 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 6 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (twelvelabs-mcp) | On your machine (vidgrid-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 6 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 24 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/twelvelabs-io/twelve-labs-claude-code-plugin | github.com/pawvej/vidgrid |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-12 | 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
twelvelabs
A lightweight plugin that integrates TwelveLabs video understanding capabilities directly into Claude Code - enabling semantic video search and dynamic video analysis.
Vidgrid — eyes for video
Give an AI agent eyes for video: turn a clip into a numbered frame grid + transcript.
How to run each
twelvelabs As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install twelvelabs@claude-communityVidgrid — eyes for video As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "VIDGRID_API_KEY=<YOUR_VIDGRID_API_KEY>" --transport stdio vidgrid -- uvx vidgrid-mcpRequires: VIDGRID_API_KEY (secret)
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 twelvelabs asks for
TWELVELABS_API_KEY (secret)
Only Vidgrid — eyes for video asks for
VIDGRID_API_KEY (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: twelvelabs · What it can do: Vidgrid — eyes for video · 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.