uk-legal-plugin vs Perplexity API Platform
uk-legal-plugin is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by uk-agents. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Perplexity API Platform is an MCP server published by perplexity.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, npm registry (MCP servers), Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. 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 |  uk-legal-plugin |   Perplexity API Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: dda62a1 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 14 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.2.1 Downloads/month (npm): 87 686 Downloads/week (npm): 18 636 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:7816f45a6f26 Forks (GitHub): 389 Pulls (Docker Hub): 81 074 Stars (Docker Hub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 2 595 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.3.0 Downloads/month (npm): 87 686 Downloads/week (npm): 18 636 Forks (GitHub): 389 Stars (GitHub): 2 592 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 | uk-legal-plugin | Perplexity API Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 14 (worse) | 2 595 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 81 074 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (worse) | 389 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-17 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@perplexity-ai/mcp-server) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 3 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not published | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/uk-agents/uk-legal-plugins | github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol |
| 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
uk-legal-plugin
UK Legal Plugins for Claude Code 11 legal plugins built for UK jurisdiction — English & Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Irish law. Plugins Plugin Practice area employment-legal-uk Hires, terminations, worker classification (IR35/PSC), statutory leave, internal investigations commercial-legal-uk Contracts, NDAs, SaaS subscriptions under English contract law; Scots law divergences noted corporate-legal-uk M&A diligence, CA2006 compliance, board minutes, Companies House, PSC register, Takeover Code ip-legal-uk Trade marks (TMA 1994), copyright (CDPA 1988), patents (PA77/EPC), designs, trade secrets, UK IPO filings privacy-legal-uk UK GDPR / DPA 2018, DPIA, DSAR (1-month deadline), PECR, ICO gap analysis product-legal-uk Product launches, ASA/CAP Code, CMA, MHRA, Online Safety Act, DMCC Act 2024 regulatory-legal-uk FCA, ICO, CMA, Ofcom, PRA, HSE, MHRA, HM Treasury, GOV.UK consultation tracking ai-governance-legal-uk AI use-case registry, impact assessments, ICO AI guidance, UK AI Act exposure, OSA 2023 litigation-l
Perplexity API Platform
Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
How to run each
uk-legal-plugin As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install uk-legal-plugin@claude-communityPerplexity API Platform As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio perplexity-api-platform -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-serverCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of uk-legal-plugin publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of uk-legal-plugin publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: uk-legal-plugin · What it can do: Perplexity API Platform · 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. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.