uk-legal-plugin vs LexAPI
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). LexAPI is an MCP server published by Lex-API. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. 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 |  LexAPI |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: dda62a1 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 12 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.3 Downloads/month (npm): 188 Downloads/week (npm): 40 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 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 | LexAPI |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 12 (better) | 3 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@lexapi/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/uk-agents/uk-legal-plugins | github.com/lex-api/lexapi-mcp |
| 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
LexAPI
Search EUR-Lex, fetch parsed EU legislation and case law, explore the citation graph.
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-communityLexAPI As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "LEXAPI_API_KEY=<YOUR_LEXAPI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio lexapi-mcp -- npx -y @lexapi/mcpRequires: LEXAPI_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
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: LexAPI · 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.