agent-handoff vs The Cost of Work Index
agent-handoff is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by WillowRyu. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). The Cost of Work Index is an MCP server published by kindrat86. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-14. 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 |  agent-handoff |  The Cost of Work Index |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.4.2 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 2026.3.0 Downloads/month (npm): 136 Downloads/week (npm): 56 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 | agent-handoff | The Cost of Work Index |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (nika-cost-of-work-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 5 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/willowryu/agent-handoff | github.com/kindrat86/hirenika |
| 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
agent-handoff
Strict 3-stage handoff workflow for coding agents — plan → execute → verify — with disk-backed state for cross-context handoff.
The Cost of Work Index
Cost of 13 back-office tasks per unit: person vs software, US, Greece, Ukraine. Sources cited.
How to run each
agent-handoff As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install agent-handoff@claude-communityThe Cost of Work Index As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio cost-of-work -- npx -y nika-cost-of-work-mcpCommands 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: agent-handoff · What it can do: The Cost of Work Index · 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.