Kineticist vs Microsoft Learn MCP
Kineticist is an MCP server published by kineticist.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). Microsoft Learn MCP is an MCP server published by microsoft.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-09. 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 |  Microsoft Learn MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.5.0 Downloads/month (npm): 1 097 Downloads/week (npm): 100 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 286 Stars (GitHub): 1 977 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Listed Version: 1.5.0 Downloads/month (npm): 1 097 Downloads/week (npm): 100 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
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 | Kineticist | Microsoft Learn MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 2 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 1 977 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 286 |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-24 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server or your machine | Remote server (learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 4 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/colinize/kineticist | github.com/microsoftdocs/mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Status out of date: last check 38 h ago returned HTTP 405 | Responded 22 h ago |
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
Kineticist
Pinball news, games and editions, designers, places to play and the Hype Index from Kineticist.
Microsoft Learn MCP
Official Microsoft Learn MCP Server – real-time, trusted docs & code samples for AI and LLMs.
How to run each
Kineticist As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http kineticist https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcpRequires: KINETICIST_API_KEY (secret)
Microsoft Learn MCP As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http microsoft-learn-mcp https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Both endpoints responded at the last daily check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Only Kineticist has
getget_game_creditsget_game_detailsget_pinball_statsget_random_gamelist_game_filessearchsearch_pinball_gameswhats_newwhere_to_play
Only Microsoft Learn MCP has
microsoft_code_sample_searchmicrosoft_docs_fetchmicrosoft_docs_search
Both have
None
Tool names as the marketplaces declare them and as Ext Ops observed them on the endpoints (Kineticist as of 2026-11-06; Microsoft Learn MCP as of 2026-11-04). More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Microsoft Learn MCP publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Kineticist · What it can do: Microsoft Learn MCP · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. 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.