BLEA vs Research Scan
BLEA is an MCP server published by Nitmi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). Research Scan is an MCP server published by synectic.org. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-23. 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 |  BLEA |  Research Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.7.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 423 Downloads/week (PyPI): 55 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 12 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.6.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 293 Downloads/week (PyPI): 74 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 0.6.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 12 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 | BLEA | Research Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 12 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (blea) | On your machine (research-scan) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/nitmi/blea | github.com/synectic-research/research-scan |
| 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
BLEA
Safe BLE diagnostics, evidence workflows, and guarded automation for AI agents.
Research Scan
Research Scan finds and verifies the 5–10 recent papers that matter most for a research question.
How to run each
BLEA As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio blea -- uvx blea mcpResearch Scan As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio research-scan -- uvx research-scanCommands 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: BLEA · What it can do: Research Scan · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/plugin/marketplace.json. 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.