Olostep MCP Server vs MIAPI — Grounded Web Answers
Olostep MCP Server is an MCP server published by olostep. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). MIAPI — Grounded Web Answers is an MCP server published by miapi.uk. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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 |  Olostep MCP Server |  MIAPI — Grounded Web Answers |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.17 Downloads/month (npm): 617 Downloads/week (npm): 237 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.1.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 207 Downloads/week (PyPI): 67 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Olostep MCP Server | MIAPI — Grounded Web Answers |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (olostep-mcp) | On your machine (miapi-sdk) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 14 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/olostep/olostep-claude-code-plugin | github.com/doyukndr/miapi-python |
| 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
Olostep MCP Server
Search, scrape, and crawl the web for AI agents. Batch scraping and answers with citations.
MIAPI — Grounded Web Answers
Web search and AI answers with real source citations and a confidence score.
How to run each
Olostep MCP Server As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio olostep-mcp-server -- npx -y olostep-mcpMIAPI — Grounded Web Answers As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "MIAPI_API_KEY=<YOUR_MIAPI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio miapi -- uvx miapi-sdkRequires: MIAPI_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
Only Olostep MCP Server asks for
OLOSTEP_API_KEY (secret)
Only MIAPI — Grounded Web Answers asks for
MIAPI_API_KEY (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Olostep MCP Server · What it can do: MIAPI — Grounded Web Answers · 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/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.