Prometheus MCP Server vs Academic Research Kernel
Prometheus MCP Server is an MCP server published by pab1it0. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). Academic Research Kernel is an MCP server published by xngg1021. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. 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 |  Prometheus MCP Server |  Academic Research Kernel |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.6.2 Forks (GitHub): 105 Stars (GitHub): 521 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 2.1.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 211 Downloads/week (PyPI): 44 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:3c3921301229 Forks (GitHub): 105 Stars (GitHub): 521 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 | Prometheus MCP Server | Academic Research Kernel |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 521 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 105 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (ghcr.io/pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server:1.6.2) | On your machine (academic-research-kernel) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 6 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 14, secrets among them: 2 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server | github.com/xngg1021/academic-research-kernel |
| 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
Prometheus MCP Server
MCP server providing Prometheus metrics access and PromQL query execution for AI assistants
Academic Research Kernel
Deterministic research state, evidence validation and statistical recomputation.
How to run each
Prometheus MCP Server As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD=<YOUR_PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD>" --env "PROMETHEUS_TOKEN=<YOUR_PROMETHEUS_TOKEN>" --env "PROMETHEUS_URL=<YOUR_PROMETHEUS_URL>" --transport stdio prometheus-mcp-server -- docker run -i --rm -e PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD -e PROMETHEUS_TOKEN -e PROMETHEUS_URL ghcr.io/pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server:1.6.2Requires: PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD (secret), PROMETHEUS_TOKEN (secret), PROMETHEUS_URL
Academic Research Kernel As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio academic-research-kernel -- uvx academic-research-kernel mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Academic Research Kernel publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Academic Research Kernel publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Prometheus MCP Server · What it can do: Academic Research Kernel · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.