Comparison

Reelier vs Backwork

Reelier is an MCP server published by seldonframe. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). Backwork is an MCP server published by tylergibbs1. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	Reelier	Backwork
Official MCP Registry	Listed Version: 0.24.0 Downloads/month (npm): 568 Downloads/week (npm): 108 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: 2.1.6 Downloads/month (npm): 1 449 Downloads/week (npm): 754 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
npm registry (MCP servers)	Listed Version: 0.32.0 Downloads/month (npm): 568 Downloads/week (npm): 108 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12	Listed Version: 2.1.6 Downloads/month (npm): 1 449 Downloads/week (npm): 754 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

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

Reelier vs Backwork
Fact	Reelier	Backwork
Marketplaces that list it	2	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	3 (better)	1 (worse)
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	1 (better)	0 (worse)
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (reelier)	Remote server or your machine
Transport (differs)	stdio	Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	2, secrets among them: 1
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/seldonframe/reelier	github.com/tylergibbs1/backwork-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen	2026-10-11	2026-10-11
Endpoint at the last check (differs)	no remote endpoint we check	Responded 4 days 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

Reelier

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Snapshot tests and CI for agent workflows: record a run, replay it at 0 tokens, diff for drift.

Backwork

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Medicare and commercial payer policies, prior auth, claim risk, and medical codes from Backwork.

How to run each

Reelier As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio reelier -- npx -y reelier serve

Backwork As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http backwork-mcp https://backworkhealth.com/mcp

Requires: BACKWORK_API_KEY (secret)

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Only Backwork has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of Reelier publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: Reelier · What it can do: Backwork · 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). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-25. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.