AWS Bedrock AgentCore vs agent-launcher-skills
AWS Bedrock AgentCore is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). agent-launcher-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Alireza Rezvani. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. 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 |  AWS Bedrock AgentCore | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:df610a7a056f Forks (GitHub): 1 827 Pulls (Docker Hub): 20 403 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 830 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace alirezarezvani/claude-skills | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.14.1 Forks (GitHub): 3 978 Stars (GitHub): 28 652 Not marked · First seen |
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 | AWS Bedrock AgentCore | agent-launcher-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 830 (worse) | 28 652 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 20 403 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 827 (worse) | 3 978 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-23 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/amazon-bedrock-agentcore-mcp-server) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 122 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 20 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-14 |
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
AWS Bedrock AgentCore
Documentation on AgentCore platform services.
agent-launcher-skills
Build, launch, grade, and schedule Claude Managed Agents (CMA) in your own Anthropic account — a plugin re-implementation of Anthropic's launch-your-agent reference skill (Apache-2.0; independent, not a fork). Every session starts with a goal (./my-agent/goal.json, opt-in SessionStart hook, driven by /cs-goal); loop_compiler.py compiles it into a bounded grade->iterate loop (max_iterations 1..20), a recurring cron scheduled-deployment loop, or a single-pass interview->stage->launch workflow. 6 skills: orchestrator (context: fork goal router) + interview + stage-launch + grade-iterate + run-without-you + wrap-up. 18 stdlib-only deterministic scaffolders (no network/API calls; live launches emitted as BYOK curl that never prints the key), 4 agents, 8 commands, hooks, 5 references, 4 assets. Validators enforce CMA limits. Distinct from engineering/agent-harness (generic domain loop) and write-a-skill (authors Claude Code skills, not CMAs).
How to run each
AWS Bedrock AgentCore As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio amazon-bedrock-agentcore -- docker run -i --rm mcp/amazon-bedrock-agentcore-mcp-serveragent-launcher-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
/plugin install agent-launcher-skills@claude-code-skillsCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of agent-launcher-skills publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: AWS Bedrock AgentCore · What it can do: agent-launcher-skills · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. 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.