Effect vs engineering-skills
Effect is an MCP server published by tim-smart. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). engineering-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 2026-10-16. 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 |   Effect | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:a0e077abc890 Forks (GitHub): 13 Pulls (Docker Hub): 12 908 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 239 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace alirezarezvani/claude-skills | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.9.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 996 Stars (GitHub): 28 271 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 | Effect | engineering-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 239 (worse) | 28 271 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 12 908 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 13 (worse) | 3 996 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/effect-mcp) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 34 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/tim-smart/effect-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
Effect
Tools and resources for writing Effect code in Typescript.
engineering-skills
32 engineering skills: architecture, frontend, backend, fullstack, QA, DevOps, security, AI/ML, data engineering, Playwright (9 sub-skills), self-improving agent, Stripe integration, TDD guide, tech stack evaluator, Google Workspace CLI, a11y audit (WCAG 2.2), Azure cloud architect, GCP cloud architect, security pen testing, Snowflake development, adversarial-reviewer, ai-security, cloud-security, incident-response, red-team, threat-detection. v2.8.1 audits senior-fullstack / senior-frontend / senior-backend against karpathy-coder + Matt Pocock — each ships a 7-question forcing-question library, 4 customization profiles (JSON), deterministic decision engine, composition map into POWERFUL specialists, plus cs-fullstack-engineer / cs-frontend-engineer / cs-backend-engineer orchestrator agents (context: fork) + /cs:fullstack-review, /cs:frontend-review, /cs:backend-review, /cs:engineer-grill slash commands.
How to run each
Effect As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio effect-mcp -- docker run -i --rm mcp/effect-mcpengineering-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
/plugin install engineering-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 engineering-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: Effect · What it can do: engineering-skills · Compare two other plugins
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