Zen vs find-skills
find-skills is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑23.
Zen is an MCP server published by BeehiveInnovations. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). find-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by iowarp. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Zen | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:02cbe1d325db Forks (GitHub): 1 038 Pulls (Docker Hub): 35 264 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 11 809 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace iowarp/clio-kit | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-16 Version: 0.2.1 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 8 Not marked · First seen |
| Community marketplace iowarp/clio-coder | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-23 Version: 0.2.2 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 8 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 | Zen | find-skillsno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 809 | 8 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 35 264 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 038 | 5 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/zen) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 18 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 4, secrets among them: 4 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | NOASSERTION | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/beehiveinnovations/zen-mcp-server | github.com/iowarp/clio-coder |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 6 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-13 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of find-skills
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Write, upgrade or audit Claude skills so they change what gets generated: distil rules from real corrections, turn them into required artifacts, gates and scripts, and lint any…
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Create and update portable agent skills.
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Make skills easier to invoke correctly, follow consistently, and verify before distribution.
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Daymade skills core suite. Bundles skill creation, quality review, real Claude/Codex Skill-surface governance, suite-migration reconciliation, and marketplace development tooling…
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Runtime skill generation: chat-pinned personas can create Markdown skills with front-matter and prompt-inject them into sub-agents. Lint-gated, hash-chain audited, auto-purges…
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Skill to search for Claude Plugins and Skills
What each says it does
Zen
Bridges multiple AI models and CLIs, enabling orchestrated workflows across Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, and other AI development tools.
find-skills
Finds published skills and prepares their Library installation for the operator when the user asks whether a capability exists as a skill. Not for authoring a new skill; use skill-craft.
How to run each
Zen As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>" --env "OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --env "OPENROUTER_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>" --env "XAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_XAI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio zen -- docker run -i --rm -e GEMINI_API_KEY -e OPENAI_API_KEY -e OPENROUTER_API_KEY -e XAI_API_KEY mcp/zenRequires: GEMINI_API_KEY (secret), OPENAI_API_KEY (secret), OPENROUTER_API_KEY (secret), XAI_API_KEY (secret)
find-skills
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of find-skills publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of find-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Zen · What it can do: find-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.