dotnet-skills vs dotnet-pilot
dotnet-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Aaron Stannard. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). dotnet-pilot is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by zdanovichnick. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). 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
| Marketplace |  dotnet-pilot | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace aaronontheweb/dotnet-skills | Listed Version: 1.7.1 Forks (GitHub): 112 Stars (GitHub): 1 238 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.5.3 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 5 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 | dotnet-skills | dotnet-pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 238 (better) | 5 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 112 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 0 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 11 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 45 | 35 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/aaronontheweb/dotnet-skills | github.com/zdanovichnick/dotnet-pilot |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 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
dotnet-skills
Complete .NET development toolkit with 39 skills and 6 specialized agents covering Akka.NET, Aspire, testing, and modern C# patterns
dotnet-pilot
Spec-driven development orchestrator for .NET — pipeline planning, agent delegation, quality gates, and .NET-aware hooks
How to run each
dotnet-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add aaronontheweb/dotnet-skills
/plugin install dotnet-skills@dotnet-skillsdotnet-pilot As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install dotnet-pilot@claude-communityCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
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 dotnet-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: dotnet-skills · What it can do: dotnet-pilot · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.