Comparison

engineering-advanced-skills vs Desktop Commander

engineering-advanced-skills is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.

engineering-advanced-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Md Faiz Alam. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Desktop Commander is an MCP server published by wonderwhy-er. Marketplaces we read that list it: 6 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Docker MCP Catalog, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	engineering-advanced-skills	Desktop Commander
Community marketplace afaizalam2003/master-claude-skill	Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 2.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-15	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.3.0 Downloads/month (npm): 966 995 Downloads/week (npm): 159 845 Forks (GitHub): 1 289 Stars (GitHub): 10 098 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Claude Code: claude-plugins-official	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 289 Stars (GitHub): 10 098 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:5df787069e37 Forks (GitHub): 1 289 Pulls (Docker Hub): 237 652 Stars (Docker Hub): 22 Stars (GitHub): 10 098 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Claude: knowledge-work-plugins	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 289 Stars (GitHub): 10 098 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 289 Stars (GitHub): 10 098 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

engineering-advanced-skills vs Desktop Commander
Fact	engineering-advanced-skillsno longer listed · 2026-10-17	Desktop Commander
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	6
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	2	10 098
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	No figure on Docker Hub	237 652
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	2	1 289
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-13
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	26
Environment variables it asks for	Not published	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	Not published	7
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/afaizalam2003/master-claude-skill	github.com/wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	4	1
First seen (differs)	2026-10-15	2026-10-11

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 engineering-advanced-skills

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

skillengine

Production-grade engineering skills covering every phase of software development: spec, plan, build, verify, review, and ship.

by Borhen Saidi · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
engineering-advanced-skills

37 advanced engineering skills: agent designer, agent workflow designer, RAG architect, database designer + schema designer + SQL assistant, migration architect, observability…

by Alireza Rezvani · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
engineering-advanced-skills

92 engineering skills: architecture, fullstack, DevOps, security, AI/ML, data engineering, and agent tooling

by borghei · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
agent-skills

60 Agent Skills spanning the agent lifecycle, building, diagnosis, SRE, security, review, QA, data, delivery, docs, and research.

by Arjun Prabhulal · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
Builder Skills

Public Builder skills for docs-first discipline, autonomous execution, cross-agent review, local-first Rewind memory, efficient agent workflows, clear status recaps, Agent-Native…

by Builder.io · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
technology

Architecture, engineering delivery, development discipline, debugging, review, and AI and automation systems.

by Chris Brock · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

engineering-advanced-skills

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

38 advanced engineering skills: agent designer, agent workflow designer, AgentHub, RAG architect, database designer, focused-fix, browser-automation, spec-driven-workflow, secrets-vault-manager, sql-database-assistant, migration architect, observability designer, dependency auditor, release manager, API reviewer, CI/CD pipeline builder, MCP server builder, skill security auditor, performance profiler, Helm chart builder, Terraform patterns, self-eval, llm-cost-optimizer, prompt-governance, and more.

Desktop Commander

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

MCP server for terminal commands, file operations, and process management

How to run each

engineering-advanced-skills

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

Desktop Commander As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio desktop-commander -- npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander

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

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of engineering-advanced-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: engineering-advanced-skills · What it can do: Desktop Commander · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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 2026-10-20. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.