aidc-design-engine vs VMware Private AI (GPU & Model Serving)
aidc-design-engine is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑16.
aidc-design-engine is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by AIDC-AI.IO. No marketplace we read lists it any more. VMware Private AI (GPU & Model Serving) is an MCP server published by vmware-skills. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-23. 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 |  VMware Private AI (GPU & Model Serving) | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace aidc2026ai-melon/aidc-design-engine | Removed on 2026-10-16 Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.4.2 Downloads/month (PyPI): 943 Downloads/week (PyPI): 118 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | aidc-design-engineno longer listed · | VMware Private AI (GPU & Model Serving) |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-19 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (vmware-privateai) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/aidc2026ai-melon/aidc-design-engine | github.com/vmware-skills/vmware-privateai |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 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 aidc-design-engine
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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design-engine io.aidc-ai/design-engine
AI data-center design engine: size, validate & lay out Rubin-era data centers. Korea live.
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LLM serving capacity planner: VRAM, KV cache, GPU topology, latency, and cost.
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Audit an MCP config, price a model, size a GPU, explain network config drift. Key-free.
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Read-only GPU advisor: model VRAM needs, fit checks and rental prices, with evidence grades.
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Search AI infrastructure, inspect facility evidence and explore sourced company relationships.
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ai-economics pl.piszczek/ai-economics
12 calculators for AI cost, energy and agent verification. Free API, no key.
What each says it does
aidc-design-engine
AI data center design engine — size, validate, and lay out AI/GPU data centers (NVIDIA Hopper / Blackwell / Vera Rubin) with deterministic rack, PUE, MVA, cost, and layout outputs backed by aidc-ai.io.
VMware Private AI (GPU & Model Serving)
VMware Private AI (NVIDIA): GPU inventory, vGPU profiles, utilization, model serving — 18 tools
How to run each
aidc-design-engine
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
VMware Private AI (GPU & Model Serving) As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio vmware-privateai -- uvx vmware-privateai mcpCommands 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: aidc-design-engine · What it can do: VMware Private AI (GPU & Model Serving) · Compare two other plugins
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