awsh vs io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory
awsh is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑27.
awsh is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Aitherium. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory is an MCP server published by GoatInAHat. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-05. 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 |  io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace aitherium/aither-adk | Removed on 2026-10-27 Version: 0.2.2 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.4.6 Downloads/month (npm): 1 043 Downloads/week (npm): 178 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 | awshno longer listed · | io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (toolfactory) |
| 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) | 114 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/aitherium/aither-adk | github.com/goatinahat/toolfactory |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-13 | 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 awsh
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Build, deploy, and operate AI agents on AWS. Skills for scaffolding agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, connecting tools, memory, policies, evaluation, debugging, and production…
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Public AI coding agents, skills, and MCP servers for AccelByte.
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Agent Tooling — Building the skills, hooks, commands, and plugins that agents run on.
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Spawn and manage autonomous background agents with persistent state across sessions
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Manage agent skill dependencies with dotagents
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Create and update portable agent skills.
What each says it does
awsh
An `aw` subagent answered by the local awsh harness daemon, plus Aither World skills, the aither output style, brick MCP servers and portable brick hooks.
io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory
Build an agent tool once; ship it as Agent Skills, MCP servers, Agent Plugins / Claude / Codex
How to run each
awsh
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio toolfactory -- npx -y toolfactoryCommands 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: awsh · What it can do: io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.