critique vs scientific-debugging
scientific-debugging is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑16.
critique is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Alfafis. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). scientific-debugging 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 2026-10-18. 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 |  critique | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.3.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace iowarp/clio-kit | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-16 Version: 0.3.1 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 | critique | scientific-debuggingno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 8 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 5 |
| 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 | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 5 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alfafis/critique | github.com/iowarp/clio-coder |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| 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 scientific-debugging
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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misakanet io.github.Ikalus1988/misakanet
Failure-memory layer for coding agents: search evidence-rated failure lessons by error text.
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Diagnose why an AI agent failed and get the verified fix instantly. Free, no token.
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Flaky test detection, root cause analysis, and fix suggestions for development teams.
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Read-only MCP server over Verdict QA state: verdicts, findings, flaky quarantine, history.
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Capture, replay, and debug failures with portable, executable bug artifacts
What each says it does
critique
Permanent critical mindset mode. Surfaces real bugs, questionable decisions, and unhandled edge cases — ordered by impact, no sugarcoating.
scientific-debugging
Diagnoses stalled or cross-system failures and wrong, NaN, nondeterministic, or unexpectedly slow scientific results through falsifiable hypotheses across distinct fault classes, with evidence-cited verdicts before any fix. Not for designing benchmarks or pre-registered experiments; use experiment-protocol.
How to run each
critique As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install critique@claude-communityscientific-debugging
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
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: critique · What it can do: scientific-debugging · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.