meta-research vs nimble
meta-research is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Alireza Rezvani. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). nimble is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Nimbleway. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-10. 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 |  nimble | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace alirezarezvani/claude-skills | Listed Version: 2.14.7 Forks (GitHub): 4 090 Stars (GitHub): 29 522 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.7.0 Forks (GitHub): 19 Stars (GitHub): 61 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.7.0 Forks (GitHub): 19 Stars (GitHub): 61 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 19 Stars (GitHub): 61 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 | meta-research | nimble |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 29 522 (better) | 61 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 4 090 (better) | 19 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-27 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (mcp.nimbleway.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 3 | 29 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills | github.com/nimbleway/agent-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-11-03 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Status out of date: last check 37 h ago returned HTTP 405 |
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
meta-research
Disciplined multi-source meta-research for high-stakes questions — the heavyweight alternative to the fast research router. 9-phase pipeline (reframe into falsifiable hypotheses, plan, capability discovery, parallel sub-agent fan-out, score & triangulate, synthesize + adversarial pass, verify, refresh targets). Triangulates every thesis against >=3 independent differently-typed sources; per-source files with verbatim quotes; never fabricates a citation. Auditable, reusable folder + delta-update refresh protocol. Contributed via PR #851.
nimble
Nimble web data toolkit — search, extract, map, crawl the web and work with structured data agents
How to run each
meta-research As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
/plugin install meta-research@claude-code-skillsnimble As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install nimble@claude-plugins-officialCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only nimble has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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: meta-research · What it can do: nimble · 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-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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 . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.