cascade-kit vs harnesskit
cascade-kit is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by amine2233. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). harnesskit is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by ice-ice-bear. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  harnesskit | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace amine2233/cascade-kit | Listed Version: 2.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.4.3 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 2 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 | cascade-kit | harnesskit |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| 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) | Not published | 5 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 28 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/amine2233/cascade-kit | github.com/ice-ice-bear/harnesskit |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-11 |
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
cascade-kit
Create and extend Swift projects with CascadeKit v2 dependency injection.
harnesskit
Adaptive harness for vibe coders — automatically detects your repo stack, applies experience-level guardrails (beginner/intermediate/advanced), observes sessions via zero-token shell hooks, and continuously improves your workflow by proposing custom skills, agents, and hooks based on real usage data. Marketplace-first: uses existing plugins, customizes only when data shows a gap.
How to run each
cascade-kit As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add amine2233/cascade-kit
/plugin install cascade-kit@cascade-kitharnesskit As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install harnesskit@claude-communityCommands 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: cascade-kit · What it can do: harnesskit · 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-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.