DOS — the trust substrate for agent fleets vs com.skillmd/skillmd
DOS — the trust substrate for agent fleets is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Anthony Chaudhary. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). com.skillmd/skillmd is an MCP server published by skillmd.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 |  com.skillmd/skillmd | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace anthony-chaudhary/dos-kernel | Listed Version: 0.30.0 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 20 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.2.0 Downloads/month (npm): 2 217 Downloads/week (npm): 200 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 247 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 | DOS — the trust substrate for agent fleets | com.skillmd/skillmd |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 20 (worse) | 247 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 4 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (api.skillmd.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 6 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 25 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/anthony-chaudhary/dos-kernel | github.com/skillmds/skillmd |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 14 h ago |
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
DOS — the trust substrate for agent fleets
Bundles the DOS hooks + MCP server + the generic skill pack into one install. Requires the dos-kernel Python package (pip install 'dos-kernel[mcp]').
com.skillmd/skillmd
Search, fetch, lint, and install Agent Skills (SKILL.md) from the SkillMD registry.
How to run each
DOS — the trust substrate for agent fleets As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthony-chaudhary/dos-kernel
/plugin install dos-kernel@doscom.skillmd/skillmd As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http skillmd https://api.skillmd.com/mcpRequires: SKILLMD_TOKEN (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only com.skillmd/skillmd 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
Only DOS — the trust substrate for agent fleets asks for
PYTHONIOENCODING
Only com.skillmd/skillmd asks for
SKILLMD_APISKILLMD_TOKEN (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: DOS — the trust substrate for agent fleets · What it can do: com.skillmd/skillmd · Compare two other plugins
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