academy-guide vs outputai
academy-guide is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by anthropics. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). outputai is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by growthxai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. 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 |  academy-guide |  outputai |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace anthropics/skills | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 21 736 Stars (GitHub): 183 605 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 15 Stars (GitHub): 445 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 15 Stars (GitHub): 445 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 | academy-guide | outputai |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 183 605 (better) | 445 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 21 736 (better) | 15 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-16 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 57 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/anthropics/skills | github.com/growthxai/output |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 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
academy-guide
Recommends relevant Claude Academy courses, tutorials, and use cases when users ask how to use Claude
outputai
Output.ai workflow development toolkit for Claude Code. Adds 5 specialist agents (planner, builder, debugger, prompt writer, quality reviewer), 40+ slash-command skills covering scaffolding, debugging, evaluation, and credential management, plus a SessionStart hook that auto-loads Output SDK conventions so Claude understands the framework before the first prompt.
How to run each
academy-guide As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install academy-guide@anthropic-agent-skillsoutputai As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install outputai@claude-plugins-officialCommands 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: academy-guide · What it can do: outputai · 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/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.