sdd vs symbiot
symbiot is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.
sdd is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by applica-software-guru. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). symbiot is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by awinogradov. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. 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 |  sdd | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.9.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 14 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace awinogradov/symbiot | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 0.5.0 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 | sdd | symbiotno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 14 | 2 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 1 | 1 |
| 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) | 1 | 3 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 9 | 4 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/applica-software-guru/sdd | github.com/awinogradov/symbiot |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-14 |
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 symbiot
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Superpowers skills + Beads issue tracking for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and 7 more AI coding agents: TDD, debugging, code review, and persistent task memory.
What each says it does
sdd
Story Driven Development workflow for Claude Code. Keeps your documentation and code in sync via status tracking and git-diff-based prompts.
symbiot
Review and annotate the plans your AI coding agents produce. Drops into Claude Code's ExitPlanMode hook with a browser editor for comments, deletions, insertions, and replacements.
How to run each
sdd As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install sdd@claude-communitysymbiot
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: sdd · What it can do: symbiot · 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.