consulting-toolkit vs MCP Task Orchestrator
consulting-toolkit is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑26.
consulting-toolkit is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Antony Zaki. No marketplace we read lists it any more. MCP Task Orchestrator is an MCP server published by jpicklyk. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. 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 |  MCP Task Orchestrator | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace aznatkoiny/zai-skills | Removed on 2026-10-26 Version: 1.4.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 10 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 3.16.0 Forks (GitHub): 25 Stars (GitHub): 211 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:eab0bb62611a Forks (GitHub): 25 Stars (GitHub): 211 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 | consulting-toolkitno longer listed · | MCP Task Orchestrator |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 10 | 211 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 25 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (ghcr.io/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator:3.16.0) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 42 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 7, secrets among them: 0 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 25 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/aznatkoiny/zai-skills | github.com/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
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 consulting-toolkit
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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AI-powered consulting tools for proposals, client management, and business development.
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AI agent for business strategy and business design — run strategy missions and 15 analyses.
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What each says it does
consulting-toolkit
Multi-agent consulting system with an /engagement orchestration command, Engagement Manager quality gate, and Research, Finance, Deck, and Due Diligence agents. 17 consulting slash commands, deliverable templates, citation-lint hook, and an 8-tool financial intelligence MCP server.
MCP Task Orchestrator
Server-enforced workflow discipline for AI agents: work items, dependency graphs, quality gates
How to run each
consulting-toolkit
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
MCP Task Orchestrator As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio task-orchestrator -- docker run -i --rm -v mcp-task-data:/app/data ghcr.io/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator:3.16.0Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of consulting-toolkit publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only consulting-toolkit asks for
EDGAR_USER_AGENTFRED_API_KEY (secret)
Only MCP Task Orchestrator asks for
AGENT_CONFIG_DIRDATABASE_PATHLOG_FILELOG_LEVELMCP_HTTP_PORTMCP_TRANSPORTUSE_FLYWAY
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: consulting-toolkit · What it can do: MCP Task Orchestrator · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.