email-template vs carbone-skill
email-template is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑18.
email-template is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by barnburner121. No marketplace we read lists it any more. carbone-skill is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by carboneio. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-23. 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 |  carbone-skill | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace barnburner121/claude-plugin-marketplace | Removed on 2026-10-18 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.6.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.6.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 6 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 | email-templateno longer listed · | carbone-skill |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 | 6 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@barnburner121/plugin-hub-mcp) | 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 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | 1 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/barnburner121/claude-plugin-marketplace | github.com/carboneio/carbone-skill |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 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 email-template
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Design and build responsive HTML email templates using Foundation for Emails, Maizzle, or MJML. Framework-agnostic authoring with email-client compatibility baked in.
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Design HTML email templates with AI: render to HTML and open them in a visual editor
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Build responsive HTML email campaigns from any brand website: design, QA, export.
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Unlayer: Email, Page & Document Templates for Developers
Generate email, page & PDF document templates as React code (Unlayer Elements) or AI; edit visually.
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Teaches AI to write HTML email that renders in Outlook, Gmail, and Apple Mail. 19 rules, 6 comps.
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APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi
Generate PDFs and images with APITemplate.io from templates, HTML, Markdown or a URL.
What each says it does
email-template
Generate responsive HTML email templates
carbone-skill
Official Carbone skill — complete templating language reference covering tags, loops, conditions, formatters, aggregators, and all output formats (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODT, HTML, Markdown, PDF)
How to run each
email-template
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
carbone-skill As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install carbone-skill@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: email-template · What it can do: carbone-skill · 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/knowledge-work-plugins/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.