workflow-skills vs Martin Loop
workflow-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by borghei. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Martin Loop is an MCP server published by Keesan12. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers), Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-14. 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 |  Martin Loop | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace borghei/claude-skills | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 212 Stars (GitHub): 1 117 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.9.0 Downloads/month (npm): 2 624 Downloads/week (npm): 506 Forks (GitHub): 30 Stars (GitHub): 286 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.9.0 Downloads/month (npm): 2 624 Downloads/week (npm): 506 Forks (GitHub): 30 Stars (GitHub): 286 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 | workflow-skills | Martin Loop |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 117 (better) | 286 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 212 (better) | 30 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-03 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@martinloop/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not published | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/borghei/claude-skills | github.com/keesan12/martin-loop |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 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
workflow-skills
3 workflow skills: meta-skills for routing to the right skill (skill-router), handing off context between skills (handoff), and turning agent-session failures into environment fixes (session-retro)
Martin Loop
One system around coding agents to run, verify, recover, and hand off software work.
How to run each
workflow-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add borghei/claude-skills
/plugin install workflow-skills@claude-code-skillsMartin Loop As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio martin-loop -- npx -y @martinloop/mcpCommands 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: workflow-skills · What it can do: Martin Loop · Compare two other plugins
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