software-engineering vs canvas-apps
software-engineering is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.
software-engineering is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Bermon Painter. No marketplace we read lists it any more. canvas-apps is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/copilot-plugins). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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 |  canvas-apps | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace bpainter/composable-dxp-claude-marketplace | Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 0.3.1 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Copilot CLI: github/copilot-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 209 Stars (GitHub): 1 025 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 | software-engineeringno longer listed · | canvas-apps |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 1 025 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 209 |
| 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 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 33 | Not published |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/bpainter/composable-dxp-claude-marketplace | github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 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 software-engineering
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Use this agent for expert assistance with web development tasks using React, Next.js, NestJS, and other modern web frameworks with TypeScript and Tailwind CSS. This includes code…
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Agentic Engineering toolkit with 12 structured workflow skills, 5 specialist agent personas, and 7 slash commands. Covers the full development lifecycle from idea to production…
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AI Dev Kit is a complete plugin-oriented developer workspace for AI coding assistants. It ships everything needed to run professional-grade engineering workflows — TDD, code…
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10 years of engineering judgment. One Claude plugin. Zero noise.
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Frontend frameworks — React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt, Angular, Svelte, Astro, Blazor, and more — with version-specific references and a frontend-specialist agent.
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Vendor-neutral work lanes, skills, and platform exports for coding agents.
What each says it does
software-engineering
Twenty-eight engineering specialists: architecture personas (composable, cloud, backend), build personas (frontend, mobile, design systems, DevOps, QA), AI/ML/data/security/writing, Next.js 16 deep dives (routing, server/client, cache, actions, errors, performance, config), plus task-focused workflows for shadcn + Tailwind. One agent (software-engineering-agent). Contentful platform-implementation work has moved to the adjacent `contentful` plugin; Vercel platform-implementation work has moved to the adjacent `vercel` plugin.
canvas-apps
Build Power Apps Canvas Apps using the Canvas Authoring MCP server.
How to run each
software-engineering
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
canvas-apps
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: software-engineering · What it can do: canvas-apps · 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/github/copilot-plugins/blob/HEAD/.github/plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.