buildkite vs basemind
buildkite is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by buildkite. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). basemind is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Na'aman Hirschfeld. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. 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 |  buildkite | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 18 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 18 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 18 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace goldziher/basemind | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.30.0 Forks (GitHub): 21 Stars (GitHub): 112 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 | buildkite | basemind |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 4 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 18 (worse) | 112 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 4 (worse) | 21 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-16 | 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) | Not published | 5 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 7 | 21 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/buildkite/skills | github.com/goldziher/basemind |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-19 |
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
buildkite
Official Buildkite skills for Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI coding agents — pipelines, migration, preflight, agent runtime, CLI, and API
basemind
Full AI context layer over MCP — tree-sitter code-map, document RAG (PDF/Office/HTML/email + OCR + reranker), shared agent memory, on-demand web crawl, git history + blame + per-symbol diff. 300+ languages, 10+ coding-agent harnesses, content-addressed Fjall + LanceDB.
How to run each
buildkite As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install buildkite@claude-plugins-officialbasemind As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add goldziher/basemind
/plugin install basemind@basemindCommands 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: buildkite · What it can do: basemind · Compare two other plugins
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. 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.