cogniac-skills vs Zihin
cogniac-skills is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑22.
cogniac-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by cogniac. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Zihin is an MCP server published by zihin.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. 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 |  Zihin | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace cogniac/skills | Removed on 2026-10-22 Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 7 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.2.2 Downloads/month (npm): 593 Downloads/week (npm): 43 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | cogniac-skillsno longer listed · | Zihin |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (llm.zihin.ai/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cogniac/skills | github.com/zihin-ai/zihin-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 5 days ago, requires a key |
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 cogniac-skills
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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ai-agents-hardened-skills
AI model SDKs, agent infrastructure, MCP tooling, memory, OCR, and image/audio/video generation skills.
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Use your own trained text and picture classification models from any AI assistant.
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Toolbox for AI agent skills: scaffold, lint, pack, install, and serve SKILL.md skills
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Shared memory for connected AI tools. Projects, rules and skills over MCP. OAuth or API key.
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DataRobot Agent Skills - Agentic skills for DataRobot enterprise AI and ML workflows. Covers model training, deployment, predictions, feature engineering, monitoring…
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Build high-quality datasets and computer vision models. Visualize datasets, analyze models, find duplicates, run inference, evaluate predictions, and develop custom plugins.
What each says it does
cogniac-skills
Skills for interacting with the Cogniac platform via the cogniac CLI and Python SDK
Zihin
Chat with your Zihin.ai agents, list them and load platform skills from any MCP client.
How to run each
cogniac-skills
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Zihin As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http zihin https://llm.zihin.ai/mcp --header "X-Api-Key: <YOUR_X_API_KEY>"Requires: ZIHIN_API_KEY (secret), X-Api-Key header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Zihin has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of cogniac-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: cogniac-skills · What it can do: Zihin · Compare two other plugins
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