skill-autoresearch-plugin vs io.github.geraservicesuk/mcp-gera-skills
skill-autoresearch-plugin is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑27.
skill-autoresearch-plugin is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Creator Hian. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.geraservicesuk/mcp-gera-skills is an MCP server published by geraservicesuk. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. 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 | ||
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| Community marketplace creator-hian/claude-code-plugins | Removed on 2026-10-27 Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Downloads/month (npm): 169 Downloads/week (npm): 26 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 | skill-autoresearch-pluginno longer listed · | io.github.geraservicesuk/mcp-gera-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@gera-services/mcp-gera-skills) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/creator-hian/claude-code-plugins | github.com/geraservicesuk/mcp-gera-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 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 skill-autoresearch-plugin
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Skill auto-evolution engine - combines skill-creator evaluation + autoresearch iteration principles to automatically create, evaluate, and evolve Claude Code skills through gated…
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create-skill-autoresearch
Factory for building production-grade agent skills: interviews you for purpose and gold standards, researches the domain, drafts the skill, autonomously improves it against an…
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A self-improving agent skill pipeline that prevents common AI coding agent failures. Includes 6 skills (plan-interview, intent-framed-agent, context-surfing, simplify-and-harden…
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Drop-in agentic loop skills (autoresearch, literature & writing, data, optimization, red-team, power analysis). Skills install namespaced as agent-loops:<name>.
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Codesmith is a Claude Code plugin that enforces the full dev lifecycle: spec refinement → TDD → implementation → parallel multi-agent review → clean PR. Branch management. All you…
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20 enterprise-grade skills for autonomous AI/ML research lab operations. Includes 10 custom gap-analysis skills (research-commander, agent-debugger, model-evaluator…
What each says it does
skill-autoresearch-plugin
Autonomous SKILL.md improvement via Karpathy autoresearch-inspired iterative eval hill-climbing with force iteration, NEUTRAL mutation judgment, mutation exclusions, L1/L2/L3 eval levels, and external verification integration
io.github.geraservicesuk/mcp-gera-skills
GeraSkills MCP — search and install robot capability packs on behalf of an operator.
How to run each
skill-autoresearch-plugin
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.geraservicesuk/mcp-gera-skills As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "GERA_USER_TOKEN=<YOUR_GERA_USER_TOKEN>" --transport stdio mcp-gera-skills -- npx -y @gera-services/mcp-gera-skillsRequires: GERA_USER_TOKEN (secret)
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
The marketplaces of skill-autoresearch-plugin publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: skill-autoresearch-plugin · What it can do: io.github.geraservicesuk/mcp-gera-skills · Compare two other plugins
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