crowdsec vs observability-skills
crowdsec is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by crowdsecurity. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Community GitHub marketplaces). observability-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by metalbear-co. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  crowdsec |  observability-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 25 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 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 | crowdsec | observability-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 25 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| 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) | 2 | 1 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec-skill | github.com/metalbear-co/observability-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 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
crowdsec
Operational skill for installing, configuring, operating, and debugging CrowdSec (cscli, LAPI/CAPI, hub, bouncers, WAF/AppSec) across bare-metal, Docker, and Kubernetes.
observability-skills
Configure OpenTelemetry context propagation (OTEL_PROPAGATORS) for services in Kubernetes — especially when using mirrord to intercept traffic.
How to run each
crowdsec As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install crowdsec@claude-plugins-officialobservability-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install observability-skills@claude-communityCommands 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: crowdsec · What it can do: observability-skills · 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 public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.