Orchestrate vs core-skills
core-skills is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑19.
Orchestrate is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Cursor. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Cursor: cursor/plugins). core-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Dean Dumitru. No marketplace we read lists it any more. 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 |  Orchestrate | |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor: cursor/plugins | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 268 Stars (GitHub): 12 913 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace deandum/claude-resources | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-19 Version: 3.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 4 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 | Orchestrate | core-skillsno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 12 913 | 4 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 268 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 43 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cursor/plugins | github.com/deandum/claude-resources |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
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 core-skills
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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60 Agent Skills spanning the agent lifecycle, building, diagnosis, SRE, security, review, QA, data, delivery, docs, and research.
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Complete CTO & Staff Engineer toolkit: 24 skills covering code review, architecture, DevOps, security, testing, and engineering management
What each says it does
Orchestrate
Fan large tasks out across parallel cloud agents with planners, workers, verifiers, and structured handoffs.
core-skills
Language-agnostic process skills covering spec-driven orchestration, error handling, testing strategy, code review, API design, concurrency, observability, Docker, project structure, and code style
How to run each
Orchestrate
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
core-skills
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: Orchestrate · What it can do: core-skills · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/cursor/plugins/blob/HEAD/.cursor-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.