To Skill Or Not To Skill vs Desktop Commander
To Skill Or Not To Skill is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑11‑07.
To Skill Or Not To Skill is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by danielrosehill. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Desktop Commander is an MCP server published by wonderwhy-er. Marketplaces we read that list it: 7 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Docker MCP Catalog, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-13. 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 |   Desktop Commander | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins | Removed on 2026-11-07 Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.3 Downloads/month (npm): 1 386 176 Downloads/week (npm): 637 017 Forks (GitHub): 1 289 Stars (GitHub): 10 299 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 289 Stars (GitHub): 10 299 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:5df787069e37 Forks (GitHub): 1 289 Pulls (Docker Hub): 245 189 Stars (Docker Hub): 23 Stars (GitHub): 10 299 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 289 Stars (GitHub): 10 299 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 289 Stars (GitHub): 10 299 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.92 Downloads/month (npm): 1 864 Downloads/week (npm): 1 537 Forks (GitHub): 1 289 Stars (GitHub): 10 299 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 | To Skill Or Not To Skillno longer listed · | Desktop Commander |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 7 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 10 299 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 245 189 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 1 289 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-12 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 26 |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | 7 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/danielrosehill/to-skill-or-not-to-skill | github.com/wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-22 | 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 To Skill Or Not To Skill
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Build, enhance, validate, and package Claude skills end-to-end. Coordinates skill-builder, skill-enhancer, quality-checker, and skill-packager via the skill-architect agent.
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Create, evaluate, and iterate on high-quality agent skills with structured guidance, quality scoring, and best-practice enforcement.
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Create and refine high-signal agent skills
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Professional skill and subagent creation with dual-mode workflow: 12-step fast mode and 15-step full mode with behavioral pressure testing and TDD integration.
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Interview-driven automation design tool. This skill should be used when the user wants to design a new skill, agent, aut
What each says it does
To Skill Or Not To Skill
Ask 'should this become a skill?' before every task: a five-step checklist (repeatable, automatable, already ours, already someone else's, else create and validate it) plus an installer that puts the heuristic in your user-level CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md.
Desktop Commander
MCP server for terminal commands, file operations, and process management
How to run each
To Skill Or Not To Skill
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Desktop Commander As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio desktop-commander -- npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commanderCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of To Skill Or Not To Skill publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: To Skill Or Not To Skill · What it can do: Desktop Commander · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. 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. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.