skill-tester vs AI Skill Store
skill-tester is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑28.
skill-tester is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by David Dunnock. No marketplace we read lists it any more. AI Skill Store is an MCP server published by garasegae. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-09. 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 |  AI Skill Store | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace ddunnock/claude-plugins | Removed on 2026-10-28 Version: 0.7.1 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 14 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.27.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 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 | skill-testerno longer listed · | AI Skill Store |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 14 | 4 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (aiskillstore.io/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 10 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/ddunnock/claude-plugins | github.com/garasegae/aiskillstore |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | No HTTP response at the last check (9 h ago) |
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-tester
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Audits, diagnoses, and upgrades your Claude Code skills and agents
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Tools for authoring and reviewing Claude Code skills.
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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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Developer tools for maintaining Claude Code plugins — upgrade skills, session retrospectives, audit structure, align with latest platform capabilities
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Use when reviewing a Claude Code skill, auditing skill quality before publish, or asking "is this skill any good?". Produces structured reports with file:line citations…
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Self-evolving skill engine for Claude Code. Creates, scores, repairs, and hardens skills autonomously through recursive improvement cycles. Includes 7 skills (create, score…
What each says it does
skill-tester
Deep test, analyze, and audit Claude skills with API tracing, script I/O capture, and security/code review agents.
AI Skill Store
Agent-first skill marketplace with USK open standard for Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Codex CLI.
How to run each
skill-tester
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
AI Skill Store As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http aiskillstore https://aiskillstore.io/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only AI Skill Store 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: skill-tester · What it can do: AI Skill Store · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.