Biodiscovery Skills vs BioCatalystFeed
Biodiscovery Skills is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑27.
Biodiscovery Skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by dekan-aleksandr. No marketplace we read lists it any more. BioCatalystFeed is an MCP server published by biocatalystfeed. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-14. 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 |  BioCatalystFeed | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace dekan-aleksandr/biodiscovery-skills | Removed on 2026-10-27 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.4.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 0 Downloads/week (PyPI): 206 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 | Biodiscovery Skillsno longer listed · | BioCatalystFeed |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-28 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (biocatalystfeed) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dekan-aleksandr/biodiscovery-skills | github.com/biocatalystfeed/biocatalystfeed |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-14 |
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 Biodiscovery Skills
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Connect to preclinical research tools and databases (literature search, genomics analysis, target prioritization) to accelerate early-stage life sciences R&D
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Connect AI clients to biomedical data and tools.
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General life-sciences research workflows with query routing, evidence synthesis, and optional parallel subagent analysis across genetics, omics, biology, chemistry, structure…
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197 ready-to-use life sciences skills that turn Claude into a domain expert for genomics, proteomics, drug discovery, biostatistics, scientific computing, and scientific writing…
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tooluniverse io.github.mims-harvard/tooluniverse
2,700+ scientific tools for AI scientists: life science, research, literature, and more.
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Corollary — scientific AI models, tools and databases
Find open biology and chemistry AI models, bioinformatics tools and databases, and run them online.
What each says it does
Biodiscovery Skills
Thinking tools for AI agents making discoveries in the life sciences
BioCatalystFeed
Biotech catalysts: trials, FDA decisions (PDUFA, AdCom, approvals, CRLs), NIH, PubMed, SEC, EMA.
How to run each
Biodiscovery Skills
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
BioCatalystFeed As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio biocatalystfeed -- uvx biocatalystfeed mcpCommands 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 Biodiscovery Skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Biodiscovery Skills · What it can do: BioCatalystFeed · Compare two other plugins
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