best-practices-kb vs patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents
best-practices-kb is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Derek Nguyen. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents is an MCP server published by SaiNarayana-B. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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 |  patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace dereknguyen269/programing-best-practices | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 98 Stars (GitHub): 676 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.7 Downloads/month (PyPI): 108 Downloads/week (PyPI): 18 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 | best-practices-kb | patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 676 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 98 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (patchwork-conventions) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | CC0-1.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dereknguyen269/programing-best-practices | github.com/sainarayana-b/patchwork |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 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
best-practices-kb
Auto-invoked skills and slash commands for coding standards, style guides, and best practices across 30+ languages. References resources from Airbnb, Google, Uber, OWASP, and more.
patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents
Scan any codebase, generate CONVENTIONS.md, expose conventions as MCP tools for AI agents.
How to run each
best-practices-kb As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add dereknguyen269/programing-best-practices
/plugin install best-practices-kb@programming-best-practicespatchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio patchwork -- uvx patchwork-conventionsCommands 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: best-practices-kb · What it can do: patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents · Compare two other plugins
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