skim vs Scholar Feed
skim is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Shubhashis Roy Dipta. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Scholar Feed is an MCP server published by YGao2005. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-23. 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 |  Scholar Feed | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace dipta007/skim | Listed Version: 0.5.1 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 13 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 3.20.0 Downloads/month (npm): 490 Downloads/week (npm): 39 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 13 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 | skim | Scholar Feed |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) | 13 | 13 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | 1 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dipta007/skim | github.com/ygao2005/scholar-feed-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 5 days ago |
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
skim
Summarize arxiv papers as plain-language stories or deep technical dives
Scholar Feed
Rank CS/AI/ML papers by citations, forecast impact, or code adoption; trace 23.2M citation edges.
How to run each
skim As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add dipta007/skim
/plugin install skim@skimScholar Feed As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add ygao2005/scholar-feed-mcp
/plugin install scholar-feed@scholar-feedRequires: SF_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Scholar Feed 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
The marketplaces of skim publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: skim · What it can do: Scholar Feed · Compare two other plugins
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