tool-advisor vs Delimit
tool-advisor is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑27.
tool-advisor is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by dragon1086. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Delimit is an MCP server published by delimit-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers), Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. 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 |  Delimit | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace dragon1086/claude-skills | Removed on 2026-10-27 Version: 3.5.1 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 12 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 3.10.4 Downloads/month (npm): 8 902 Downloads/week (npm): 963 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 23 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 4.22.0 Downloads/month (npm): 8 902 Downloads/week (npm): 963 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 23 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 | tool-advisorno longer listed · | Delimit |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 12 | 23 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 4 | 5 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-16 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (delimit-cli) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 6 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dragon1086/claude-skills | github.com/delimit-ai/delimit |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-16 | 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 tool-advisor
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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General purpose Claude Code toolkit with research agents, skills, and introspection commands
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Self-correcting loop engineering and automated codebase research.
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Workflow skills and shared instructions for coding agents.
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Meta prompts that help you discover and generate curated GitHub Copilot agents, instructions, prompts, and skills.
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Delegate from Claude Code to Gemini, Codex, Copilot, Cursor and opencode CLIs as sub-agents.
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Structured workflows, parallel agents, hooks, and skills using Claude Code's native architecture.
What each says it does
tool-advisor
Meta-skill that analyzes prompts and recommends optimal Claude Code/Codex tools, skills, and agents
Delimit
One workspace for every AI coding assistant. Shared tasks, memory, and governance.
How to run each
tool-advisor
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Delimit As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio delimit -- npx -y delimit-cliCommands 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: tool-advisor · What it can do: Delimit · 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. 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.