duckdb-skills vs Snowflake MCP Server
duckdb-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by duckdb. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Community GitHub marketplaces, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Snowflake MCP Server is an MCP server published by nsphung. 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 |  duckdb-skills |  Snowflake MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 0.2.4 Forks (GitHub): 37 Stars (GitHub): 610 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.2.4 Forks (GitHub): 37 Stars (GitHub): 610 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.14.4 Downloads/month (PyPI): 500 Downloads/week (PyPI): 122 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 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 | duckdb-skills | Snowflake MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 610 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 37 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (mcp-snowflake-server-nsp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 15, secrets among them: 4 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 9 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/duckdb/duckdb-skills | github.com/nsphung/mcp-snowflake-server |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 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
duckdb-skills
DuckDB-powered skills for Claude Code: read any data file, attach and query DuckDB databases, search DuckDB/DuckLake docs, search past session logs, and install/update DuckDB extensions.
Snowflake MCP Server
A Snowflake MCP server — SQL queries, schema exploration, and data insights for AI assistants
How to run each
duckdb-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install duckdb-skills@claude-plugins-officialSnowflake MCP Server As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "SNOWFLAKE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_SNOWFLAKE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>" --env "SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD=<YOUR_SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD>" --env "SNOWFLAKE_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE_PWD=<YOUR_SNOWFLAKE_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE_PWD>" --env "SNOWFLAKE_TOKEN=<YOUR_SNOWFLAKE_TOKEN>" --transport stdio mcp-snowflake-server -- uvx mcp-snowflake-server-nsp --log_level INFORequires: SNOWFLAKE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET (secret), SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD (secret), SNOWFLAKE_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE_PWD (secret), SNOWFLAKE_TOKEN (secret)
Commands 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 duckdb-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: duckdb-skills · What it can do: Snowflake MCP Server · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.