rseng-agent-skills vs io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp
rseng-agent-skills is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑11‑03.
rseng-agent-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Faruk Diblen. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp is an MCP server published by HarimxChoi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. 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 |  io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace fdiblen/rseng-agent-skills | Removed on 2026-11-03 Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 24 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.6 Downloads/month (npm): 1 249 Downloads/week (npm): 613 Forks (GitHub): 32 Stars (GitHub): 291 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.6 Downloads/month (npm): 1 249 Downloads/week (npm): 613 Forks (GitHub): 32 Stars (GitHub): 291 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 | rseng-agent-skillsno longer listed · | io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 24 | 291 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 32 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-07 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (google-surf-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 29, secrets among them: 4 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 7 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 92 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT AND CC-BY-4.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/fdiblen/rseng-agent-skills | github.com/harimxchoi/google-surf-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-18 | 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 rseng-agent-skills
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What each says it does
rseng-agent-skills
Research software engineering practice: 67 skills, fourteen workflow commands and six subagents for research code.
io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp
Web, academic and code search with graph RAG, data lineage, ontology and cross-project schema links.
How to run each
rseng-agent-skills
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>" --env "GITHUB_TOKEN=<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>" --env "ORCAROUTER_API_KEY=<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_API_KEY>" --env "SEARCH_API=<YOUR_SEARCH_API>" --transport stdio google-surf-mcp -- npx -y google-surf-mcpRequires: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (secret), GITHUB_TOKEN (secret), ORCAROUTER_API_KEY (secret), SEARCH_API (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 rseng-agent-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: rseng-agent-skills · What it can do: io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp · Compare two other plugins
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