huggingface-skills vs AI API Radar
huggingface-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by huggingface. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). AI API Radar is an MCP server published by dropwatchhq.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). 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 |  huggingface-skills | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 1.0.35 Forks (GitHub): 775 Stars (GitHub): 11 198 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.23 Forks (GitHub): 775 Stars (GitHub): 11 198 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.1 No figure published 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 | huggingface-skills | AI API Radar |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 198 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 775 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-16 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (huggingface.co/mcp) | Remote server (aiapi.dropwatchhq.com/mcp) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 26 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/huggingface/skills | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 36 h ago | Responded 4 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
huggingface-skills
Build, train, evaluate, and use open source AI models, datasets, and spaces.
AI API Radar
Live LLM API price + status radar across 11 providers, with public per-model price HISTORY.
How to run each
huggingface-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install huggingface-skills@claude-plugins-officialAI API Radar As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http ai-api-radar https://aiapi.dropwatchhq.com/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Both endpoints responded at the last daily check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Only huggingface-skills has
hf_fshf_whoamihub_repo_detailshub_repo_search
Only AI API Radar has
cheapest_modelprice_change_alertsprice_historystatus
Both have
None
Tool names as the marketplaces declare them and as Ext Ops observed them on the endpoints (huggingface-skills as of 2026-10-19; AI API Radar as of 2026-10-13). More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: huggingface-skills · What it can do: AI API Radar · 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 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.