huggingface-skills vs NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway
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). NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway is an MCP server published by vvvvking. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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 |  NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 1.0.29 Forks (GitHub): 765 Stars (GitHub): 11 161 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.23 Forks (GitHub): 765 Stars (GitHub): 11 161 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 161 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 765 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (huggingface.co/mcp) | On your machine (aiapi-pro) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 26 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/huggingface/skills | github.com/vvvvking/novai-python |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | not checked yet | no remote endpoint we check |
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.
NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway
Chinese frontier AI models as MCP tools via one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, zero platform fee.
How to run each
huggingface-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install huggingface-skills@claude-plugins-officialNovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "NOVAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_NOVAI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio novai-python -- uvx aiapi-proRequires: NOVAI_API_KEY
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 huggingface-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: huggingface-skills · What it can do: NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway · 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.