imprint vs oblique-skills
imprint is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by ilang-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). oblique-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Jake Dahn. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. 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 |  imprint | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 2.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 104 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace jakedahn/oblique-skill | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 18 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 | imprint | oblique-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 104 (better) | 18 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 6 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/ilang-ai/imprint | github.com/jakedahn/oblique-skill |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-22 |
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
imprint
Imprint creates a portable collaboration profile by learning how you work through natural conversation. On first run, it asks a few casual questions about your background, tools, and preferences. From there, it silently observes your behavior patterns across sessions and encodes them into a compact structured file (.dna.md) under 500 tokens. This single file replaces eleven specialized skills: memory persistence across sessions, output compression, project onboarding, code review (with cross-model validation), architecture-first debugging, adaptive planning, milestone-based progress tracking, resource-aware testing strategies, SEO-conscious git workflows, and GEO-optimized copywriting. The profile is a plain text file that works across all 19 SKILL.md-compatible agents. Switch from Claude Code to Cursor to Codex, the file comes with you. No vendor lock-in, no proprietary format, no external API calls. Imprint gets better every session. User corrections become permanent preferences. Debugging lessons become pe
oblique-skills
Draw an oblique strategy card to season your coding session with lateral thinking. Inspired by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt.
How to run each
imprint As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install imprint@claude-communityoblique-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add jakedahn/oblique-skill
/plugin install oblique-skills@oblique-skillCommands 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: imprint · What it can do: oblique-skills · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.