rag-cli vs SkillGild
rag-cli is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by DiaTech. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). SkillGild is an MCP server published by SkillGild. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. 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 |  SkillGild | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace itmediatech/rag-cli | Listed Version: 2.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 10 Stars (GitHub): 53 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.9 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 | rag-cli | SkillGild |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 53 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 10 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-16 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (https://github.com/SkillGild/skillgild/releases/download/v0.1.9/skillgild.mcpb) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 4, secrets among them: 0 | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 8 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 14 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/itmediatech/rag-cli | github.com/skillgild/skillgild |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-22 | 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
rag-cli
Local RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system for enhanced Claude Code responses with multi-agent orchestration
SkillGild
Search and run hosted AI agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI.
How to run each
rag-cli As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add itmediatech/rag-cli
/plugin install rag-cli@rag-cliSkillGild
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Requires: SKILLGILD_API_KEY (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
Only rag-cli asks for
PYTHONPATHPYTHONUNBUFFEREDRAG_CLI_MODERAG_CLI_ROOT
Only SkillGild asks for
SKILLGILD_API_KEY (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: rag-cli · What it can do: SkillGild · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. 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.