oblique-skills vs thinking-partner
oblique-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Jake Dahn. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). thinking-partner is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by mattnowdev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). 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 |  thinking-partner | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace jakedahn/oblique-skill | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 18 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 18 Stars (GitHub): 221 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 | oblique-skills | thinking-partner |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 18 (worse) | 221 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (worse) | 18 (better) |
| 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) | 2 | 1 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/jakedahn/oblique-skill | github.com/mattnowdev/thinking-partner |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-22 | 2026-10-12 |
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
oblique-skills
Draw an oblique strategy card to season your coding session with lateral thinking. Inspired by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt.
thinking-partner
A deterministic thinking partner that challenges assumptions and applies 150+ mental models across 17 disciplines to sharpen decisions, solve problems, and think more clearly. Features include orientation detection that diagnoses 6 thinking states with targeted interventions, a structured 6-step workflow from diagnosis to synthesis, 7 complementary cognitive operation pairs, and explicit anti-patterns to avoid common reasoning failures. Works as a sparring session, not a lecture, asks one question at a time, names the model being applied, and challenges where it matters.
How to run each
oblique-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add jakedahn/oblique-skill
/plugin install oblique-skills@oblique-skillthinking-partner As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install thinking-partner@claude-communityCommands 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: oblique-skills · What it can do: thinking-partner · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.