postgres-skills vs PostgreSQL
postgres-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). PostgreSQL is an MCP server published by antonorlov. 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 |  postgres-skills |  PostgreSQL |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 0.1.2 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 27 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.1 Downloads/month (npm): 6 700 Downloads/week (npm): 889 Forks (GitHub): 10 Stars (GitHub): 23 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 | postgres-skills | PostgreSQL |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 27 (better) | 23 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 6 (worse) | 10 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (mcp-postgres-server) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 22, secrets among them: 4 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/microsoft/postgres-skills | github.com/antonorlov/mcp-postgres-server |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 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
postgres-skills
Expert PostgreSQL guidance and live database tools for Postgres anywhere, including local, self-hosted, containers, on-premises, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and Azure HorizonDB. Covers indexing, vector search and RAG, JSONB, partitioning, security, replication, and knowledge graphs with connection-aware guidance.
PostgreSQL
MCP server for PostgreSQL: local, Docker, RDS, Neon, Supabase, or behind an SSH bastion.
How to run each
postgres-skills
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
PostgreSQL As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "DATABASE_URL=<YOUR_DATABASE_URL>" --env "PG_PASSWORD=<YOUR_PG_PASSWORD>" --env "PG_SSH_PASSPHRASE=<YOUR_PG_SSH_PASSPHRASE>" --env "PG_SSH_PASSWORD=<YOUR_PG_SSH_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio mcp-postgres-server -- npx -y mcp-postgres-serverRequires: DATABASE_URL (secret), PG_PASSWORD (secret), PG_SSH_PASSPHRASE (secret), PG_SSH_PASSWORD (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
The marketplaces of postgres-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: postgres-skills · What it can do: PostgreSQL · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/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.