fabric-skills vs Astra DB
fabric-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/copilot-plugins). Astra DB is an MCP server published by erichare. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. 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 |  fabric-skills |   Astra DB |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/copilot-plugins | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 374 Stars (GitHub): 1 292 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.0.0 Downloads/month (npm): 509 Downloads/week (npm): 18 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 | fabric-skills | Astra DB |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 292 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 374 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (astra-widgets-mcp.vercel.app/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 4, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 33 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/microsoft/skills-for-fabric | github.com/erichare/astra-db-plugin |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 2 days ago, requires a key |
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
fabric-skills
Complete bundle: all Microsoft Skills for Fabric for developers and consumers.
Astra DB
Astra DB tools for agents: schema, find, vector search, guarded writes, and interactive views.
How to run each
fabric-skills
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Astra DB As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http astra-mcp https://astra-widgets-mcp.vercel.app/mcpRequires: ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Astra DB has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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 fabric-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: fabric-skills · What it can do: Astra DB · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/copilot-plugins/blob/HEAD/.github/plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. 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.