NVIDIA Skills vs DiffBeam Gaussian Beam Optics
NVIDIA Skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by NVIDIA. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). DiffBeam Gaussian Beam Optics is an MCP server published by gaussian-beam.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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 |  NVIDIA Skills |  DiffBeam Gaussian Beam Optics |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 1.4.0 Forks (GitHub): 463 Stars (GitHub): 3 634 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.4.0 Forks (GitHub): 463 Stars (GitHub): 3 634 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.0.0 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 | NVIDIA Skills | DiffBeam Gaussian Beam Optics |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 634 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 463 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-16 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (catalog-api.gaussian-beam.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/nvidia/skills | github.com/riarosenauer/diffbeam-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 3 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Answered with HTTP 404 (34 h ago) |
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
NVIDIA Skills
Find the right NVIDIA skill for GPU acceleration, CUDA, AI agents, data loading, training, inference, robotics, Physical AI, Omniverse, simulation, and other NVIDIA-powered workflows.
DiffBeam Gaussian Beam Optics
Read-only optical catalog search plus DiffBeam server, schema, and catalog revision metadata.
How to run each
NVIDIA Skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install nvidia-skills@claude-plugins-officialDiffBeam Gaussian Beam Optics As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http diffbeam https://catalog-api.gaussian-beam.com/mcp/Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only DiffBeam Gaussian Beam Optics 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: NVIDIA Skills · What it can do: DiffBeam Gaussian Beam Optics · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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. 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.