sdlc-skills vs SmartBear MCP
sdlc-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by TsCarpe. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). SmartBear MCP is an MCP server published by smartbear.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-10. 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 |  SmartBear MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace tscarpe/claude-sdlc-skills | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 66 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.43.0 Downloads/month (npm): 34 553 Downloads/week (npm): 6 200 Forks (GitHub): 50 Stars (GitHub): 44 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:8a64acae01b6 Forks (GitHub): 50 Pulls (Docker Hub): 15 258 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 44 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 | sdlc-skills | SmartBear MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 66 (better) | 44 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 15 258 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 50 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-03 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 160 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 17, secrets among them: 10 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 10 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/tscarpe/claude-sdlc-skills | github.com/smartbear/smartbear-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-11-09 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Status out of date: last check 2 days ago returned HTTP 400 |
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
sdlc-skills
Ten battle-tested SDLC skills: sdlc-intent (PRD digest + seven-layer audit + A/B/C risk tiering), sdlc-design (technical design: alternatives, tiered interface contracts, shared assets, C/H decisions, slicing constraints), sdlc-test (cases/dev/static/exec/spec/report with human checkpoints), sdlc-gate (risk-tiered adversarial review gate: 4/2 fresh-context subagents or self-check, plus guard_dev), sdlc-doubt (adversarial re-check of non-trivial decisions), sdlc-ui-visual (design-to-code visual restoration via screenshots: DOM geometry + pixel heatmap + tiered fix rounds), sdlc-release-check (pre-release audit: config keys, job/MQ registrations, DDL/DML grading, runbook), sdlc-guardrails (write-time red-line engine: PostToolUse hook + pre-commit + baseline scan), sdlc-sync (artifact sync bridge between local markdown and the team-facing platform), sdlc-handoff (cross-agent session handoff: self-contained card, drift check, direct takeover).
SmartBear MCP
MCP server for AI access to SmartBear tools, including BugSnag, Reflect, Swagger, PactFlow, QTM4J.
How to run each
sdlc-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add tscarpe/claude-sdlc-skills
/plugin install sdlc-skills@claude-sdlc-skillsSmartBear MCP As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http smartbear-mcp https://bugsnag.mcp.smartbear.com/mcpRequires: BEARQ_API_TOKEN (secret), BUGSNAG_AUTH_TOKEN (secret), PACT_BROKER_PASSWORD (secret), PACT_BROKER_TOKEN (secret), QTM4J_API_KEY (secret), QTM4J_AUTOMATION_API_KEY (secret), REFLECT_API_TOKEN (secret), SWAGGER_API_KEY (secret), SWAGGER_FUNCTIONAL_TESTING_API_TOKEN (secret), ZEPHYR_API_TOKEN (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only SmartBear MCP has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of sdlc-skills publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of sdlc-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: sdlc-skills · What it can do: SmartBear MCP · 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. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.