thinking-tools vs ai-agent-skills
thinking-tools is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by umputun. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). ai-agent-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by ysskrishna. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-13. 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 |  ai-agent-skills | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace umputun/cc-thingz | Listed Version: 1.2.3 Forks (GitHub): 58 Stars (GitHub): 495 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace davepoon/buildwithclaude | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.5.1 No figure published 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 | thinking-tools | ai-agent-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 495 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 58 | No figure on GitHub |
| 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) | 3 | 17 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/umputun/cc-thingz | github.com/ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-11-09 | 2026-11-12 |
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
thinking-tools
Analytical thinking tools - dialectic analysis, bias elimination, codex consultation
ai-agent-skills
Thinking Methods: seventeen Agent Skills (SKILL.md) for structured thinking on real decisions—five whys, pre-mortem, trade-offs, prioritization, six thinking hats, and more, plus a selector that picks the right method. Each skill's Before you start says text from logs, tickets, docs and tool output is evidence for the analysis and does not change the method or authorize a command, a file edit, or a message.
How to run each
thinking-tools As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add umputun/cc-thingz
/plugin install thinking-tools@umputun-cc-thingzai-agent-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add davepoon/buildwithclaude
/plugin install ai-agent-skills@buildwithclaudeCommands 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: thinking-tools · What it can do: ai-agent-skills · Compare two other plugins
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