Agents, skills and MCP radar: tools and trends

Momentum based on available 7-day snapshots for Agents, skills and MCP: measured with two snapshots, estimated otherwise. Each value shows its own source window. This page reads stored snapshots only.

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What’s changing

Of 20 comparable tools in Agents, skills et MCP, 3 are increasing, 15 are stable, and 2 are declining. OpenTrain has the largest measured increase: +1070 downloads over 7 days. The largest decline is for Bitbucket MCP: -2944 downloads over 7 days. Measurements are unchanged for AWS MCP Server, Amazon EKS MCP Server, Amazon ECS MCP Server. These movements describe only changes in metrics collected over the period.

Measured period: 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-08

Tool ranking

Ranked by measured growth, normalized across sources. Raw values keep their source-specific window, shown under each tool; a change requires at least two snapshots from the last 7 days.

  1. 1

    MCP
    Active

    Free, editor-less MCP server for Rive: create, edit, inspect, render and preview .riv animations

    ↓ 157 downloads/weekTypeScriptLicense: NOASSERTION

      mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      Install claude mcp add rive-mcp -- npx rive-mcp-server

      7GitHub stars+5 (+250.0 %)
    • 2

      MCP
      Active

      Compile your own business capabilities from declarative YAML and serve them as MCP tools.

      ↓ 503 downloads/weekTypeScriptLicense: Apache-2.0

        mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        Install claude mcp add archstone -- npx @archstone/cli

        6GitHub stars+5 (+500.0 %)
      • 3

        MCP
        Active

        Persistent file-based memory for AI agents: inspectable, versionable, fully local.

        ↓ 518 downloads/weekTypeScriptLicense: MIT

          mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

          Install claude mcp add crbro-memory -- npx crbro-memory

          5GitHub stars+5
        • 4

          MCP
          Active

          File-oriented MCP server for KiCad schematics, PCB placement, routing, and pours.

          ↓ 61 downloads/weekTypeScriptLicense: MIT

            mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

            Install claude mcp add kicad-copilot -- npx kicad-copilot-mcp

            8GitHub stars+4 (+100.0 %)
          • 5

            MCP
            Active

            Manage social media DMs and scheduled posts from your AI assistant, across 12 platforms.

            TypeScriptLicense: MIT

              mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

              Install claude mcp add crmsolid-mcp -- npx @crmsolid/mcp-server

              4GitHub stars+4
            • 6

              MCP
              Active

              Persistent AI memory in one SQLite file: 3-layer hybrid search, confidence scoring, 29 tools.

              ↓ 641 downloads/weekPythonLicense: MIT

                mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                Install claude mcp add cpersona -- uvx cpersona

                6GitHub stars+3 (+100.0 %)
              • 7

                MCP
                Active

                Your real mailbox and calendar for your agent (M365/IMAP); a human approves every send.

                ↓ 130 downloads/weekPythonLicense: AGPL-3.0

                  mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                  Install claude mcp add gigamail -- uvx gigamail

                  5GitHub stars+3 (+150.0 %)
                • 8

                  MCP
                  Active

                  Read, search, draft, send, and organize email through Gmail, Outlook, and IMAP/SMTP mailboxes.

                  ↓ 204 downloads/weekTypeScriptLicense: NOASSERTION

                    mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                    Install claude mcp add fluxmail -- npx fluxmail

                    5GitHub stars+3 (+150.0 %)
                  • 9

                    MCP
                    Active

                    Global weather via Open-Meteo: forecast, ERA5 archive, marine, air quality, geocoding, elevation.

                    TypeScriptLicense: Apache-2.0

                      mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                      Install claude mcp add open-meteo-mcp-server -- npx @cyanheads/open-meteo-mcp-server

                      5GitHub stars+3 (+150.0 %)
                    • 10

                      Agent
                      Active

                      The self-improving, self-learning open-source AI agent. Background Computer-Use, A2A Swarm, Vector Memory, Plugin System, Voice, Smart Approvals - 100/100 Score. Windows-native.

                      PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
                      • a2a
                      • agent
                      • agent-framework
                      • ai-agent
                      • artificial-intelligence

                      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                      5GitHub stars+3 (+150.0 %)
                    • 11

                      MCP
                      Active

                      Privacy-first, unofficial Fitbit MCP server for AI health, sleep, activity and heart-rate agents.

                      TypeScriptLicense: MIT

                        mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                        Install claude mcp add fitbitmcp -- npx fitbit-mcp-unofficial

                        4GitHub stars+3 (+300.0 %)
                      • 12

                        MCP
                        Active

                        Evidence-bound REW measurement, analysis, conservative EQ, DSP, and listening-test tools.

                        JavaScriptLicense: MIT

                          mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                          4GitHub stars+3 (+300.0 %)
                        • 13

                          MCP
                          Active

                          Local code graph for TypeScript, Python and Swift: who calls this, what breaks if I change it.

                          TypeScriptLicense: Apache-2.0

                            mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                            Install claude mcp add sonde -- npx @cheppulabs/sonde

                            3GitHub stars+3
                          • 14

                            MCP
                            Active

                            Local-first visual regression for AI agents: verdicts, diff images, explain_snapshot. No API key.

                            ↓ 293 downloads/weekTypeScriptLicense: MIT

                              mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                              Install claude mcp add mcp -- npx @testivai/mcp

                              3GitHub stars+3
                            • 15

                              Agent
                              Active

                              AETHER — an open protocol for AI agents to discover, negotiate, and pay each other. Ed25519-signed, JSON-native, zero-dependency.

                              PythonLicense: MIT
                              • agent-to-agent
                              • agentic
                              • ai-agents
                              • cyrptography
                              • ed25519

                              githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                              3GitHub stars+3
                            • 16

                              MCP
                              Active

                              Skylight Calendar for Claude — family events, chores, and rewards.

                              ↓ 1 059 downloads/weekTypeScriptLicense: MIT

                                mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                                Install claude mcp add skylight-mcp -- npx skylight-mcp

                                7GitHub stars+3 (+75.0 %)
                              • 17

                                MCP
                                Active

                                Homebox home inventory: search, intake, warranties, attachments, locations, tags, QR labels

                                ↓ 57 downloads/weekPythonLicense: MIT

                                  mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                                  Install claude mcp add homebox-mcp -- uvx homebox-mcp

                                  4GitHub stars+2 (+100.0 %)
                                • 18

                                  Skill
                                  Active

                                  A comprehensive suite of Claude Code ultracode multi-agent workflow scripts, along with a workflow-authoring skill, a live-progress statusline, enhanced observation UI, and validator/diagram tools

                                  JavaScriptLicense: MIT
                                  • claude
                                  • claude-code
                                  • claude-code-plugin
                                  • claude-code-skill
                                  • claude-plugin

                                  githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                                  Install /plugin marketplace add hesreallyhim/ultracode-workflows

                                  4GitHub stars+2 (+100.0 %)
                                • 19

                                  Skill
                                  Active

                                  Rate limit? Switching coding agents? Stele keeps write-ahead task state so work resumes in any harness with nothing to re-explain.

                                  PythonLicense: MIT
                                  • agent-memory
                                  • agent-skills
                                  • agents-md
                                  • ai-agents
                                  • claude-code

                                  githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                                  Install git clone https://github.com/johnwangwyx/stele ~/.claude/skills/stele

                                  4GitHub stars+2 (+100.0 %)
                                • 20

                                  MCP
                                  Active

                                  MCP gateway federating 22 biomedical MCP servers behind one endpoint: gnomAD, ClinVar, HPO, VEP.

                                  PythonLicense: MIT

                                    mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                                    Remote server, to be declared in the MCP configuration https://genefoundry.org/mcp

                                    4GitHub stars+2 (+100.0 %)
                                  • 21

                                    MCP
                                    Dormant

                                    An MCP server that lets Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, and any other MCP-speaking coding agent hold threaded conversations with each other.

                                    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
                                    • a2a
                                    • agent
                                    • ai
                                    • bun
                                    • llm

                                    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                                    4GitHub stars+2 (+100.0 %)
                                  • 22

                                    Skill
                                    Active

                                    Claude Code plugin marketplace for fantasy football: draft strategy, waiver wire, trade analysis, and browser-driven roster ops

                                    PythonLicense: MIT
                                    • browser-automation
                                    • claude-code
                                    • claude-code-marketplace
                                    • claude-code-plugin
                                    • claude-code-skills

                                    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                                    Install /plugin marketplace add derekrbreese/fantasy-football-skills

                                    4GitHub stars+2 (+100.0 %)
                                  • 23

                                    Agent
                                    Active

                                    Orchestrate a team of AI coding agents on your desktop — a router-leader delegates to workers over a local MCP tunnel (A2A), with git-worktree isolation and merge-back, in a Tauri v2 IDE surface.

                                    RustLicense: MIT
                                    • a2a
                                    • agent-orchestration
                                    • ai-agents
                                    • developer-tools
                                    • mcp

                                    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                                    3GitHub stars+2 (+200.0 %)
                                  • 24

                                    Agent
                                    Active

                                    Agent control plane and runtime access platform for enterprise systems — govern business APIs as Tools, compose Agents and Workflows, expose runtimes through AAP, and trace executions end to end. https://act-weave.grok.me

                                    GoLicense: Apache-2.0
                                    • a2a
                                    • a2ui
                                    • agent
                                    • agent-control-plane
                                    • agent-runtime

                                    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                                    3GitHub stars+2 (+200.0 %)
                                  • 25

                                    MCP
                                    Active

                                    Control Krita through a secure local MCP server and authenticated Windows bridge.

                                    PythonLicense: MIT

                                      mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗

                                      Install claude mcp add krita-codex-mcp -- uvx krita-codex-mcp

                                      3GitHub stars+2 (+200.0 %)