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Skills vs MCP connectors vs plugins: the difference explained

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First published in GetPack Magazine , sourced guides to use AI well as a student. A skill is a folder of instructions (a SKILL.md file, sometimes with scripts) that Claude loads when your request matches it: it teaches Claude how to do a task. An MCP connector is a connection to an outside service…

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  1. 2026-09-30 00:09 · DEV Community — AI
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