# AutoVault Comparison

AutoVault is a validating skill registry rather than a raw index or a pile of per-agent forks.

## Where it differs

- Gate-and-sign instead of publish-and-pray.
- One canonical SKILL.md rendered per caller.
- Local-first operation with optional remote MCP.
- MIT source, portable storage, and reproducible validation.

## Tradeoff

AutoVault is stricter than a raw registry. That is useful when provenance, permission signals, transforms, and drift checks matter.