Data through 24 August 2026·Updated daily

The Skill Leaderboard

An independent ranking of agent skills
from open GitHub repositories.
34.9kSkills tracked
322kStars gained / last 30 days
7.8kCommits / last 30 days
7.8MSKILL.md lines analyzed
RankRepositoryStars7 days30 days
1
mattpocock/skills

A set of engineering skills for domain modeling, architectural design, bug diagnosis, and standards-based code review.

Stars235k
7 days+6.8%+14.9k stars
30 days+25.1%+47.2k stars
2
anthropics/skills

A library of AI agent skills covering API integration, behavioral nudges, and the creation of algorithmic art using p5.js.

Stars171k
7 days+0.8%+1.4k stars
30 days+4.4%+7.2k stars
3
Graphify-Labs/graphify

Converts code, docs, and media into a persistent knowledge graph with community detection for architectural querying and GraphRAG integration.

Stars110k
7 days+2.5%+2.7k stars
30 days+15.1%+14.5k stars
4
DietrichGebert/ponytail

Audits repositories for over-engineering and aggregates shortcut comments into a technical debt ledger.

Stars109k
7 days+4.7%+4.9k stars
30 days+22.6%+20.1k stars
5
JuliusBrussee/caveman

A token optimization toolkit that uses a compressed, minimalist language style to reduce AI communication costs.

Stars101k
7 days+2.0%+2k stars
30 days+8.3%+7.7k stars
6
addyosmani/agent-skills

A set of structured engineering skills for AI agents covering API design, context optimization, and production-grade code quality.

Stars89.4k
7 days+1.7%+1.5k stars
30 days+11.3%+9.1k stars
7
Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything

A knowledge graph tool for visualizing codebase architecture, analyzing domain flows, and querying repository structures via an interactive dashboard.

Stars80.3k
7 days+0.9%+715 stars
30 days+5.6%+4.3k stars
8
ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills

A library of 864 Claude skills covering automation, artifact creation, brand styling, changelog generation, ad extraction, and composio MCP integrations for over 100 services.

Stars73.1k
7 days+0.7%+488 stars
30 days+4.0%+2.8k stars
9
mvanhorn/last30days-skill

Aggregates posts and engagement from major social platforms and the web to research topic-specific sentiment from the last 30 days.

Stars59.2k
7 days+1.2%+719 stars
30 days+10.6%+5.7k stars
10
kepano/obsidian-skills

Agent skills for Obsidian CLI, markdown, bases, JSON Canvas, and Defuddle web extraction.

Stars47.2k
7 days+1.6%+727 stars
30 days+9.1%+3.9k stars
11
coreyhaines31/marketingskills

Tools for planning A/B tests, designing experiment variants, and managing growth experimentation playbooks.

Stars45.4k
7 days+1.9%+848 stars
30 days+9.1%+3.8k stars
12
sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

A management system for agentic skills that provides standardized templates and specialized capabilities for AI agents across security, architecture, and web development.

Stars45.3k
7 days+0.6%+286 stars
30 days+3.3%+1.5k stars
13
Imbad0202/academic-research-skills

A 10-stage academic research pipeline that integrates deep research, manuscript drafting, and multi-perspective peer review simulation.

Stars43.5k
7 days+1.8%+759 stars
30 days+10.3%+4.1k stars
14
github/awesome-copilot

A repository of skills for routing agentic workflow requests and scaffolding canvas extensions with integrated governance patterns.

Stars38.2k
7 days+0.7%+258 stars
30 days+3.1%+1.2k stars
15
blader/humanizer

Rewrites AI-generated text to remove chatbot patterns, filler, and inflated claims while preserving the original factual content.

Stars37.5k
7 days+4.5%+1.4k stars
30 days+21.2%+6.6k stars
16
K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills

Provides API and SDK integration for protein screening experiments, including BLI/SPR and thermostability assays via the Adaptyv Bio Foundry.

Stars34.2k
7 days+1.5%+517 stars
30 days+7.9%+2.5k stars
17
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills

A library of 818 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents, covering red-teaming tasks such as DPAPI decryption and Active Directory privilege escalation.

Stars30.9k
7 days+10.1%+2.8k stars
30 days+16.5%+4.4k stars
18
vercel-labs/agent-skills

A set of skills for implementing React composition patterns, following Vercel best practices, and executing automated deployments.

Stars30.4k
7 days+0.9%+287 stars
30 days+3.2%+941 stars
19
zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill

Security research skills for Android APK hooking, SSL bypass, and Active Directory Certificate Services abuse.

Stars28.4k
7 days+9.6%+2.5k stars
30 days+219.3%+19.5k stars
20
Nutlope/hallmark

A design skill for extracting visual DNA from URLs or screenshots and applying intentional UI patterns to AI-generated pages.

Stars26.8k
7 days+5.5%+1.4k stars
30 days+54.5%+9.5k stars
21
OthmanAdi/planning-with-files

Implements persistent file-based tracking of task plans and progress to maintain state across AI agent sessions.

Stars26.3k
7 days+0.5%+122 stars
30 days+2.3%+603 stars
22
cathrynlavery/diagram-design

Creates branded architecture, data flow, and UML diagrams in multiple formats with support for brand token integration and custom styling.

Stars26.2k
7 daysPercentage change unavailable
30 daysPercentage change unavailable
23
phuryn/pm-skills

A library of 68 agent skills for product management across discovery, strategy, execution, analytics, go-to-market, growth, and AI code auditing, with structured templates for PRDs, user stories, A/B tests, and more.

Stars25.6k
7 days+1.0%+246 stars
30 days+4.7%+1.2k stars
24
JimLiu/baoyu-skills

A skill library for content production and publishing: visual asset generation, cross-platform posting, Markdown formatting, diagram creation, and automated release workflows.

Stars25.3k
7 days+0.8%+205 stars
30 days+4.7%+1.1k stars
25
virgiliojr94/book-to-skill

Converts various document formats into structured agent skills by extracting frameworks, principles, and techniques for use with AI agents.

Stars25k
7 days+11.7%+2.6k stars
30 days+162.1%+15.5k stars
26
alirezarezvani/claude-skills

A library of over 800 specialized AI skills covering agent workflow design, accessibility auditing, and marketing automation.

Stars24.9k
7 days+1.4%+340 stars
30 days+7.4%+1.7k stars
27
Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios

A 73-skill game development pipeline covering brainstorming, design, architecture, prototyping, implementation, testing, QA, localization, security, release, and live ops for indie teams and solo developers.

Stars24.5k
7 days+2.1%+513 stars
30 days+4.8%+1.1k stars
28
titanwings/distilly

A tool for distilling human traits and source material into reusable person profiles and skills for AI agents.

Stars23.9k
7 daysPercentage change unavailable+827 stars
30 daysPercentage change unavailable
29
ayghri/i-have-adhd

Formats AI output for ADHD users by leading with next actions, numbering multi-step tasks, and suppressing tangents.

Stars23.6k
7 days+11.3%+2.4k stars
30 days+141.9%+13.9k stars
30
google/skills

Enterprise integration skills for the Gemini API and Agent Platform, covering SDK usage, multimodal capabilities, and stateful interaction management.

Stars18.6k
7 days+1.2%+223 stars
30 days+22.4%+3.4k stars
31
muratcankoylan/Agent-Skills-for-Context-Engineering

A collection of agent skills focused on context engineering, harness design, and multi-agent architecture for production systems.

Stars17.8k
7 days+0.3%+59 stars
30 days+2.2%+387 stars
32
composio-community/awesome-codex-skills

A library of automation skills for the Codex CLI and API, including utilities for IDE deep linking and brand guideline application.

Stars16k
7 days+0.8%+129 stars
30 days+4.8%+726 stars
33
tt-a1i/archify

Generates validated architecture, sequence, and data-flow diagrams from text or code as interactive HTML and SVG files.

Stars15.3k
7 days+11.1%+1.5k stars
30 days+110.1%+8k stars
34
wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep

A research automation toolkit for searching arXiv papers, analyzing ML experiment statistics, and planning ablation studies.

Stars15.1k
7 days+1.8%+273 stars
30 days+8.9%+1.2k stars
35
AgriciDaniel/claude-seo

An SEO analysis suite for auditing site health, analyzing backlink profiles, and generating data-driven content briefs using Ahrefs and DataForSEO integrations.

Stars14.9k
7 days+4.2%+597 stars
30 days+21.2%+2.6k stars
36
greensock/gsap-skills

Eight skills covering GSAP core, timelines, ScrollTrigger, performance, framework integration, plugins, and utility methods for web animation development.

Stars14.3k
7 days+4.0%+554 stars
30 days+15.4%+1.9k stars
37
earthtojake/text-to-cad

Generates parametric CAD parts and robot-description files from text, with integrated visual review and 3D print job initiation.

Stars13.8k
7 days+2.2%+293 stars
30 days+33.6%+3.5k stars
38
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs

A library of agent skill files covering the AI research lifecycle: autonomous experimentation, model architecture, fine-tuning, mechanistic interpretability, distributed training, safety, optimization, evaluation, inference serving, and MLOps.

Stars12k
7 days+1.8%+215 stars
30 days+8.2%+903 stars
39
nidhinjs/prompt-master

Generates and optimizes tool-specific prompts for LLMs, coding agents, and generative AI tools.

Stars11.7k
7 days+4.4%+491 stars
30 days+9.2%+982 stars
40
AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian

An AI-driven system for Obsidian that automates source research, citation drafting, and the organization of a connected Markdown knowledge graph.

Stars11.5k
7 days+4.7%+517 stars
30 days+15.8%+1.6k stars
41
Jeffallan/claude-skills

A set of AI skills for full-stack development, including Angular 17+ architecture, .NET Core expertise, and system design documentation.

Stars11.1k
7 days+0.9%+100 stars
30 days+3.9%+420 stars
42
nicobailon/visual-explainer

Generates self-contained HTML diagrams, architecture overviews, and visual diff reviews for technical systems and plans.

Stars9.5k
7 days+0.5%+44 stars
30 days+2.3%+212 stars
43
zubair-trabzada/geo-seo-claude

A 16-skill GEO audit suite that scores AI citability, crawler access, content E-E-A-T, technical SEO, and brand authority, then produces client-ready reports and proposals.

Stars9.4k
7 days+0.8%+73 stars
30 days+3.6%+332 stars
44
AgriciDaniel/claude-ads

A marketing operations skill for conducting audits, planning budgets, and managing campaigns across multiple paid advertising platforms.

Stars8.4k
7 days+3.8%+308 stars
30 days+13.1%+974 stars
45
google-labs-code/stitch-skills

Converts Stitch designs into React and React Native components, including Vite-based dashboards with Web3 integration and TanStack Query.

Stars8.2k
7 days+1.1%+90 stars
30 days+4.6%+357 stars
46
Agents365-ai/drawio-skill

Generates .drawio XML files and exports them to image formats for UML, SysML, BPMN, and cloud architecture diagrams.

Stars7.9k
7 days+3.0%+228 stars
30 days+21.0%+1.4k stars
47
PleasePrompto/notebooklm-skill

Connects Claude Code to NotebookLM for source-grounded queries against uploaded documents, with notebook library management and citation-backed answers.

Stars7.7k
7 days+0.5%+38 stars
30 days+2.6%+192 stars
48
SimoneAvogadro/android-reverse-engineering-skill

A structured Android reverse engineering pipeline covering fingerprinting, decompilation with jadx and Fernflower, Kotlin name recovery, call flow tracing, and two-tier API endpoint documentation.

Stars7.3k
7 days+6.5%+444 stars
30 days+11.1%+724 stars
49
Cocoon-AI/architecture-diagram-generator

Creates self-contained dark-themed HTML/SVG architecture diagrams for systems, cloud infrastructure, security diagrams, and network topologies with export to PNG and PDF.

Stars7k
7 days+1.0%+70 stars
30 days+4.8%+319 stars
50
tw93/Waza

A six-phase research workflow that synthesizes unfamiliar domains and source bundles into publish-ready reference material.

Stars6.9k
7 days+0.6%+40 stars
30 days+4.2%+280 stars

What are skills?

A skill is an instruction file that teaches an AI agent how to do one specific job. Drafting a contract. Building a slide deck. Pulling a weekly report. Without one, you re-explain the same context to the model every session. With one, the agent already knows how you work.

How do I open a .skill file?

A .skill file is essentially a zip file with a .skill extension. Rename it to .zip, and extract on macOS or Linux. On Windows, right-click and pick "Extract All." Inside you'll find a SKILL.md file with the instructions, plus whatever scripts, templates, or reference docs the author shipped with it.

Why use skills instead of relying on the base AI?

Skills help agents complete specific tasks more effectively by giving them structured instructions and reusable patterns. A skill bakes the workflow into the agent: which tools to call, which steps to skip, how your team formats things. Output gets more consistent, you waste fewer tokens, and the agent starts behaving more like a teammate.

Is it safe to install skills?

Downloaded skill files should never be added blindly. A skill can include scripts and shell commands that execute on your machine, so review the SKILL.md, any bundled scripts, and referenced tools before installing - the same way you'd vet a browser extension or npm package.

What does a skill include?

A SKILL.md file with YAML frontmatter at the top (at minimum, a name and a description) followed by the body of the instructions. Everything else is optional: scripts, reference docs, templates, images, even nested sub-skills. The agent only reads files it actually needs, which keeps the context window from filling up on workflows the user didn't ask for.

When does an agent use a skill?

Using a slash command, which the user has to invoke by hand. The agent can also decide to use a skill on its own if it thinks the skill would be useful. It reads the name and description of every available skill, then decides which one fits the request. The description does most of the work here, because the model uses that text to figure out whether the skill applies.

Do skills only work for coding?

No. Skills started in coding tools like Claude Code and Codex CLI, but the format jumped fences quickly. People use them now for writing, legal review, marketing ops, research, customer support, data analysis, design. If you'd hand the task to a new hire with a one-page onboarding doc, it can probably be a skill.

Which platforms support skills?

Skills are compatible with most AI agents like Claude, Codex, Cursor, Hermes, Openclaw, Manus, Grok, Antigravity, Perplexity Computer, OpenCode, Pi, Amp, Devin.

What's the deal with frontmatter?

Frontmatter is the YAML block at the top of SKILL.md, fenced by --- markers. It holds the metadata the agent reads before anything else: name, description, sometimes version, license, allowed tools. Get it wrong and the agent won't trigger the skill when it should. The spec lists every field.

What are the rules for the skill name?

The name field is lowercase, uses hyphens (no spaces, no underscores), sticks to letters, digits, and hyphens, and caps out at 64 characters per the Agent Skills spec. Treat it like a URL slug: "pdf-form-filler" works, "My Cool Skill!" does not. The name has to match the folder name exactly.

What should the description include?

The description should explain both what the skill does and when it should be triggered. AI agents use the description to decide whether to invoke the skill, so vague descriptions can cause missed or incorrect usage.

Can a skill bundle contain multiple SKILL.md files?

Yes, each skill with their own SKILL.md and frontmatter. This works well for sprawling domains like office/ (one sub-skill each for docx, pptx, xlsx, and pdf) or accounting workflows where every procedure has its own quirks.

How do skills save tokens vs. agent.md or claude.md files?

A skill costs roughly 53 tokens per turn, just the name and description sitting in the system prompt. An equivalent agent.md or claude.md file costs thousands of tokens per turn because the whole file loads on every turn whether the agent needs it or not. Over a long session, that's the difference between staying sharp and hitting the point where the agent compacts and degrades its intelligence.

How are skills different from MCP?

They're complementary, not competing. MCP is connectivity: raw access to a tool or data source, the query syntax, the API format, the auth. Skills are workflow: which records to check first, how to structure the output, what order the steps go in. MCP is going to Home Depot and buying tools. Skills are knowing how to build the patio.