160+ Most Popular Agent Skills on GitHub for Coding Agents

Agent Skills are reusable instruction packages that help AI agents perform specific tasks, follow workflows, use tools, or apply domain knowledge across repeated work.

This directory collects useful, popular Agent Skills for Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, and other compatible AI agents. All Skills are free and open-source.

Most entries were selected from high-star public GitHub repositories, then grouped by the developer workflow they support. Stars help identify widely noticed projects, but they do not replace your own review of scripts, permissions, compatibility, and maintenance.

Official Skills

Start here when you want skills maintained by the platform or product team behind the tool. These entries are usually the safest first stop for supported APIs, model ecosystems, and official workflows.

Google Agent Skills | ⭐ 13.5k
Agent Skills for Google products and technologies.
gsap-skills | ⭐ 8.9k
Official AI skills for GSAP. These skills teach AI coding agents how to correctly use GSAP (GreenSock Animation Platform), including best practices, common animation patterns, and plugin usage.
gemini-skills | ⭐ 3.6k
Skills for the Gemini API, SDK and model/agent interactions.
Browserbase Skills | ⭐ 3.5k
Browserbase’s official collection of agent skills to access the web.
Flutter Agent Skills | ⭐ 2.4k
A collection of skills providing tailored instructions for happy path Flutter app development workflows.
skills | ⭐ 538
inference.sh Agent skills for using our API to give your agents access to hundreds of apps and other agents
GLM-skills | ⭐ 411
Official skills for the GLM family of models.
BFL Agent Skills
Reusable capabilities that teach AI agents how to work with FLUX models.
Firecrawl Skills
An easy way for AI agents such as Claude Code, Antigravity and OpenCode to use Firecrawl through the CLI.
Manus Skills
Manus’ official agent skills.

Skill Collections

Use this section when you want a broad library instead of a single-purpose skill. Collections are useful for discovering patterns, copying starter workflows, or comparing how different authors package agent instructions.

Superpowers | ⭐ 225k
Give Claude Code superpowers with a comprehensive skills library of proven techniques, patterns, and tools.
mattpocock skills | ⭐ 125k
Skills for Real Engineers.
sickn33 | ⭐ 40.4k
A collection of 130+ agentic skills for Claude Code, Antigravity, and Cursor.
agent-skills | ⭐ 27.8k
A collection of skills for AI coding agents. Skills are packaged instructions and scripts that extend agent capabilities.
claude-skills | ⭐ 17.8k
A Collection of Skills for Claude Code and Claude AI for real-world Usage.
MiniMax-AI/skills | ⭐ 12.6k
Development skills for AI coding agents.
openskills | ⭐ 10.4k
Universal skills loader for AI coding agents.
claude-skills| ⭐ 9.8k
66 Specialized Skills for Full-Stack Developers.
slavingia/skills | ⭐ 9.1k
Claude Code skills based on The Minimalist Entrepreneur by Sahil Lavingia.
garden-skills | ⭐ 7.8k
ConardLi’s open-source Skills collection, featuring web design, knowledge retrieval, image generation, and more.
libukai | ⭐ 4.7k
The definitive guide to agent skills, including quick start, recommended skills, and practical case studies.
9arm-skills | ⭐ 2.7k
Agent skills loaded by Claude Code.
Vibe-Skills | ⭐ 2.3k
An all-in-one AI skills package.
agent-toolkit | ⭐ 2k
A curated collection of skills for AI coding agents.
happy-claude-skills | ⭐ 295
Practical skill plugins designed for Claude Code.
claude-code-skills | ⭐ 218
End-to-end software development lifecycle skills for founders building SaaS with AI tools.

Coding and Refactoring Skills

These skills help agents change code with better judgment: writing less, cleaning up structure, following engineering habits, or improving how an agent reasons through implementation work.

andrej-karpathy-skills | ⭐ 173k
A single CLAUDE.md file to improve Claude Code behavior, derived from Andrej Karpathy’s observations on LLM coding pitfalls.
graphify | ⭐ 65.5k
AI coding assistant skill (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Factory Droid, Trae).
agent-skills | ⭐ 54.1k
Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.
ponytail | ⭐ 11.1k
Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
Waza | ⭐ 5.7k
Engineering habits you already know, turned into skills Claude can run.
Dimillian Skills | ⭐ 3.7k
A collection of reusable development skills for Apple platforms, GitHub workflows, refactoring, diff review swarms, bug investigation swarms, code review, React performance work, and skill curation.
adhd | ⭐ 804
A skill for coding agents. Tree-of-thought with pruning, built on the Claude & Codex Agent SDK.
napkin | ⭐ 549
A Claude Code skill that gives the agent persistent memory of its mistakes via a per-repo markdown scratchpad.
solid-skills | ⭐ 443
AI agent skill for writing senior-engineer quality code through SOLID principles, TDD, and clean architecture.

UI and Design Skills

Use these when the output needs to look and feel better, not just compile. They are most useful for interface polish, design review, native-feeling screens, onboarding flows, and motion or interaction quality.

ui-ux-pro-max-skill | ⭐ 90.4k
An AI skill that provides design intelligence for building professional UI/UX across multiple platforms.
taste-skill | ⭐ 41.4k
A collection of skills that improve how AI tools write frontend code.

Code Review Skills

These skills are for readers who want another pass before code ships. They focus on audits, review plans, architecture concerns, and finding issues that a normal implementation pass can miss.

visual-explainer | ⭐ 8.7k
Agent skill + prompt templates that generate rich HTML pages for visual diff reviews, architecture overviews, plan audits, data tables, and project recaps.
improve | ⭐ 4.6k
Use your most capable model to audit your codebase and write plans for cheaper models to execute.
code-review-expert | ⭐ 3.6k
A comprehensive code review skill for AI agents.
sanyuan-skills | ⭐ 3.6k
Expert code review skill: SOLID, security, performance, error handling, boundary conditions.

Testing and QA Skills

Use this section when reliability matters more than speed. These skills help agents check behavior, quality signals, and web performance instead of stopping after code generation.

web-quality-skills | ⭐ 2.2k
Agent Skills for optimizing web quality based on Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals.

Browser Automation Skills

These entries are useful when an agent needs to open pages, inspect browser state, drive Playwright or Chrome, and validate work in a real web environment.

dev-browser | ⭐ 6.2k
A Claude Skill to give your agent the ability to use a web browser
chrome-cdp-skill | ⭐ 3.1k
Give your AI agent access to your live Chrome session — works out of the box, connects to tabs you already have open
playwright-skill | ⭐ 2.8k
Claude Code Skill for browser automation with Playwright. Model-invoked – Claude autonomously writes and executes custom automation for testing and validation.
Apify Agent Skills | ⭐ 2.1k
Production-grade web scraping and automation skills for AI coding agents.

Security Review Skills

Use these skills when the agent needs a security mindset. They cover vulnerability review, threat modeling, offensive and defensive workflows, CTF-style work, and secure coding checks.

Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills | ⭐ 15.4k
753+ structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents.
skills | ⭐ 5.7k
Trail of Bits Claude Code skills for security research, vulnerability detection, and audit workflows.
raptor | ⭐ 3k
Raptor turns Claude Code into a general-purpose AI offensive/defensive security agent. By using Claude.md and creating rules, sub-agents, and skills, and orchestrating security tool usage, we configure the agent for adversarial thinking, and perform research or attack/defense operations.
ctf-skills | ⭐ 2.4k
Agent skills for solving CTF challenges – web exploitation, binary pwn, crypto, reverse engineering, forensics, OSINT, and more.
VibeSec-Skill | ⭐ 943
This skill helps Claude write secure code and prevent common vulnerabilities.
awesome-dfir-skills | ⭐ 316
A curated collection of DFIR skills and workflows for InfoSec practitioners.
skill-threat-modeling | ⭐ 310
Code-first deep risk analysis skill with STRIDE threat modeling and security review workflows.

Documentation and Writing Skills

These skills help turn code, research, or rough notes into usable writing. They are useful for technical docs, long-form content, translation, course material, and more natural prose.

humanizer | ⭐ 23.7k
A Claude Code skill that removes signs of AI-generated writing from text, making it sound more natural and human.
stop-slop | ⭐ 10k
A skill file for removing AI tells from prose.
codebase-to-course | ⭐ 4.6k
A Claude Code skill that turns any codebase into a beautiful, interactive single-page HTML course for non-technical vibe coders.
Research-Paper-Writing-Skills | ⭐ 3.7k
Skill package for ML/CV/NLP paper writing, curated and adapted from Prof. Peng Sida’s open notes for Codex, Claude Code, and Gemini.
x-article-publisher-skill | ⭐ 798
Claude Code skill for publishing Markdown articles to X (Twitter) Articles.
translate-book | ⭐ 764
Claude Code skill that translates entire books (PDF/DOCX/EPUB) into any language using parallel subagents.
claude-office-skills | ⭐ 735
Office document creation and editing skills for Claude Code – PPTX, DOCX, XLSX, and PDF workflows with automation support.

Research Skills

This section is for skills that help agents gather, compare, and synthesize information. They fit research-heavy workflows where the agent needs to investigate before writing or coding.

last30days-skill | ⭐ 39.6k
Claude Code skill that researches any topic across Reddit + X from the last 30 days, then writes copy-paste-ready prompts.
academic-research-skills | ⭐ 30.2k
Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize.
claude-scientific-skills | ⭐ 28k
A set of ready-to-use scientific skills for Claude.
scientific-agent-skills | ⭐ 28k
A set of ready to use Agent Skills for research, science, engineering, analysis, finance and writing.
Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep | ⭐ 11.9k
Lightweight Markdown-only skills for autonomous ML research.
AI-research-SKILLs | ⭐ 9.6k
Comprehensive open-source library of AI research and engineering skills for any AI model.
autoresearch | ⭐ 5k
Turn Claude Code into a relentless improvement engine.
anysearch-skill | ⭐ 3k
Unified real-time search engine skill for AI agents.
learning-opportunities | ⭐ 2.1k
x-research-skill | ⭐ 1.1k
X/Twitter research skill for Claude Code and OpenClaw.
google-ai-mode-skill | ⭐ 177
Claude Code skill for free Google AI Mode search with citations.

Data Analysis Skills

Use these when the input is structured data or financial information. They help agents summarize CSVs, inspect datasets, and produce analysis that is easier to act on.

finance-skills | ⭐ 2.8k
A collection of skills for AI financial analysis and trading.
qmd-skill | ⭐ 689
A Codex/Clawd skill definition for qmd (Quick Markdown Search).
csv-data-summarizer-claude-skill | ⭐ 404
A Claude Skill that automatically analyzes uploaded CSV files — generating summary statistics, detecting missing data, and creating quick visualizations using Python and pandas.

Diagram and Visual Skills

These skills are for readers who need visual output from an agent: architecture diagrams, slides, SVGs, Excalidraw boards, animations, logos, and other presentation-ready assets.

frontend-slides | ⭐ 21.3k
A Claude Code skill for creating stunning, animation-rich HTML presentations
guizang-ppt-skill | ⭐ 16.6k
A Claude Code Skill that turns prompts into horizontal-swipe magazine-style HTML decks.
fireworks-tech-graph | ⭐ 7.6k
Claude Code skill for generating production-quality SVG+PNG technical diagrams.
text-to-cad | ⭐ 6.1k
An open source harness for generating CAD models.
html-ppt-skill | ⭐ 5.9k
HTML PPT Studio — AgentSkill with 24 themes, 31 layouts, 20+ animations for building professional HTML presentations.
architecture-diagram-generator | ⭐ 5.8k
Generate beautiful dark-themed system architecture diagrams as standalone HTML/SVG files.
excalidraw-diagram-skill | ⭐ 3.7k
Skill to give Claude Code (and any coding agent) the ability to generate beautiful and practical Excalidraw diagrams.
Generative-Media-Skills | ⭐ 3.5k
Multi-modal Generative Media Skills for AI Agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI).
guizang-social-card-skill | ⭐ 3.3k
Claude Code / Codex skill — generate Xiaohongshu carousels & WeChat 21:9+1:1 cover pairs.
axton-obsidian-visual-skills | ⭐ 3k
Visual Skills Pack for Obsidian: generate Canvas, Excalidraw, and Mermaid diagrams from text with Claude Code.
markdown-viewer skills | ⭐ 2.9k
Opinionated skills for AI coding agents to create stunning diagrams and visualizations directly in Markdown.
agent-sprite-forge | ⭐ 2.6k
Agent Skill for generating 2D sprite sheets and map, transparent PNG frames, and animated GIFs from prompts.
diagram-design | ⭐ 2.6k
Thirteen editorial diagram types for Claude Code. Self-contained HTML + SVG. No shadows, no Mermaid-slop.
drawio-skill | ⭐ 2.4k
Generate draw.io diagrams from natural language — 6 presets, vision self-check + up to 5-round refinement, codebase-to-diagram, 10,000+ official shapes & 321 AI/LLM brand logos.
lottie | ⭐ 2.1k
Generate production-ready Lottie animations with Claude Code or Codex.
mcp_excalidraw | ⭐ 2k
MCP server and Claude Code skill for Excalidraw — programmatic canvas toolkit to create, edit, and export diagrams via AI agents with real-time canvas sync.
nano-banana-pro-prompts-recommend-skill | ⭐ 1.6k
Claude Code / Cursor skill to recommend from 6000+ Nano Banana Pro image prompts.
logo-generator-skill | ⭐ 1.1k
Professional SVG logo generator with high-end showcase presentations.
manim_skill | ⭐ 907
Agent skills for Manim to create 3Blue1Brown style animations.
effective-html | ⭐ 867
Agent skill for elegant and simple html plans, architecture diagrams, or whatever else you can think of.
Pretty-mermaid-skills | ⭐ 749
To provide AI with Mermaid chart rendering capability, supporting both SVG and ASCII output formats
nano-image-generator-skill | ⭐ 126
A Claude Code skill for image generation using Gemini 3 Pro Preview.
remotion-dev/skills
Create videos programmatically.

SEO and GEO Skills

This category is for search and AI-answer visibility work. It is useful when a site owner wants an agent to audit pages, improve citability, review schema, or support SEO and GEO workflows.

marketingskills | ⭐ 32.9k
Marketing skills for Claude Code and AI agents. CRO, copywriting, SEO, analytics, and growth engineering.
claude-seo | ⭐ 8.7k
Universal SEO skill for Claude Code. Comprehensive SEO analysis for any website or business type.
geo-seo-claude | ⭐ 8.1k
GEO-first SEO skill for Claude Code. Comprehensive AI search optimization for any website — citability scoring, AI crawler analysis, brand authority, schema markup, platform-specific optimization, and PDF reports.
NotFair | ⭐ 2.8k
Open-source Claude Code skills for SEO, GEO, Google Ads, Meta Ads.
seo-geo-claude-skills | ⭐ 2.1k
20 SEO & GEO skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and 35+ AI agents. Keyword research, content writing, technical audits, rank tracking.

Marketing and Advertising Skills

Use these for growth-side work that sits outside normal engineering tasks. They cover ads, marketing analysis, campaign review, and content experiments driven by agents.

claude-ads | ⭐ 5.9k
Comprehensive paid advertising audit & optimization skill for Claude Code.
cheat-on-content | ⭐ 3.9k
A skill that turns every post into a calibrated experiment.
Kami | ⭐ 2.6k
Good content deserves good paper.
ai-marketing-claude | ⭐ 1.9k
A comprehensive marketing analysis and automation skill system for Claude Code.
advertising-skills | ⭐ 663
Advertising Skills for Open Claw, Claude Code & AI agents.

DevOps and CI Skills

These entries help agents work around build systems, infrastructure code, deployment checks, and CI/CD patterns. They are best suited to projects where operational mistakes are expensive.

terraform-skill | ⭐ 2k
Terraform & OpenTofu Skill for AI Agents – testing, modules, CI/CD, and production patterns.
Xcode-Build-Optimization-Agent-Skill | ⭐ 1.1k
An Agent Skill helping you to optimize Xcode incremental and clean builds by running benchmarks and optimizing build settings.

Cloud Development Skills

Use this section when the workflow is tied to a cloud platform or backend service. These skills help agents work inside AWS, Cloudflare, Supabase, Google Cloud, and similar environments.

agents-cli | ⭐ 2.8k
The CLI and skills that turn any coding assistant into an expert at creating, evaluating, and deploying AI agents on Google Cloud.
agent-skills | ⭐ 2.2k
Agent Skills to help developers using AI agents with Supabase.
aws-agent-skills | ⭐ 1.1k
Supercharge Claude Code with AWS cloud engineering skills across 18 core AWS services.
cloudflare-skill | ⭐ 724
Comprehensive Cloudflare platform reference docs for AI/LLM consumption.

Framework Skills

These skills teach agents the conventions of a specific framework or developer stack. They are useful when generic coding advice is not enough for Next.js, Vue, Expo, SwiftUI, React Native, Rust, or 3D web work.

SwiftUI-Agent-Skill | ⭐ 4.1k
SwiftUI agent skill for Claude Code, Codex, and other AI tools.
vue-skills | ⭐ 2.6k
Agent skills for Vue 3 development.
threejs-skills | ⭐ 2.4k
A curated collection of Three.js skill files that provide Claude Code with foundational knowledge for creating 3D elements and interactive experiences.
Expo-Skills | ⭐ 2.1k
A collection of AI agent skills for working with Expo projects and Expo Application Services.
callstackincubator | ⭐ 1.4k
A collection of agent-optimized React Native skills for AI coding assistants.
rust-skills | ⭐ 1.2k
Rust Developer AI Assistance System — Meta-Problem-Driven Knowledge Indexing.
webgpu-claude-skill | ⭐ 991
A Claude skill for developing WebGPU applications with Three.js.
next-skills | ⭐ 924
Agent skills for common Next.js workflows.
nuxt-skills | ⭐ 679
Vue, Nuxt, and NuxtHub skills for AI coding assistants.

Platform Skills

This section covers skills tied to a product, ecosystem, device platform, or specialized runtime. Use it when the agent needs platform-specific rules rather than broad coding guidance.

obsidian-skills | ⭐ 35.3k
Claude Skills for use with Obsidian.
hyperframes | ⭐ 26.8k
Write HTML. Render video. Built for agents.
Claude-Code-Game-Studios | ⭐ 21.4k
Turn Claude Code into a full game dev studio — 49 AI agents, 72 workflow skills, and a complete coordination system mirroring real studio hierarchy.
huggingface/skills | ⭐ 10.7k
Give your agents the power of the Hugging Face ecosystem.
notebooklm-skill | ⭐ 7k
Use this skill to enable Claude Code to communicate directly with your Google NotebookLM notebooks.
android-reverse-engineering-skill| ⭐ 6k
Claude Code skill to support Android app’s reverse engineering.
stitch-skills | ⭐ 6k
A library of Agent Skills designed to work with the Stitch MCP server.
n8n-skills | ⭐ 5.4k
n8n skillset for Claude Code to build flawless n8n workflows
godogen | ⭐ 3.4k
Claude Code skills that build complete Godot 4 projects from a game description.
GPT-Image2-Skill | ⭐ 2.9k
GPT Image 2 prompt gallery, image prompt library, agentic skill, and CLI for OpenAI image generation/editing.
gpt_image_2_skill | ⭐ 2.9k
GPT Image 2 prompt gallery, image prompt library, agentic skill, and CLI for OpenAI image generation/editing.
skills | ⭐ 2.5k
Skills, MCP servers, Custom Agents, Agents.md for SDKs to ground Coding Agents.
Swift-Agent-Skills | ⭐ 2k
A curated directory of open-source AI agent skills for Swift and Apple platform development.
seedance-prompt-skill | ⭐ 1.9k
A Claude Code custom skill that turns Claude into a professional AI video prompt engineer for ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 (即梦) video generation platform.
agent-skills | ⭐ 1.7k
Expert-level WordPress knowledge for AI coding assistants – blocks, themes, plugins, and best practices.
ios-simulator-skill | ⭐ 1.1k
An IOS Simulator Skill for ClaudeCode. Use it to optimise Claude’s ability to build, run and interact with your apps, without using up any of the available token/context budget.
Pika-Skills | ⭐ 1.1k
A collection of open-source skills for AI coding agents (Claude Code, OpenClaw, etc.) powered by the Pika Developer API.
Axiom | ⭐ 964
Battle-tested Claude Code skills for modern xOS (iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS) development.
synalinks-skills | ⭐ 899
Claude skills for Synalinks.
solana-dev-skill | ⭐ 518
Claude Code skill for modern Solana development.
claude-skill-homeassistant | ⭐ 424
Claude Code skill to manage and automate Home Assistant workflows.

Workflow Automation Skills

These skills help readers coordinate agents, route work, keep context, or connect agent sessions to other tools. They are useful when the workflow itself needs structure.

caveman | ⭐ 71.4k
A Claude Code skill/plugin and Codex plugin that makes agent talk like caveman — cutting ~75% of output tokens while keeping full technical accuracy.
Understand-Anything | ⭐ 57.2k
Claude Code skills that turn any codebase into an interactive knowledge graph you can explore, search, and ask questions about (Multi-platform e.g., Codex are supported).
planning-with-files | ⭐ 23k
Claude Code skill implementing Manus-style persistent markdown planning — the workflow pattern behind the $2B acquisition.
herdr | ⭐ 5.7k
agent multiplexer that lives in your terminal.
SenseNova-Skills | ⭐ 4.2k
Modular SenseNova skills for building AI-powered office assistants and productivity workflows.
Claude-to-IM-skill | ⭐ 2.7k
Bridge Claude Code / Codex to IM platforms — chat with AI coding agents from Telegram, Discord, or Feishu/Lark.
Youtube-clipper-skill | ⭐ 1.9k
Download videos, generate semantic chapters, clip segments, translate subtitles to bilingual format, and burn subtitles into videos.
omnigent | ⭐ 1.5k
A meta-harness for all your AI agents. Omnigent provides a common layer over Claude Code, Codex, Pi, and the agents you write yourself: swap or combine harnesses without rewriting, keep them in check with policies and sandboxing, and collaborate in real time on the same live session, from any device.
skill-codex | ⭐ 1.3k
A claude code skill to delegate prompts to codex.
second-brain-skills | ⭐ 768
A collection of Claude Skills to turn Claude Code into a Second Brain.
claude-code-voice-skill | ⭐ 166
Voice-based Claude Code interaction for discussing projects by phone.

Skill Builders

Use this section when you want to create, install, manage, or improve skills rather than only use them. These projects help with skill generation, curation, loading, and continuous learning.

add-skill | ⭐ 22.1k
Install agent skills onto your coding agents from any git repository.
Agent-Skills-for-Context-Engineering | ⭐ 16.5k
A comprehensive collection of Agent Skills for context engineering, multi-agent architectures, and production agent systems.
Khazix-Skills | ⭐ 14.5k
A collection of AI Skills for managing and evolving your skill library.
prompt-master | ⭐ 9.1k
A Claude skill that writes the accurate prompts for any AI tool.
Product-Manager-Skills| ⭐ 5.1k
Product Management skills framework built on battle-tested methods for Claude Code, Cowork, Codex, and AI agents.
blader | ⭐ 2.4k
A Claude Code skill for autonomous skill extraction and continuous learning.
Claudeception | ⭐ 2.4k
A Claude Code skill for autonomous skill extraction and continuous learning. Have Claude Code get smarter as it works.
n-skills | ⭐ 995
Curated plugin marketplace for AI agents. Works with Claude Code, Codex, and openskills.
SkillForge | ⭐ 692
A meta-skill for generating high-quality Claude Code skills.
claude-skills-supercharged | ⭐ 40
Supercharged Claude Code skills with prompt analysis, scoring, and automatic injection.

Plugin Skill Packs

This section is for plugin repositories that bundle skills with broader Claude Code components. They are useful when a reader wants a packaged setup instead of individual skill files.

claude-code-plugins-plus-skills | ⭐ 2.4k
270+ Claude Code plugins with 739 agent skills.

Agent Skills vs MCP Servers

Agent Skill	MCP Server
Teaches the agent how to perform a task.	Connects the agent to tools or data.
Works well for instructions, workflows, and reusable methods.	Works well for APIs, databases, browsers, files, and services.
May include scripts or references.	Provides structured external capabilities.

Agent Skills vs Plugins

Agent Skill	Plugin
Usually handles one workflow or domain.	Can bundle several extension pieces.
May include instructions, examples, scripts, or templates.	May include skills, hooks, commands, agents, or MCP servers.
Good for focused task behavior.	Good for packaging a larger setup.

Agent Skills vs Prompts

Agent Skill	Prompt
Best for repeated workflows.	Best for one-time requests.
Can store reusable instructions, examples, and files.	Usually lives only in the current chat or command.
Useful when the agent should follow the same process again.	Useful when the task is simple or temporary.

Agent Skills vs Subagents

Agent Skill	Subagent
Adds a reusable task method.	Adds a specialized role.
Useful when the same process should be reused.	Useful when work should be routed to a focused agent.
Best for repeatable instructions and resources.	Best for role-based review, planning, or execution.

Before Installing an Agent Skill

Check whether the skill has a clear skill file, instructions file, or documented folder structure.
Read any scripts, hooks, shell commands, templates, and dependencies before running the skill.
Test unfamiliar skills in a disposable repository, branch, container, or sandbox project first.
Check whether the skill requests API keys, browser access, shell access, file-system access, credentials, or external service connections.
Do not run a skill against production code until you understand what it can read, write, execute, or send outside your machine.
Prefer skills with clear documentation, narrow scope, readable instructions, and recent maintenance signals.

Related Resources

Claude Code Resource List: A Claude Code resource hub with agents, skills, plugins, MCP tools, GUIs, SDKs, usage tools, and alternatives.
Claude Code Commands Cheat Sheet: Check Claude Code commands, slash commands, and workflow references.
Best CLI AI Coding Agents: Compare terminal-based AI coding agents for developer workflows.
Best MCP Servers for Web Developers: Find MCP servers for browser, database, design, documentation, and web development tasks.
Anthropic Claude Timeline: Track major Claude model and product releases.

FAQs

What is an Agent Skill?

An Agent Skill is a reusable package of instructions, context, scripts, templates, or workflow rules that helps an AI agent perform a specific task more consistently. In coding workflows, skills can help with refactoring, frontend implementation, documentation, testing, code review, research, diagrams, automation, and platform-specific development work.

Are Agent Skills only for Claude Code?

No. Claude Code is one of the most visible environments for Agent Skills, but the same idea can also apply to Codex, Copilot, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, Claude.ai, and other compatible coding agents or personal agents.

Why does this directory focus on coding agents?

Many agent-skill directories mix software work with office tasks, personal productivity, content creation, and general assistant use cases. This directory narrows the list to coding-agent workflows such as code generation, refactoring, frontend work, testing, security, documentation, research, automation, and platform-specific engineering tasks.

Does a high star count mean a skill is safe?

No. Star count is a popularity signal, not a safety guarantee. Review the skill’s instructions, scripts, dependencies, file access, command access, and credential requirements before using it in a real project.

What should I check before using a skill?

Check the skill structure, installation steps, scripts, hooks, dependencies, permissions, supported agent runtime, and repository activity. Use a test project before giving an unfamiliar skill access to important code or credentials.