SkillAgent MCP Server

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answering

SkillAgent is answering right now. Last checked moments ago. It exposes 4 tools.

Search and fetch AI agent skills, rules files and MCP servers indexed from GitHub.

Uptime history 46 days of history · worst day 90%

46 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

516 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check SkillAgent every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 0 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add skills --transport http https://skillagent.dev/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://skillagent.dev/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.skills]
url = "https://skillagent.dev/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skills": {
      "url": "https://skillagent.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "skills": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://skillagent.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 4

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

install

install_skill

Exact installation instructions for one skill on one agent: the install command(s) when one exists, otherwise the file to create (path relative to the project root) with its content. This tool does not install anything; apply the result yourself, and only after showing the user the skill and getting their approval. Includes the safety summary. Refuses (isError) when the skill's safety scan is at "warning". `owner` and `name` are the last two segments of a skill's pageUrl.

recommend

recommend_skills

Recommend skills for a project from a description of it: languages, frameworks or dependencies (e.g. names from package.json or requirements.txt), a task, and the agent the user runs. Returns a ranked shortlist; each entry has the skill record and a `why` explaining the match (matched terms, fit for the agent, freshness, quality, safety). Ranking is deterministic. Skills whose safety scan is at "warning" or whose source is gone are excluded, and the result says how many were.

skill

get_skill

Get one skill as Markdown: summary, metadata, install command and the full skill file. `owner` and `name` are the last two segments of a skill's pageUrl (https://skillagent.dev/skill/{owner}/{name}).

skills

search_skills

Search the SkillAgent catalogue of AI agent skills, rules files and MCP servers. Returns matching skills with description, format, stars, quality score, freshness, page URL and install command.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://skillagent.dev/mcp	streamable-http	answering	145 ms	0 min ago

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SkillAgent — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can SkillAgent do?

It exposes 4 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_skill, install_skill, recommend_skills, search_skills. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is SkillAgent working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 516 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect SkillAgent?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does SkillAgent need an API key?

No. SkillAgent completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 4 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is SkillAgent?

It answers our handshake in 516 ms on average, which is faster than 22% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.