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Claude Skills

The open format is called Agent Skills and works in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents — most people know it as Claude Skills.

Every Agent Skill we could find on GitHub, deduplicated by content. 79 870 files from 1 769 authors, of which 62 217 are unique — the rest is the same skill repackaged into someone else's repository. For each one: what it weighs in tokens, whether it ships runnable scripts, and which MCP servers it needs.

62 217
unique skills
out of 79 870 files found on GitHub
17 653
are copies
same content, someone else's repository
1 743
tokens, median
what a typical skill costs you in context
7 935
name collisions
two skills with one name cannot sit side by side

62 041–62 100 of 62 217

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Speckit Checklist
by pulumi
vendor

Generate a custom checklist for the current feature based on user requirements.

4k tokens
Speckit Plan
by pulumi
vendor

Execute the implementation planning workflow using the plan template to generate design artifacts.

2k tokens
Speckit Specify
by pulumi
vendor

Create or update the feature specification from a natural language feature description.

4k tokens
Speckit Analyze
by pulumi
vendor

Perform a non-destructive cross-artifact consistency and quality analysis across spec.md, plan.md, and tasks.md after task generation.

2k tokens
Speckit Constitution
by pulumi
vendor

Create or update the project constitution from interactive or provided principle inputs, ensuring all dependent templates stay in sync.

1k tokens
Speckit Clarify
by pulumi
vendor

Identify underspecified areas in the current feature spec by asking up to 5 highly targeted clarification questions and encoding answers back into the spec.

3k tokens
Speckit Tasks
by pulumi
vendor

Generate an actionable, dependency-ordered tasks.md for the feature based on available design artifacts.

2k tokens
Speckit Implement
by pulumi
vendor

Execute the implementation plan by processing and executing all tasks defined in tasks.md

3k tokens
Speckit Taskstoissues
by pulumi
vendor

Convert existing tasks into actionable, dependency-ordered GitHub issues for the feature based on available design artifacts.

337 tokens
AI Python Subagents
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use for the subagent-as-a-tool pattern.

288 tokens
AI Python UI Adapter
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use when connecting AI SDK for Python streams to AI SDK UI useChat clients.

414 tokens
AI Python Serverless Execution
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use when building serverless AI SDK for Python endpoints, handling hook approvals, deferring hooks, or resuming runs across requests.

725 tokens
AI Python Custom Loop
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use when building custom agent loops. Modify tool dispatch, history management, hooks, control flow.

489 tokens
AI Python Durable Execution
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use when adding durable execution to AI SDK for Python, building durable agent loops, or serializing messages across workflow steps.

856 tokens
AI Python Custom Provider
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use for implementing custom providers in AI SDK for Python.

707 tokens
AI Python Streaming Tools
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use for AI SDK for Python async-generator tools, streaming tool output, subagent tools, PartialToolCallResult events, and custom tool aggregation.

832 tokens
AI Python Basics
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use for AI SDK for Python basics. Configure a model, make messages, stream, declare tools, build a basic agent.

562 tokens
Mastodon Style
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use when drafting or editing a post (toot) for Mastodon / the fediverse.

2k tokens
X Style
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use when drafting or editing a post or thread for X (Twitter): voice, hooks, length, threads, hashtags, and links.

2k tokens
Bluesky Style
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use when drafting or editing a post for Bluesky.

2k tokens
Linkedin Style
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use when drafting or editing a LinkedIn post in the house voice.

2k tokens
Threads Style
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use when drafting or editing a post for Threads (Meta): casual, conversational, reply-driven voice.

2k tokens
Writing Quality
by vercel-labs
vendor

Generic writing-quality rules for any prose meant for humans to read: keep it natural, plain, and free of AI-sounding phrasing, and check it against the AI-phrases and plain-English reference lists. Load before drafting, editing, or reviewing content. Not needed for code or configuration work.

4k tokens
Digest Format
by vercel-labs
vendor

How to compose or revise the weekly digest email of a repository's open issues: subject line, grouping, one-line issue summaries, needs-attention and stale criteria, citation format, and the closing invitation to reply. Load when composing this week's digest or reworking a draft of it. Not for other emails, replies, or GitHub and Linear comments.

1k tokens
Triaging Issues
by vercel-labs
vendor

Playbook for triaging GitHub issues: checking for duplicates, applying the repo's existing labels, deciding whether to ask for a reproduction or close, and choosing when to act directly versus report back first. Load whenever asked to triage, label, dedupe, or close issues, whether the request came from a GitHub mention, an email reply, or a Linear delegation. Not needed for composing the weekly digest, answering general questions on a thread, or creating Linear issues.

2k tokens
Github Linear Bridging
by vercel-labs
vendor

Conventions for bridging GitHub and Linear: creating Linear issues from GitHub issues, cross-referencing the two trackers, and checking whether a GitHub issue is already tracked in Linear. Load when asked to create Linear issues from GitHub issues, link the trackers in either direction, or report tracking status. Not needed for work that stays inside one tracker.

862 tokens
Deep Analysis
by microsoft
vendor

Cross-resource deep analysis of a specific distributed trace. Takes an operation ID and correlates telemetry across multiple Application Insights resources to build a unified picture of a distributed operation.

3k tokens
Enable Profiler
by microsoft
vendor

Guide users through enabling the Application Insights Profiler for .NET on their platform. Use this when asked to enable the profiler, set up profiling, or when profiler data is missing.

8k tokens scripts
Download Profile Trace
by microsoft
vendor

Download a profiler trace file from Application Insights Profiler. Use this when asked to download, save, or export a profiler trace or .etl/.nettrace file.

6k tokens scripts
Download Snapshot
by microsoft
vendor

Download a snapshot dump file from Application Insights Snapshot Debugger. Use this when asked to download, save, or export a snapshot or .dmp file for offline debugging.

3k tokens scripts
Get Profile Hotpath
by microsoft
vendor

Fetch and display the hot path from an Application Insights Profiler trace. Use this when asked to get the profiler hot path, call tree, or trace analysis for an App Insights resource.

11k tokens scripts
Agentic Optimization
by microsoft
vendor

Analyze AI agent telemetry from Application Insights, including anomaly detection, trend analysis, and performance statistics. Use this when asked to analyze AI agent performance, detect anomalies in agent telemetry, or review agent trace data.

9166k tokens scripts
Error Exploration
by microsoft
vendor

Explore errors in Application Insights — exceptions, failed requests, and failed dependencies. Use this when asked to find errors, investigate failures, identify reliability issues, or recommend which errors to fix.

9k tokens scripts
Enable Snapshot Debugger
by microsoft
vendor

Guide users through enabling the Application Insights Snapshot Debugger for .NET on their platform. Use this when asked to enable the snapshot debugger, set up snapshot collection, or when snapshot data is missing.

6k tokens scripts
Get Snapshot Debug Info
by microsoft
vendor

Fetch exception details, call stack, and variable values from an Application Insights Snapshot Debugger snapshot. Use this when asked to inspect a snapshot, view exception info, debug an exception, or see variable values from a crash.

12k tokens scripts
Perf Optimization
by microsoft
vendor

Guide for analyzing performance issues based on profiler and code optimizations, including CPU, latency, and throughput. Use this when asked to investigate performance bottlenecks or optimize application performance.

9k tokens scripts
Marketplace Add Extension
by vercel-labs
vendor

Adds a new extension point route to a Sitecore Marketplace app. Use when the user wants to add a custom field, dashboard widget, context panel, fullscreen page, or standalone route.

3k tokens
Marketplace Scaffold
by vercel-labs
vendor

Scaffolds a new Sitecore Marketplace app using the official SDK. Use when the user wants to create a new marketplace app, start a new Sitecore project, or initialize a marketplace integration.

2k tokens
Marketplace Build Component
by vercel-labs
vendor

Builds UI components using the Blok design system for Sitecore Marketplace apps. Use when the user wants to create UI, add components, build a page layout, or work with Blok/shadcn components in a marketplace app.

2k tokens
Marketplace SDK Reference
by vercel-labs
vendor

Sitecore Marketplace SDK API reference. Use when the user asks about SDK methods, types, queries, mutations, subscriptions, or how to use any Sitecore Marketplace SDK API.

2k tokens
Marketplace Add Xmc
by vercel-labs
vendor

Adds XM Cloud API integration to a Sitecore Marketplace app. Use when the user wants to access Sites, Pages, Authoring, Content Transfer, Search, or Agent APIs from XM Cloud.

2k tokens
Marketplace Deploy
by vercel-labs
vendor

Deploys a Sitecore Marketplace app to Vercel with correct CSP headers and configuration.

1k tokens
Marketplace Add AI
by vercel-labs
vendor

Adds AI Skills integration (Brand Review API) to a Sitecore Marketplace app. Use when the user wants to add AI-powered content analysis, brand review, or brand compliance checking.

2k tokens
Vercel Deploy
by vercel-labs
vendor

Deploy applications and websites to Vercel with a claimable preview. Use when the user requests deployment actions like "deploy my app", "deploy and give me the link", "push this live", or "create a preview deployment". No authentication required - returns preview URL and claimable deployment link.

3k tokens scripts
Karpathy Guidelines
by PostHog
vendor

Behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes. Use when writing, reviewing, or refactoring code to avoid overcomplication, make surgical changes, surface assumptions, and define verifiable success criteria. Based on https://github.com/multica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skills.

676 tokens
Remotion Best Practices
by vercel
vendor

Best practices for Remotion - Video creation in React

30k tokens
Devbox Preview
by vercel-labs
vendor

Project knowledge for making this repo preview correctly from Vercel Devbox/Sandbox. Use when configuring Next.js dev settings, explaining how users preview the app from Devbox, or responding to localhost, Sandbox URL, port 3000, or cross-origin dev-resource issues.

548 tokens
AI
by vercel-labs
vendor

Python `ai` SDK — models, providers, streams, events, tools, agents, hooks, MCP, AI SDK UI, structured output, and media generation

4k tokens
Vercel Services
by vercel-labs
vendor

Project knowledge for configuring Vercel Services in this Next.js and FastAPI starter. Use when editing vercel.json, adding services, debugging frontend-to-backend routing, or explaining Vercel Services local development and deployment.

712 tokens
Python Aurora
by vercel-labs
vendor

AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Aurora DSQL Python integration using asyncpg. Use when building Python backends with Aurora PostgreSQL or Aurora DSQL.

1k tokens
Hono
by vercel-labs
vendor

Use when building Hono web applications deployed to Vercel, or when the user asks about Hono APIs, routing, middleware, JSX, validation, testing, or streaming. TRIGGER when code imports from 'hono' or 'hono/*', or user mentions Hono. Use `npx hono request` to test endpoints.

4k tokens
Langsmith Fetch
by langchain-ai
vendor

Fetches LangSmith traces for debugging agent behavior. Use when troubleshooting agent issues, reviewing conversation history, or investigating tool calls.

359 tokens
Langsmith Code Eval
by langchain-ai
vendor

Creates code-based evaluators for LangSmith-traced agents. Use when building custom evaluation logic, testing tool usage patterns, or scoring agent outputs programmatically. Triggers on requests to evaluate agents, create evaluators, or run experiments against LangSmith datasets.

6k tokens scripts
Build Repo
by microsoft
vendor

Get an unseen (possibly old or abandoned) TypeScript/JavaScript GitHub repo building in a disposable sandbox. Detects the era-appropriate toolchain, runs the documented setup, then drives Setup/Compile/Test/Runtime to green with a progress-based convergence loop. Use when you need to bring up a repo you've never seen and honestly report what it took. Scope is TS/JS (Node + package manager + tsc) only.

4k tokens
Ts Maintain Reduce Repro
by microsoft
vendor

How to make minimal repos that the TypeScript team enjoys working with

1k tokens
Pixel Grid Draw
by PostHog
vendor

Draw 2D shapes (filled rectangles, outlined frames, ASCII bitmaps) on the 32×32 MCP pixel grid. Use this skill whenever the user asks to draw a square, rectangle, box, frame, outline, border, sprite, or other 2D shape on the pixel grid, or when the task involves placing a block or bitmap at specific grid coordinates. The pixel-grid MCP server only exposes a 1D `write(offset, bits)` primitive; this skill compiles a 2D drawing into the sequence of `write` calls that implements it.

2k tokens scripts
Writing Quality
by vercel-labs
vendor

Writing-quality guardrails for any prose the agent drafts or edits: blog posts, page copy, Notion drafts, release notes, marketing text. Use this skill whenever writing or revising content meant for humans to read, to keep the prose natural, plain, and free of AI-sounding phrasing. Not needed for code, queries, or structural CMS work.

6k tokens
Shepherd Approve Design
by apify
vendor

HUMAN-ONLY shepherd design approval. Run after reviewing .shepherd/2-design.md, .shepherd/3-success-criteria.md, and .shepherd/_panel.json. Records the approved panel in _state.json, writes .shepherd/_design.approved, and hands control back to /shepherd. The agent cannot invoke this.

470 tokens
Shepherd Approve Create Pr
by apify
vendor

HUMAN-ONLY shepherd create-PR approval. Run after reviewing the change and .shepherd evidence. Writes .shepherd/_create_pr.approved and hands control back to /shepherd. The agent cannot invoke this.

321 tokens
Shepherd Evaluate
by apify
vendor

Post-run analysis of one or more shepherd runs in the current session — per-stage cost, signal-per-stage counterfactuals, reviewer overlap, gate calibration, and ranked improvements. Run after a run reaches phase=done. Invoke as /shepherd-evaluate.

540 tokens

Claude Skills — questions

Answers built from the skills we actually parsed.

What is a Claude Skill?
A folder with a SKILL.md file: instructions that teach an agent to do one thing well, optionally with scripts and reference files alongside. The format is open and called Agent Skills — Claude Code, Codex and other agents read the same files. It is not a program you run; it is knowledge the agent loads when the task calls for it.
How is a skill different from an MCP server?
A server gives the agent new abilities — it connects to something and exposes tools. A skill gives the agent knowledge: how to use what it already has. They combine, and often literally: 11 541 of the skills here declare which MCP servers they need to work.
Why are there fewer skills here than in other catalogues?
Because we deduplicate by content. Of 79 870 files found on GitHub, 62 217 are unique — the rest is the same skill copied into someone else's repository, word for word. Catalogues that count files rather than skills show every copy as a separate entry.
What does the token count mean?
A skill is loaded into the model's context when it is used, so its size is a running cost on every request that touches it. We measure the whole folder, not just SKILL.md: one official skill is 377 tokens, another drags 83 files of fonts behind it.
How do I install a skill?
Copy the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project. The agent picks it up by the name in the SKILL.md header — which is worth checking: 7 935 skills here share a name with another skill, and two of them cannot sit side by side.