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Best AI skills approved shortlist
The trusted shortlist of AI skills worth installing.
AIBestSkill scans public GitHub skill repos daily. New candidates need a real SKILL.md and more than 500 stars. Approved skills are then ranked by measured growth and recent maintenance.
>500 starsNew candidates need more than 500 GitHub stars.
Adoption momentumAfter the gate, ranking looks at stars, growth, and maintenance.
Review gateDaily discovery finds candidates. Review and QA decide what becomes public.
Featured approved skills
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Matt Pocock Skillsmattpocock/skills
Rank signal100/100Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .claude directory.
187k starsAdoption+10,863/wkGrowth2 daysUpdatedSKILL.mdSource
Channel fit: Claude Code, AI Agent; install note found.
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open-designnexu-io/open-design
Rank signal99/100Repository with 20 AI design skill templates for Claude Code and AI agents. Covers audio, documents, dashboards, web pages, and...
81k starsAdoption+3,818/wkGrowth1 dayUpdatedSKILL.mdSource
Channel fit: AI Agent, Claude Code, Codex; install note found.
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cavemanJuliusBrussee/caveman
Rank signal96/100Ultra-compressed communication mode. Cuts token usage ~75% by speaking like caveman while keeping full technical accuracy....
93k starsAdoption+3,822/wkGrowth22 daysUpdatedSKILL.mdSource
Channel fit: Claude Code; install note found.
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Focused channels for agent skill decisions
Claude Code
Claude Code skills
A Claude Code channel for source-backed skills. Review upstream fit before installing.
Open channelTrending hub
Hot Claude Code skills
Fast-moving Claude Code skill queries, checked against the approved shortlist before publishing.
Open channelOpenClaw
OpenClaw skills
An OpenClaw channel with GitHub evidence, source proof, and install review notes.
Open channelAgent workflows
AI agent skills
General agent skills for Codex, Claude Code, and adjacent workflows that need source review.
Open channelCommon questions about AI skills
It depends on the task. AIBestSkill ranks skills by GitHub stars, measured star growth, and recent maintenance instead of opinions. Browse the shortlist and filter by use case or platform.
Every candidate needs a real SKILL.md and more than 500 GitHub stars. After that, the shortlist is sorted by measured star growth rate and recent repo maintenance. Nobody pays to rank higher.
Yes. Browsing, comparing, and reading install notes costs nothing. There is no login and no paywall.
Each detail page shows the install command extracted from the upstream repo. Copy it, open your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc.), and paste. Always review the upstream SKILL.md before running anything.
SKILL.md is a Markdown file that tells an AI agent what a skill does and how to behave. AIBestSkill requires at least one before listing a repo.