skills

skills is a set of agent skills that guide an AI coding agent through planning, building, checking, and documenting a change for developers and vibe coders.

What it is good for

  • Keeping an AI coding agent's work organized from idea to shipped code
  • Writing project scope, specs, and context files that survive across sessions
  • Checking that an AI-built change actually runs before merging
  • Writing PR text, changelogs, and release notes from a code diff

At a glance

Who it is for
Setup
Guided command-line setup

Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.

Cost
Free and open source
Type
Skill or plugin
Tasks
Works with
Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI

Momentum

Rank this week
Not ranked yet
Best rank
None yet
GitHub stars
1,584

GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.

1,274 1,441 1,607 Sep 24, 2026 Nov 2, 2026
GitHub stars for skills: 1,297 on Sep 24, 2026, 1,584 on Nov 2, 2026. Source: GitHub.

Official links

Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.

Questions

Is skills free?
Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
Do I need to know how to code to use skills?
You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
What does skills work with?
According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI.
What is skills good for?
Keeping an AI coding agent's work organized from idea to shipped code, writing project scope, specs, and context files that survive across sessions, checking that an AI-built change actually runs before merging, and writing PR text, changelogs, and release notes from a code diff.

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Last updated Nov 2, 2026. Tracked since Oct 28, 2026. The summary was written by an AI model from the project's own description and checked against our copy rules. Spotted an error? Tell us.