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How to use awesome-agent-skills: browse and pick agent skills

Updated · written with AI from the project's own documentation and checked against our catalogue data

awesome-agent-skills is an MIT-licensed, curated catalog of Agent Skills, which are packaged instructions and tools that AI coding agents can load to perform specific tasks. It is aimed at developers who use Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI or similar tools and want ready-made skills. After this guide you will know how to browse the list, find skills by category and vendor, and open the detail page for a skill.

awesome-agent-skillsVoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills · ★ 36.8k · MIT

Quick start

  1. 1Open the catalog. Visit the README on GitHub or the homepage at officialskills.sh.
  2. 2Choose a vendor section. Use the table of contents to jump to Official Claude Skills, a vendor such as Supabase, or Community skills.
  3. 3Match a skill to your task. Scan the one-line descriptions for documents, testing, web work or another job you need.
  4. 4Open the detail page. Follow the link to the skill's page on officialskills.sh to read what it does.
  5. 5Clone for offline reading (optional). Run git clone https://github.com/VoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills to browse the README locally.
  6. 6Check the skill before use. Review the skill's instructions yourself, since the README does not promise a security review of every entry.

What is awesome-agent-skills?

The README describes the project as a collection of official Agent Skills from leading development teams and the community. Entries are hand-picked, and the README contrasts this with bulk-generated skill repositories.

It works as a catalog for finding skills rather than a single program you install. Each skill is linked to a detail page on officialskills.sh.

  • Compatible with Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini CLI, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, Windsurf, and more, according to the README.
  • Lists official skills from vendors such as Anthropic, Vercel and Supabase, plus community contributions.
  • Licensed under MIT.

Browse the list on GitHub or officialskills.sh

The easiest way to start is to open the README on GitHub. It has a table of contents organised by vendor, such as Official Claude Skills, Skills by VoltAgent and Community skills, and each entry links to a skill page.

The README also points to officialskills.sh as the homepage. Use it to open the detail page for a skill once you have found one that fits your work.

  • Use the table of contents to jump to a vendor section.
  • Each entry has a short description, for example 'Create, edit, and analyze Word documents' for the docx skill.
  • Use your browser's find-on-page search to look for a task such as 'testing', 'pdf' or 'spreadsheet'.

Clone the repository to browse locally

If you prefer to read the lists on your own machine, the README gives one command to clone the repository. The source does not describe any further setup steps for browsing.

  • Run the clone command, then open the README in your editor or viewer.
git clone https://github.com/VoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills

Pick a skill for your task

Start from the job you need done. The README groups skills for document editing (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF), testing (for example Playwright-based web app testing), and web work (frontend design, web artifacts). Compare two or three candidates before choosing.

Check the detail page on officialskills.sh for how the skill is meant to be used and which agent it targets. The README does not give installation steps for individual skills, so follow the instructions on each skill's own page or repository.

  • Document work: docx, pdf, pptx, xlsx.
  • Testing: webapp-testing (Playwright).
  • Web and design: frontend-design, web-artifacts-builder, canvas-design.
  • Building your own: skill-creator and template.

Compare with similar lists

Other curated lists exist, including Awesome Claude Skills lists and the anthropics/skills repository. The README for this project does not compare itself with them, so judge each one by the skills it actually lists and how up to date it is.

  • Choose this list if you want skills from many vendors in one catalog.
  • Choose anthropics/skills if you only want Anthropic's own skills.

What people use it for

  • A developer using Claude Code picks the pdf or docx skill to handle documents in a project.
  • A team using Cursor looks for a Playwright-based testing skill to check a local web app.
  • A developer compares frontend-design skills before starting a new UI.
  • Someone building their own skill uses the skill-creator entry as a starting point.

Frequently asked questions

Is awesome-agent-skills free?

The project is released under the MIT licence, according to the README. The README does not list prices, and each linked skill may have its own licence, so check the detail page for each one.

Do I need to install awesome-agent-skills?

The README describes a catalog, not a standalone app, and it lists no prerequisites. The only command it gives is git clone, which downloads the list so you can browse it locally.

Which AI tools are supported?

The README says the skills are compatible with Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini CLI, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, Windsurf, and more. Check each skill's page to confirm it targets your tool.

Are all the skills security-checked?

The README says entries are hand-picked and points to a Quality Standards section, but it does not describe a security review of every skill. Read a skill's instructions before you let an agent run it.

How is this different from anthropics/skills?

anthropics/skills contains Anthropic's own skills, which are also listed here under Official Claude Skills. This list adds skills from other vendors and the community in one catalog.

Why can't I find a skill I expected?

The README does not say how often new skills are added or what criteria exclude a skill beyond hand-picking. Try the community section or the officialskills.sh search, and if it is still missing, the source does not give a route for requests.

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Our verdict

Use awesome-agent-skills if you already work with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini CLI and want to see which ready-made skills exist across many vendors. Skip it if you want a single app to install or a list where every entry has been security-reviewed, since the README does not promise either.

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