# skills.sh

10 Hacker News commenters recommended skills.sh and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A leaderboard and directory of agent skills from Vercel, praised for its lightweight, agent-agnostic design. Critics say the install-based ranking favors Vercel and many listed skills are not useful.

## Why people recommend it

- Lightweight, agent-agnostic design (2 comments): "I like the speedy/lite approach from vercel's DX" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46871328)) "the agent-agnostic approach is the right call" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46699287))
- Solid implementation with future potential (2 comments): "This is a really good implementation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46702236)) "I think this really has a future." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46738033))

## What people warn about

- Vercel branding and self-promotion (2 comments): "Seems a little bit fishy to me that you can only tell it's from Vercel if you click the top left corner" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46698842)) "So this is a page made by Vercel which conveniently puts the Vercel skill as top of the list." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46705188))
- Install counts poorly signal quality (2 comments): "The third most popular skill on skills.sh with 50k/week installs is a link to download a command" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46877112)) "By npm weekly installs (??). Famously good signal for quality." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46699044))
- Most listed skills not useful (3 comments): "I found most of the skills I find on skills.sh are not very useful for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49594125)) "agent skills are usually pure slop. If you look through https://skills.sh" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47208190)) "the 'collect a bunch of random skills' approach just isn't it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46722059))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Claude Skills Marketplace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-skills-marketplace.md): 10 recommend
- [Skills Directory](https://hackerapproved.com/p/agent-skills-directory.md): 7 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.skills.sh/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "skills.sh", https://hackerapproved.com/p/skills-sh/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).