skills.sh
Tied for most recommended of 3 skill directories
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.
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.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 63%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Lightweight, agent-agnostic design
“I like the speedy/lite approach from vercel's DX”
Comment from 3 Feb 2026 in “Agent Skills” “the agent-agnostic approach is the right call”
Comment from 20 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Agent Skills Leaderboard” Solid implementation with future potential
“This is a really good implementation”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Agent Skills Leaderboard” “I think this really has a future.”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Agent Skills Leaderboard”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Vercel branding and self-promotion
“Seems a little bit fishy to me that you can only tell it's from Vercel if you click the top left corner”
Comment from 20 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Agent Skills Leaderboard” “So this is a page made by Vercel which conveniently puts the Vercel skill as top of the list.”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Agent Skills Leaderboard” Install counts poorly signal quality
“The third most popular skill on skills.sh with 50k/week installs is a link to download a command”
Comment from 3 Feb 2026 in “Agent Skills” “By npm weekly installs (??). Famously good signal for quality.”
Comment from 20 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Agent Skills Leaderboard” Most listed skills not useful
“I found most of the skills I find on skills.sh are not very useful for me.”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: How do you manage skills files?” “agent skills are usually pure slop. If you look through https://skills.sh”
Comment from 1 Mar 2026 in “Switch to Claude Without Starting Over” “the 'collect a bunch of random skills' approach just isn't it”
Comment from 22 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Agent Skills Leaderboard”
Other skill directories people recommend
The two most recommended other skill directories, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| skills.shThis page | 10 | 6 | 63% | 3 | — | — |
| Claude Skills Marketplace | 10 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Skills Directory | 7 | 1 | 88% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I found most of the skills I find on skills.sh are not very useful for me.”
“agent skills are usually pure slop. If you look through https://skills.sh”
“The third most popular skill on skills.sh with 50k/week installs is a link to download a command”
“its just huge list of abstract skill name and you have to click on every one”
“I like the speedy/lite approach from vercel's DX”
“I think this really has a future.”
“the 'collect a bunch of random skills' approach just isn't it”
“So this is a page made by Vercel which conveniently puts the Vercel skill as top of the list.”
“This is a really good implementation”
“the agent-agnostic approach is the right call”
“it's a good idea and I'm glad to see more players in this space”
“By npm weekly installs (??). Famously good signal for quality.”
“Seems a little bit fishy to me that you can only tell it's from Vercel if you click the top left corner”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.