# Agent Skills & Plugins

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Browse an editorial selection of agent skills and plugins on GitHub\. Compare supported agents, installation scope and the permissions each workflow needs\.

Look for a skill that improves a specific task you already do\: planning, reviewing a change, working with documents or producing a design\. Read the instructions before installing them\. A small instruction pack and a plugin that runs code need different levels of inspection\.

6 editorial selections in this guide · 63 tracked in the full category.

Latest observation among these selections: 2026\-10\-27T23\:15\:40\.368Z (UTC).

## What to check before choosing

### Which agent and format does it target?

Check the supported client, installation path and version requirements\. Identify whether the package contains plain instructions, executable scripts, external services or a combination\.

### What can installation and execution change?

Inspect setup commands, dependencies and requested account access\. Use the narrowest installation scope that fits the task and check how to remove or disable the package\.

### Does it improve a real task?

Compare a small task with and without the skill using your own acceptance criteria\. Review both the result and any extra steps or tool calls the instructions introduce\.

## Editorial selections

Alphabetical by owner and repository name. This guide includes every editorial selection in this category, with its existing editorial description. The order is not a recommendation or a ranking. Counts below belong to each record's observation date.

The full directory also includes keyword-classified discoveries. [Search, filter and compare all tracked projects in this category](https://rising.dev/projects/#cat=Agent%20Skills%20%26%20Plugins).

### [addyosmani\/agent\-skills](https://rising.dev/gh/addyosmani/agent-skills/)

Production\-grade engineering skills from Addy Osmani, packaged as 9 slash commands that cover the development lifecycle\.

Editorial description.

111,120 stars · JavaScript · Observed 2026\-10\-27T23\:15\:40\.368Z (UTC).

[Read the source on GitHub](https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills)

### [anthropics\/knowledge\-work\-plugins](https://rising.dev/gh/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/)

Anthropic's official plugins for non\-engineering roles \(sales, finance, legal, support, data and more\) in Claude Cowork and Claude Code\.

Editorial description.

33,411 stars · Python · Observed 2026\-10\-27T23\:15\:40\.368Z (UTC).

[Read the source on GitHub](https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins)

### [DietrichGebert\/ponytail](https://rising.dev/gh/DietrichGebert/ponytail/)

A skill that pushes coding agents toward minimal code\: "the best code is the code you never wrote\."

Editorial description.

178,142 stars · JavaScript · Observed 2026\-10\-27T23\:15\:40\.368Z (UTC).

[Read the source on GitHub](https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail)

### [garrytan\/gstack](https://rising.dev/gh/garrytan/gstack/)

Garry Tan's opinionated Claude Code setup\: 23 slash\-command "roles" \(CEO, eng manager, designer, reviewer, QA, security officer, release engineer\)\.

Editorial description.

137,936 stars · TypeScript · Observed 2026\-10\-27T23\:15\:40\.368Z (UTC).

[Read the source on GitHub](https://github.com/garrytan/gstack)

### [mattpocock\/skills](https://rising.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/)

Matt Pocock's small, composable agent skills for everyday engineering work \(planning, TDD, refactoring, reviews\)\.

Editorial description.

304,846 stars · Shell · Observed 2026\-10\-27T23\:15\:40\.368Z (UTC).

[Read the source on GitHub](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills)

### [vercel\-labs\/skills](https://rising.dev/gh/vercel-labs/skills/)

The npx skills CLI for the open agent\-skills ecosystem\. Discover skills at skills\.sh and install them into 75\+ agents\.

Editorial description.

36,852 stars · TypeScript · Observed 2026\-10\-27T23\:15\:40\.368Z (UTC).

[Read the source on GitHub](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills)

## Coverage and limits

A public repository, familiar author or high star count does not establish that a skill is safe or compatible\. Rising lists descriptions and observations; it does not execute or audit every package\.

Category assignments can be wrong. These guides feature editorial selections with reviewed categories and descriptions. The full project directory also includes discovered repositories assigned by keywords; those discoveries are not included in this guide.

Repository observations are dated snapshots, not live measurements. Stars measure attention, not quality. A recent observation does not mean every record in this group was refreshed at the same time.

[Read the measurement and review methodology](https://rising.dev/methodology/), or [report a correction](https://rising.dev/methodology/#corrections).

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