← LeaderboardThe Skill Leaderboard

How the leaderboard works

GitHub stars show overall popularity. Recent movement shows what's trending right now. Our Traction Score adds a signal for advanced builders looking for the most proven skills.

Rank

Popularity

The default order follows GitHub stars. It is familiar and easy to verify.

This vs last week

Momentum

Star change shows which repositories are gaining attention now—not only over their lifetime.

Unique context

Traction Score

A separate score looks for broader signs of attention, adoption, and active maintenance.

Discover

We search GitHub for skills every day.

Verify

We check each repo against our skill criteria.

Publish daily

We refresh the leaderboard with the latest data.

Review corrections

Community feedback helps us keep listings accurate.

Included

What belongs here

  • Repos dedicated to a SKILL.md or a collection of skills.
  • Skill collections that include the actual skill files.
  • Individual skills built to perform a specific task.
  • Skills with scripts, templates, and reference files that support their workflows.
  • Plugins whose main purpose is delivering agent skills.
  • Skills that create, review, or improve other skills.
  • Skills packaged for use across multiple agents.
  • Skills that use external tools or APIs to complete a task.
  • Repos where installing the skill is a primary way to use the project.
Excluded

What doesn’t belong

  • Apps with bundled skills as supporting features.
  • Directories and awesome lists that link to skills without shipping them.
  • Libraries with companion skills that explain how to use the library.
  • Agent runtimes whose bundled skills support the runtime.
  • Standalone tools for installing, managing, or distributing skills.
  • Guides and tutorials that teach skills without providing usable skill packages.
  • Repos with internal skills used only to maintain the project.
  • Prompt collections without packaged agent workflows.
  • Standalone scanners and validators for checking skill files.

Why look at more than stars?

“GitHub stars can be faked, so popularity alone can be misleading. Traction Score looks for broader signs of real attention, adoption, and active maintenance.”
Who’s behind it

Hi, I’m Milos.

I maintain The Skill Leaderboard. Rankings come from public GitHub data and are published as a dated snapshot. Automated rules handle clear cases; uncertain cases receive human review.

A public API for the published catalog is coming soon.

Corrections

Found a mistake?

You can reach me on X or Reddit. Send me the repository URL, what looks wrong, and a source I can check. Corrections are checked against the public repository and carried into future runs.