awesome-agent-skills

How the list stays current

Awesome Agent Skills is an automatically maintained directory rather than a static list. A GitHub Actions cron rewrites the tracked table every fifteen minutes from the GitHub Search API, and each commit reflects a real change in the upstream data, with new items added and expired items removed. The project argues that this makes the listed entries reflect current data instead of going stale the way traditional awesome lists often do, since the crawl, test, and rating steps run on a schedule.

What each entry shows

The generated table lists each tracked skill repository with its name, star count, primary language, last update time, and description, along with quality ratings assigned by the project. The directory targets functional agent skill repositories and rates them by agent type, quality, and maintenance status. Translations of the README are provided in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese, and the page invites users to star the repository to bookmark it as the data refreshes.

Scope and licensing

The project focuses on AI agent skill repositories that are installable through common skill systems, and it presents itself as a living index of working, high quality capabilities. The repository metadata carries no explicit software license, and the content is a curated tracking table rather than a piece of software with its own runtime. As of the August 2026 snapshot the repository shows 24 stars, 4 forks, and 6 open issues.

Editorial conclusion

The directory records 24 stars and 4 forks as of August 2026 and carries no explicit software license in its metadata. It rewrites its tracked table every fifteen minutes from the GitHub Search API to keep the listed agent skills current.