awesome-claude-skills README

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A comprehensive and curated list of 1000+ production ready and practical Claude Skills and Plugins for enhancing productivity across usecases on not just Claude.ai, Claude Code, but also across coding agents like Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Antigravity and more.

Give your skills real-world actions

Skills tell your agent how to work. An MCP Gateway gives it secure access to the tools it needs.

Composio MCP Gateway provides a single MCP endpoint for 1,000+ integrations with built-in authentication, team-based access controls, audit logs, and production-ready reliability.


Quickstart: Connect Claude to 1000+ Apps

The connect-apps plugin lets Claude perform real actions - send emails, create issues, post to Slack. It handles auth and connects to 1000+ apps using Composio under the hood.

1. Install the Plugin

claude --plugin-dir ./connect-apps-plugin

2. Run Setup

/connect-apps:setup

Paste your API key when asked. (Get a free key at dashboard.composio.dev)

3. Restart & Try It

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Want skills that do more than generate text? Claude can send emails, create issues, post to Slack, and take actions across 1000+ apps. See how →

If you receive the email, Claude is now connected to 1000+ apps.

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Contents

What Are Claude Skills?

Claude Skills are reusable instruction packages that teach an AI agent how to handle a specific class of tasks. Each skill is a folder containing a SKILL.md file with YAML frontmatter (name, description) and Markdown instructions, optionally bundled with scripts, references, and assets. Anthropic introduced the format in October 2025 and released it as an open standard in December 2025; it's now supported by Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, and Windsurf.

Skills load progressively. At session start, the agent sees only each skill's name and description — roughly 100 tokens per skill. The full SKILL.md body (typically under 5,000 tokens) loads only when the agent decides the skill is relevant to the current task. Auxiliary files in scripts/ and references/ load on demand. This is what lets a single agent host hundreds of skills without bloating its context window.

Skills are not MCP servers and not tools. MCP defines how an agent connects to external systems — auth, transport, tool discovery. Tools are the individual functions an agent invokes. Skills define the workflow — what to do, in what order, with what guardrails — once the agent has the connections and tools it needs. In production, all three layers run together: MCP for access, tools for actions, skills for behavior.

Skills

Document Processing

Development & Code Tools

Data & Analysis

Business & Marketing

Communication & Writing

Creative & Media

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What is this?A comprehensive and curated list of 1000+ production-ready Claude Skills and Plugins for enhancing productivity across Claude.ai, Claude Code, and other coding agents like Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and Antigravity.
Is this a toolkit I install, or just a catalog of skill files to browse?It is a curated catalog, not an installable package itself. Each listed entry is an instruction package - a folder containing a SKILL.md file with YAML frontmatter plus optional scripts, references, and assets - that you copy or add into your own agent's skills directory.
How do I start using one of these skills?Browse the categorized skill list in the README, then follow the chosen skill's own instructions (some use commands like 'npx skills add chrome-relay', others are installed as a Claude Code plugin). The bundled Connect plugin needs you to install it, run setup, paste your Composio API key, then restart.
Which AI coding agents actually support this skill format?Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, and Windsurf all support the SKILL.md format.
Are Skills the same thing as MCP servers or tools?No. MCP handles connecting an agent to external systems and tools are the individual functions it calls; a Skill only defines the workflow logic on top of those. Getting a skill like Connect to actually take actions across apps requires a separate Composio API key.
How is the list organized?Skills are grouped into categories such as Document Processing, Development & Code Tools, Data & Analysis, Business & Marketing, Communication & Writing, Creative & Media, Productivity & Organization, Collaboration & Project Management, Security & Systems, and App Automation via Composio.
Why do Skills load progressively instead of all at once?At session start the agent only sees each skill's name and description (roughly 100 tokens); the full SKILL.md body (typically under 5,000 tokens) and any scripts or references load only when the agent decides the skill is relevant, so hundreds of skills can coexist without bloating the context window.
When did the Skills format become an open standard?Anthropic introduced the SKILL.md format in October 2025 and released it as an open standard in December 2025.
What does the Composio MCP Gateway add on top of a plain skill?It gives an agent a single MCP endpoint covering 1,000+ app integrations with built-in authentication, team access controls, audit logs, and production reliability, so a skill like Connect can actually send emails or post to Slack instead of just describing how to.
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