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Production-grade engineering skills and quality gates for AI coding agents.
62K starsJun 1, 2026 pushCoding AgentsClaude CodeCursor
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Open-source investment research platform for financial analysis agents.
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$ npx skills add OpenBB-finance/OpenBB#3
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$ npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill webapp-testing#4
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$ npx skills add openai/skills --skill playwright#5
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Research recent cross-source changes across Reddit, X, YouTube, Hacker News, and the web.
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$ npx skills add mvanhorn/last30days-skill#7
Data framework for building RAG and knowledge workflows around agent tasks.
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$ npx skills add run-llama/llama_index#8
Reliable browser automation and testing engine for web agent tasks.
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$ npx skills add microsoft/playwright#9
Browser automation layer for agents that need to interact with websites.
75K starsJun 1, 2026 pushBrowser AutomationPythonBrowser
$ npx skills add browser-use/browser-use#10
Build an upcoming US earnings calendar with dates, timing, consensus estimates, and market-impact context.
2.6K starsAug 10, 2026 pushFinanceClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill earnings-calendar#11
120 marketing skills for SEO/GEO, influencer, paid ads, email, launch, organic social, and brand narrative agents.
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$ npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills#12
Fast quantitative research and backtesting workflows for financial agents.
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$ npx skills add polakowo/vectorbt#13
Design and implementation guidance for distinctive landing pages, portfolios, product demos, and purposeful redesigns.
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$ npx skills add Leonxlnx/taste-skill --skill design-taste-frontend#14
React and Next.js performance guidance for writing, reviewing, and refactoring production UI code.
29K starsJul 20, 2026 pushcoding-agentsCodexClaude Code
$ npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill vercel-react-best-practices#15
Open football event data for match analysis, xG research, scouting, and World Cup-style dashboards.
3.9K starsJun 1, 2026 pushSports AnalyticsPythonCodex
$ npx skills add statsbomb/open-data#16
Official Agent Skills for coding agents, research, workflow orchestration, docs, ops, and skill authoring.
968 starsJul 5, 2026 pushAgent SkillsCodexClaude Code
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