Skill comparison
Compare agent skills before installing.
Put high-signal skills side by side and inspect quality, adoption, freshness, install readiness, use-case fit, and warnings in one place.
Comparing 4 skills
Use this as a shortlist, then open the skill detail page before adopting.
Decision summary
FriendsDontLetFriends is the strongest overall pick here because it has a 94/100 readiness score and fits Coding agents.
Strongest overall
FriendsDontLetFriends
Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack.
Fastest prototype
FriendsDontLetFriends
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
FriendsDontLetFriends
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Wesanderson A Wes Anderson color palette for R | FriendsDontLetFriends Friends don't let friends make certain types of data visualization - What are they and why are they bad. | Gganimate A Grammar of Animated Graphics | MetBrewer Color palette package in R inspired by works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York |
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| Quality | 69/100 Promising | 92/100 Excellent | 81/100 Strong | 71/100 Strong |
| Decision verdict | 71/100 Prototype first Prototype with this skill first; keep a fallback candidate ready. | 94/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 83/100 Strong shortlist Shortlist this skill and compare it with close alternatives before production adoption. | 73/100 Strong shortlist Shortlist this skill and compare it with close alternatives before production adoption. |
| Adoption | 2.1K stars 0 installs | 7.1K stars 0 installs | 2.0K stars 0 installs | 1.3K stars 0 installs |
| Freshness | Jun 13, 2024 | Sep 3, 2025 | Sep 4, 2025 | Jan 3, 2025 |
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| Platform hints | R, Data Visualization, Claude Code | R, Data Visualization, Claude Code | R, Data Visualization, Claude Code | R, Data Visualization, Claude Code |
| Warnings | Repository looks stale · No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | Repository looks stale · No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals |
| Not ideal for | teams that require actively maintained dependencies · production agents without a repository review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that require actively maintained dependencies · production agents without a repository review |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add karthik/wesanderson | $ npx skills add cxli233/FriendsDontLetFriends | $ npx skills add thomasp85/gganimate | $ npx skills add BlakeRMills/MetBrewer |