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 1 skill
Use this as a shortlist, then open the skill detail page before adopting.
Decision summary
Shale is the strongest overall pick here because it has a 57/100 readiness score and fits Workflow automation.
Strongest overall
Shale
Do a manual repository review before adding this to an agent workflow.
Fastest prototype
Shale
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
Shale
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Shale Shale is a Ruby object mapper and serializer for JSON, YAML, TOML, CSV and XML. It allows you to parse JSON, YAML, TOML, CSV and XML data and convert it into Ruby data structures, as well as serialize data structures into JSON, YAML, TOML, CSV or XML. |
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| Quality | 55/100 Promising |
| Decision verdict | 57/100 Needs manual review Do a manual repository review before adding this to an agent workflow. |
| Adoption | 671 stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page |
| Freshness | Jul 22, 2025 |
| Use-case fit | |
| Workflow fit | |
| Platform hints | Ruby, CSV, Claude Code |
| Warnings | Repository looks stale · No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Workflow automation 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 |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add kgiszczak/shale |