Skill comparison
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Comparing 4 skills
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Decision summary
Phan is the strongest overall pick here because it has a 100/100 readiness score and fits Coding agents.
Strongest overall
Phan
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Fastest prototype
PHP CodeSniffer
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
PHP CodeSniffer
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Phpmnd PHP Magic Number Detector | PHP CodeSniffer PHP_CodeSniffer tokenizes PHP files and detects violations of a defined set of coding standards. | PHP CodeSniffer PHP_CodeSniffer tokenizes PHP files and detects violations of a defined set of coding standards. | Phan Phan is a static analyzer for PHP. Phan prefers to avoid false-positives and attempts to prove incorrectness rather than correctness. |
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| Quality | 75/100 Strong | 100/100 Excellent | 82/100 Strong | 98/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 86/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 84/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. |
| Adoption | 584 stars 0 installs | 1.5K stars 0 installs | 11K stars 0 installs | 5.6K stars 0 installs |
| Freshness | Feb 25, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | Apr 1, 2024 | May 12, 2026 |
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| Platform hints | PHP, Static Analysis, Claude Code | PHP, Static Analysis, Claude Code | PHP, Static Analysis, Claude Code | PHP, Static Analysis, Claude Code |
| Warnings | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No major risk signals from current metadata | Repository looks stale · No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | 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 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 | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 0 views 0 install copies | 1 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add povils/phpmnd | $ npx skills add PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer | $ npx skills add squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer | $ npx skills add phan/phan |