Skill comparison
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Comparing 4 skills
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Decision summary
Rich is the strongest overall pick here because it has a 100/100 readiness score and fits Document processing.
Strongest overall
Rich
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Fastest prototype
Rich
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
Sphinx
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Panflute An Pythonic alternative to John MacFarlane's pandocfilters, with extra helper functions | Sphinx The Sphinx documentation generator | Rich Rich is a Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal. | OCRmyPDF OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched |
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| Quality | 67/100 Promising | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 69/100 Prototype first Prototype with this skill first; keep a fallback candidate ready. | 100/100 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. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. |
| Adoption | 553 stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 7.9K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 57K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 34K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page |
| Freshness | Feb 6, 2026 | Jun 21, 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 |
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| Platform hints | Python, Markdown, Claude Code | Python, Markdown, Claude Code | Python, Markdown, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code |
| Warnings | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing 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 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 |
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| Install | $ npx skills add sergiocorreia/panflute | $ npx skills add sphinx-doc/sphinx | $ npx skills add Textualize/rich | $ npx skills add ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF |