The most-downloaded AI skills aren’t the best ones. Here’s the data.
Across a 72,761-skill catalog, the download charts and the quality scores point in different directions. We line up the most-downloaded skills against higher-rated alternatives…
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We AI-reviewed 10,000 Claude skills. Here’s what separates the good ones.
We crossed 10,000 automated skill reviews across a 72,587-skill catalog. The surprise wasn’t how many skills are bad — it’s how few are distinctive,…
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Skill spotlight: design-review — a designer’s eye for agentic QA
Garry Tan’s `design-review` ships a designer’s QA loop as a Claude Code skill — score the UI on a 0–10 rubric, catch AI‑slop patterns,…
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Skill spotlight: hook-development — event-driven Claude Code automation
Anthropic’s official hook-development skill earned the highest aiScore in the SkillHub catalog. Here’s what it teaches Claude Code authors about PreToolUse, PostToolUse, prompt-based hooks,…
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Getting started with SkillHub
Install, browse, and publish your first skill. A guided tour through the catalog and the CLI — in twelve minutes from zero to your…
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Malware Found in AI Skills: openclaw/skills Repository
Five malicious AI skills discovered in the openclaw/skills GitHub repository contain obfuscated payloads that download and execute malware. Over 1,000 downloads affected. All skills…