Best agent skills for coding

1

Requesting Code Reviewobra/superpowers

Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements.

Shell

296k

Requesting Code Review has 296,071 GitHub stars, has 243,507 installs on skills.sh, runs without an API key, works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, is written in Shell and was last updated in September 2026.

2

Improve Codebase Architecturemattpocock/skills

Scan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick.

Shell

278k

Improve Codebase Architecture has 278,361 GitHub stars, has 1,057,293 installs on skills.sh, runs without an API key, works with Claude Code and Codex, is written in Shell and was last updated in October 2026.

3

MCP Builderanthropics/skills

Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools.

Python

180k

MCP Builder has 179,945 GitHub stars, is published by the vendor itself, has 122,884 installs on skills.sh, runs without an API key, works with Claude Code, is written in Python and was last updated in October 2026.

4

PonytailDietrichGebert/ponytail

Forces the laziest solution that actually works, simplest, shortest, most minimal.

JavaScript

157k

Ponytail has 156,966 GitHub stars, has 72,989 installs on skills.sh, runs without an API key, works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, is written in JavaScript and was last updated in October 2026.

5

X402browser-use/browser-use

Set up Browser Use Cloud payments with x402 — pay per request from a crypto wallet (USDC on Base mainnet), no signup or API key.

Python

117k

X402 has 117,307 GitHub stars, is published by the vendor itself, needs an API key or token, works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, is written in Python and was last updated in October 2026.

6

Safe RefactorJuliusBrussee/caveman

Restructure code while preserving behavior.

Go

110k

Safe Refactor has 110,252 GitHub stars, has 86,376 installs on skills.sh, runs without an API key, works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, is written in Go and was last updated in October 2026.

7

Code Review And Qualityaddyosmani/agent-skills

Conducts multi-axis code review. Use before merging any change.

JavaScript

102k

Code Review And Quality has 102,166 GitHub stars, has 56,497 installs on skills.sh, runs without an API key, works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, is written in JavaScript and was last updated in October 2026.

8

Learn Codebasethedotmack/claude-mem

Prime a codebase by reading every source file in full.

TypeScript

97k

Learn Codebase has 97,272 GitHub stars, runs without an API key, works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, is written in TypeScript and was last updated in October 2026.

9

Ruview CLI APIruvnet/RuView

Use the RuView wifi-densepose CLI binary (incl.

Rust

97k

Ruview CLI API has 96,744 GitHub stars, runs without an API key, works with Claude Code and Codex, is written in Rust and was last updated in October 2026.

10

Image To CodeLeonxlnx/taste-skill

Elite website image-to-code skill for Codex.

JavaScript

93k

Image To Code has 93,196 GitHub stars, has 345,783 installs on skills.sh, runs without an API key, works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, is written in JavaScript and was last updated in October 2026.