SkillsMP Alternatives: Claude Skills Marketplace Options Compared

SkillsMP is one of several places to look for a Claude skills marketplace, and the right one depends on what you want from it: the widest possible search, an install command, a curated shortlist, or a ranked index with a safety signal. This guide compares seven options using only what each site says about itself, so you can pick a starting point and know what checking you still have to do.

The short version: use an aggregator when you want to search broadly, use a vendor repository when you want a reference you can trust to be maintained, and always read a skill before installing it. Every site below says some version of that last point.

How these skill directories were compared

Facts come from each site's own pages and repository READMEs, read on 7 October 2026. We did not measure traffic, rankings or search quality, and we do not compare the number of skills each site claims, because those figures change and are counted differently. Where a page did not say something, the table says "not stated" rather than guessing.

The editorial team runs this directory, so treat our own entry with the same scrutiny as the others. Our description is copied from the methodology on the about page.

Skill directories compared at a glance

skills.sh

Vercel runs skills.sh, and the site and its CLI are open source. It presents a leaderboard, search and topic navigation. Its documentation says the ranking is based on anonymous install telemetry from the skills CLI, and that the CLI collects no personal information.

On security, the site says it runs routine audits with partner providers, shows the results on skill pages, and removes skills that fail all of them. It also says it cannot guarantee the quality or security of every skill and tells users to review documentation first.

• Best for: finding what other people actually install and getting the install command in one place.
• Requirements: Node for npx.
• Trade-off: ranking follows installs reported by one CLI, so a good skill that people install another way may look quieter than it is.

SkillsMP

SkillsMP describes itself as an open map of the agent skills ecosystem. It gathers SKILL.md files from public GitHub repositories and lets you browse by category and occupation or search by keyword. It names Claude Code, Codex CLI and ChatGPT as compatible and states that it is not affiliated with Anthropic or OpenAI.

It also offers a REST API with a free tier and a separate MCP server. The API page lists lower rate limits for anonymous use and higher ones with a key. The pages we read tell users to review code before installing and do not describe a vetting step or an install command.

• Best for: wide-net searching and building your own tooling on its API.
• Requirements: a browser; an API key for higher limits.
• Trade-off: because it aggregates broadly, you do the judging, so check the licence, source repository and recent activity yourself.

ClawHub

ClawHub is a registry for skills and plugins in the OpenClaw ecosystem. Its home page shows publishing with a command-line tool, which needs an account login, or importing from GitHub. The footer mentions signed manifests, moderated releases and version history.

• Best for: people using OpenClaw who want skills and plugins published for it.
• Requirements: the clawhub CLI and a login to publish.
• Trade-off: it targets one ecosystem, so check that a listing works with your agent before relying on it.

GitHub awesome lists

Curated READMEs such as awesome-claude-skills split skills into official and community sections. That list carries a prominent warning that skills can execute arbitrary code and should come from trusted sources, and its README does not describe a formal inclusion process.

• Best for: a short, human-chosen starting point.
• Requirements: none.
• Trade-off: no ranking, no live activity data, and entries can age without anyone noticing.

Vendor repositories and catalogues

anthropics/skills holds Anthropic's example skills and states they are for demonstration and education. Most are Apache 2.0, while the document skills for Word, PDF, PowerPoint and Excel are described as source-available. It installs in Claude Code with /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills. Anthropic's claude-plugins-official directory is curated, accepts third-party submissions that must meet quality and security standards, and warns that Anthropic cannot verify what a plugin includes.

The skills CLI is MIT-licensed. It has commands for add, list, find, remove, update and init, accepts GitHub shorthand, full URLs, other git hosts and local paths, and installs per project or globally with -g. It collects anonymous usage data that you can turn off with an environment variable.

• Best for: trustworthy references and reliable installs.
• Requirements: Claude Code's plugin commands, or Node for the CLI.
• Trade-off: vendor catalogues are small by design and do not cover community skills.

How this directory works

This directory is an independent index of agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents. It is not affiliated with any agent vendor. Its methodology, from the about page, is:

• Sourcing: skills come from public GitHub repositories that contain SKILL.md files. Copies of the same skill are grouped, and one is listed under its original source: an official publisher first, then the earliest repository.
• Ranking: one score from repository popularity, how many other owners keep a copy, SKILL.md quality and the safety result. Large collections count for less, and a single repository cannot fill a list.
• Safety check: an automated scan of each SKILL.md for risky patterns, with pass, info, warn and fail levels. Failed skills are kept out of ranked lists. The page says plainly that this is a pattern match, not an audit.
• Scope: at the time of writing the index holds roughly 30,000 skills from about 1,200 repositories. If you maintain a skill that is missing or wrong, the about page gives a contact address for corrections.

The trade-off is size and curation: a smaller, scored index is easier to compare but will not list every SKILL.md on GitHub. Start at top skills, the agent-workflows category or the page for your agent, such as Claude Code.

How to vet a skill from any marketplace

Whichever place you use, a few checks take two minutes:

1. Read SKILL.md and every script it bundles, especially anything that runs shell commands or downloads files.
2. Find the licence in the repository, not just on the listing.
3. Check when the repository was last updated and whether the skill has copies elsewhere.
4. Look for a safety signal and remember what it measures. A pass means no known risky patterns matched.
5. Start with the project scope, not your personal skills folder, so one repository sees it first.

Our guide to installing skills in Claude Code covers the install methods, and what Claude skills are explains the format if you are new.

Which Claude skills marketplace should you use?

• You want to see popular skills and install fast: skills.sh and the skills CLI.
• You want the widest search or an API: SkillsMP.
• You use OpenClaw: ClawHub.
• You want a short list a person chose: a GitHub awesome list.
• You want references to learn from: Anthropic's repositories.
• You want to compare skills by licence, activity and safety result before installing: this directory.

Most people combine two: one broad place to discover and one narrow place to confirm. The sources above all agree on the last step, which is to read the skill yourself before you install it.