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  "slug": "ai-ml-agent-tooling",
  "title": "AI/ML & Agent Tooling",
  "shortTitle": "AI Agent Tooling",
  "description": "Build skills, MCP servers, and agent infra. Claude API SDK, skill-creator, mcp-builder.",
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  "contentLastUpdated": "2026-08-19",
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    "slug": "antigravity-awesome-skills",
    "name": "antigravity-awesome-skills",
    "score": 65,
    "tagline": "1,234+ skills in one bundle. Single install across AI coding assistants.",
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    {
      "rank": 1,
      "slug": "antigravity-awesome-skills",
      "name": "antigravity-awesome-skills",
      "score": 65,
      "tagline": "1,234+ skills in one bundle. Single install across AI coding assistants.",
      "bestFor": "Teams that want a comprehensive starting set rather than picking 30 individually.",
      "notIdealFor": "Lean setups — you will install many skills you never use.",
      "provenance": "community",
      "publisher": "Antigravity",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code",
        "cursor",
        "codex",
        "gemini-cli",
        "antigravity"
      ],
      "install": "npx antigravity-awesome-skills --claude",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/antigravity-awesome-skills",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/antigravity-awesome-skills.json"
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      "rank": 2,
      "slug": "stripe-link-checkout",
      "name": "create-payment-credential",
      "score": 57,
      "tagline": "Stripe's answer to agentic checkout: one-time payment credentials so an agent can buy without ever seeing the underlying card.",
      "bestFor": "Letting an agent complete a real purchase on a merchant site, with the human approving each transaction and the real credentials never exposed.",
      "notIdealFor": "Anything resembling a sandbox. This spends real money on live merchant sites — treat it as a production capability with a human in the loop, never as a dev-time convenience.",
      "provenance": "verified-org",
      "publisher": "Stripe",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
      ],
      "install": "npx skills add stripe/link-cli --skill create-payment-credential",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/stripe-link-checkout",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/stripe-link-checkout.json"
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      "rank": 3,
      "slug": "dbhub",
      "name": "dbhub",
      "score": 56,
      "tagline": "One skill across Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, MariaDB and SQLite — and its actual job is forcing explore-before-query on real schemas.",
      "bestFor": "Querying an unfamiliar production-shaped schema, where the agent guessing table and column names is the failure you are trying to prevent.",
      "notIdealFor": "Setups without MCP. It requires the DBHub MCP server plus a DSN, and it can execute SQL — so scope the connection to a read-only role unless writes are the point.",
      "provenance": "verified-org",
      "publisher": "Bytebase",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
      ],
      "install": "npx @bytebase/dbhub@latest --transport http --port 8080 --dsn \"postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname\"",
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      "slug": "composio",
      "name": "composio",
      "score": 55,
      "tagline": "1,000+ SaaS integrations as one skill. OAuth lifecycle, scoped credentials, structured actions.",
      "bestFor": "Any agent that needs to act on real SaaS systems — Slack, Notion, GitHub, Stripe, Salesforce.",
      "notIdealFor": "Read-only research where MCPs would be lighter.",
      "provenance": "verified-org",
      "publisher": "Composio",
      "license": "Apache-2.0",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code",
        "claude-ai",
        "claude-api",
        "cursor",
        "codex",
        "gemini-cli",
        "antigravity"
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      "slug": "qdrant-advisor",
      "name": "qdrant-advisor",
      "score": 55,
      "tagline": "A self-updating vector-database skill: it fetches current Qdrant guidance at run time instead of shipping a snapshot that rots.",
      "bestFor": "Diagnosing a Qdrant deployment that is slow, memory-hungry, or returning poor results — the failure modes where stale advice is worse than none.",
      "notIdealFor": "Air-gapped environments. It needs network access to skills.qdrant.tech to load current guidance, which is exactly the design that keeps it fresh.",
      "provenance": "verified-org",
      "publisher": "Qdrant",
      "license": "Apache-2.0",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
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      "name": "weaviate",
      "score": 52,
      "tagline": "The vector-database skill that ships executable scripts rather than prose — the agent runs the query instead of describing it.",
      "bestFor": "Actually operating a Weaviate instance from the agent: creating collections, importing files, and running semantic, keyword, and hybrid queries.",
      "notIdealFor": "Read-only exploration with no credentials. It needs WEAVIATE_URL, an API key, and a vectorizer provider key, and it creates collections and imports data — so point it at a scratch instance first.",
      "provenance": "verified-org",
      "publisher": "Weaviate",
      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
      ],
      "install": "npx skills add weaviate/agent-skills --skill weaviate",
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      "slug": "supabase-skill",
      "name": "supabase-skill",
      "score": 51,
      "tagline": "Supabase done right. RLS policies, edge functions, realtime, auth — in idiomatic patterns.",
      "bestFor": "Teams on Supabase who want the agent to write RLS-correct queries by default.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "verified-org",
      "publisher": "Supabase",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code",
        "cursor",
        "codex"
      ],
      "install": "npx skills add supabase/agent-skills",
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      "rank": 8,
      "slug": "stripe-payments",
      "name": "stripe-payments",
      "score": 51,
      "tagline": "Stripe done right. Checkout, subscriptions, webhooks, idempotency, metered billing.",
      "bestFor": "Teams adding Stripe where webhook handling and idempotency are easy to get wrong.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "verified-org",
      "publisher": "Stripe",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code",
        "claude-api",
        "cursor",
        "codex"
      ],
      "install": "npx skills add stripe/skills",
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      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/stripe-payments.json"
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      "rank": 9,
      "slug": "shopify-storefront",
      "name": "shopify-storefront",
      "score": 51,
      "tagline": "Shopify Storefront API: cart, checkout, metafields, customer accounts, Hydrogen patterns.",
      "bestFor": "Headless Shopify storefronts where you want the agent to build commerce flows correctly.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "verified-org",
      "publisher": "Shopify",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code",
        "cursor",
        "codex"
      ],
      "install": "npx skills add shopify/skills",
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      "slug": "setup-cowork",
      "name": "setup-cowork",
      "score": 50,
      "tagline": "Bootstrap the right plugin stack for your role in one guided pass.",
      "bestFor": "New teams onboarding to Claude Code or Cowork who want a role-fitted plugin bundle.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "anthropic",
      "publisher": "Anthropic",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code",
        "antigravity"
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      "install": "Built into Claude Code. Invoke with /setup-cowork.",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/setup-cowork",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/setup-cowork.json"
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      "rank": 11,
      "slug": "notion-api-skill",
      "name": "notion-api-skill",
      "score": 49,
      "tagline": "Notion API: page/database CRUD, block hierarchies, rich text, schema sync.",
      "bestFor": "Teams using Notion as a CMS or knowledge base where the agent needs to read and write.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "verified-org",
      "publisher": "Notion",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code",
        "claude-api",
        "cursor",
        "codex"
      ],
      "install": "npx skills add makenotion/skills",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/notion-api-skill",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/notion-api-skill.json"
    },
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      "rank": 12,
      "slug": "mcp-builder",
      "name": "mcp-builder",
      "score": 48,
      "tagline": "Build new MCP servers. The official scaffold + design walkthrough.",
      "bestFor": "When you need a new MCP and want it built right.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "anthropic",
      "publisher": "Anthropic",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
      ],
      "install": "npx skills add github.com/anthropics/skills --skill mcp-builder",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/mcp-builder",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/mcp-builder.json"
    },
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      "rank": 13,
      "slug": "skill-creator",
      "name": "skill-creator",
      "score": 48,
      "tagline": "Build new skills interactively. Output is a clean SKILL.md ready to publish.",
      "bestFor": "First-time skill authors and teams shipping internal skills.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "anthropic",
      "publisher": "Anthropic",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code",
        "claude-ai"
      ],
      "install": "npx skills add github.com/anthropics/skills --skill skill-creator",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/skill-creator",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/skill-creator.json"
    },
    {
      "rank": 14,
      "slug": "claude-api",
      "name": "claude-api",
      "score": 48,
      "tagline": "Always-current Claude API reference and SDK docs. Bundled with Claude Code.",
      "bestFor": "Building Claude API apps that should not lag the docs.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "anthropic",
      "publisher": "Anthropic",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
      ],
      "install": "Bundled with Claude Code by default. To re-install: npx skills add github.com/anthropics/skills --skill claude-api",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/claude-api",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/claude-api.json"
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      "rank": 15,
      "slug": "init-skill",
      "name": "init",
      "score": 48,
      "tagline": "Bootstrap a CLAUDE.md so future sessions start informed.",
      "bestFor": "First time using Claude Code on a project — gives the agent the context it needs.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "anthropic",
      "publisher": "Anthropic",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
      ],
      "install": "Built into Claude Code. Invoke with /init.",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/init-skill",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/init-skill.json"
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      "rank": 16,
      "slug": "update-config",
      "name": "update-config",
      "score": 48,
      "tagline": "Edit settings.json safely. Hooks, perms, env, behaviors.",
      "bestFor": "Setting up hooks, managing permissions, and any \"from now on, when X\" automation.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "anthropic",
      "publisher": "Anthropic",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
      ],
      "install": "Built into Claude Code. Invoke with /update-config.",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/update-config",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/update-config.json"
    },
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      "rank": 17,
      "slug": "keybindings-help",
      "name": "keybindings-help",
      "score": 48,
      "tagline": "Rebind keys and add chords without reading the keymap docs.",
      "bestFor": "Customizing Claude Code keyboard shortcuts to your existing terminal muscle memory.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "anthropic",
      "publisher": "Anthropic",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
      ],
      "install": "Built into Claude Code. Invoke with /keybindings-help.",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/keybindings-help",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/keybindings-help.json"
    },
    {
      "rank": 18,
      "slug": "fewer-permission-prompts",
      "name": "fewer-permission-prompts",
      "score": 48,
      "tagline": "Cuts the permission-prompt friction by learning your safe-tool patterns.",
      "bestFor": "Teams running Claude Code daily and tired of approving the same read-only commands.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "anthropic",
      "publisher": "Anthropic",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
      ],
      "install": "Built into Claude Code. Invoke with /fewer-permission-prompts.",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/fewer-permission-prompts",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/fewer-permission-prompts.json"
    },
    {
      "rank": 19,
      "slug": "alirezarezvani-skills",
      "name": "alirezarezvani-skills",
      "score": 47,
      "tagline": "232+ skills across engineering, marketing, product, compliance, advisory.",
      "bestFor": "Mixed-discipline teams looking for one source.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "community",
      "publisher": "alirezarezvani",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code",
        "cursor",
        "codex",
        "gemini-cli"
      ],
      "install": "npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/alirezarezvani-skills",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/alirezarezvani-skills.json"
    },
    {
      "rank": 20,
      "slug": "cowork-plugin-customizer",
      "name": "cowork-plugin-customizer",
      "score": 45,
      "tagline": "Tailor a plugin to your org's stack in one pass.",
      "bestFor": "Teams that have installed a plugin but need it to match their tools, naming and workflows.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "anthropic",
      "publisher": "Anthropic",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
      ],
      "install": "claude plugin install cowork-plugin-management",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/cowork-plugin-customizer",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/cowork-plugin-customizer.json"
    },
    {
      "rank": 21,
      "slug": "create-cowork-plugin",
      "name": "create-cowork-plugin",
      "score": 45,
      "tagline": "Scaffold a new plugin from scratch with guided prompts.",
      "bestFor": "Engineering leads building org-specific plugins for their team to use in Claude Code.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "anthropic",
      "publisher": "Anthropic",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
      ],
      "install": "claude plugin install cowork-plugin-management",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/create-cowork-plugin",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/create-cowork-plugin.json"
    },
    {
      "rank": 22,
      "slug": "loki-mode",
      "name": "loki-mode",
      "score": 38,
      "tagline": "Multi-agent orchestration. Spawn parallel subagents and merge their outputs reliably.",
      "bestFor": "Greenfield startup explorations, parallel work that benefits from specialization.",
      "notIdealFor": null,
      "provenance": "community",
      "publisher": "asklokesh",
      "license": "MIT",
      "compatibility": [
        "claude-code"
      ],
      "install": "npx skills add asklokesh/claudeskill-loki-mode",
      "url": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/loki-mode",
      "json": "https://top-agent-skills.com/skill/loki-mode.json"
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  "faqs": [
    {
      "question": "What does skill-creator do?",
      "answer": "It scaffolds a new Skill from a description, generates the SKILL.md with proper frontmatter, sets up the directory structure, and includes any helper scripts. It also runs evals to measure how reliably the Skill triggers."
    },
    {
      "question": "How do I build an MCP server?",
      "answer": "Use the mcp-builder Skill — it walks you through FastMCP (Python) or the MCP TypeScript SDK, sets up the tool definitions, handles auth, and tests the server against Claude Code."
    },
    {
      "question": "When should I migrate Claude API code to a new model?",
      "answer": "The claude-api Skill handles migration between Claude 4.5 → 4.6 → 4.7 and replaces references to retired models. Run it after any major Anthropic announcement."
    },
    {
      "question": "Do these Skills include prompt caching guidance?",
      "answer": "Yes — claude-api enforces prompt-cache adoption in new applications, since the 5-minute TTL meaningfully changes how you structure conversations."
    },
    {
      "question": "Is the Claude Agent SDK supported?",
      "answer": "Several Skills target the Agent SDK for custom runtime work — subagents, headless mode, custom tools — but the surface is moving quickly. Check the lastUpdated field."
    }
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Top Agent Skills (https://top-agent-skills.com)"
}