--- title: "claude-skills vs agents" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/alirezarezvani-claude-skills-vs-wshobson-agents" tools: ["alirezarezvani-claude-skills", "wshobson-agents"] --- # claude-skills vs agents *GraphCanon updated Aug 19, 2026* ## Verdict Pick claude-skills if claude-skills is a repository offering comprehensive skills and plugins for AI coding agents across multiple domains like engineering, business operations, and marketing; pick agents if the agents tool is a marketplace for plugins that enhances multiple AI agents, offering integration and management capabilities across several platforms, including Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot. [claude-skills](https://alirezarezvani.medium.com/) reports 23k GitHub stars, 3.2k forks, and 9 open issues, last pushed Jul 17, 2026. [agents](https://sethhobson.com) has 39k stars, 4.1k forks, and 5 open issues, last pushed Aug 18, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [claude-skills's repository](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills) and [agents's repository](https://github.com/wshobson/agents). | | [claude-skills](/tools/alirezarezvani-claude-skills.md) | [agents](/tools/wshobson-agents.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Repository offering skills and plugins for various AI coding agents including Claude Code, supporting over 360 capabilities across multiple domains. | Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for various AI agents | | Stars | 23,292 | 38,928 | | Forks | 3,206 | 4,145 | | Open issues | 9 | 5 | | Language | Python | Python | | Adopt for | claude-skills is a repository offering comprehensive skills and plugins for AI coding agents across multiple domains like engineering, business operations, and marketing. | The agents tool is a marketplace for plugins that enhances multiple AI agents, offering integration and management capabilities across several platforms, including Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | MIT | MIT | | Categories | AI Agents, Developer Tools | AI Agents, Developer Tools | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [claude-skills](/tools/alirezarezvani-claude-skills.md) | [agents](/tools/wshobson-agents.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Active (82%) | Very active (96%) | | Days since push | 10d | 1d | | Open issues (now) | 9 | 5 | | Stars delta | Unknown | +860 (30d) | | Open issues delta | Unknown | +2 (30d) | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/alirezarezvani-claude-skills/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/wshobson-agents/trust.md) | ## Shared compatibility - **Cursor**: [claude-skills](/tools/alirezarezvani-claude-skills.md) - Works with Cursor; [agents](/tools/wshobson-agents.md) - Works with Cursor ## Decision facts: claude-skills - **Adopt for:** claude-skills is a repository offering comprehensive skills and plugins for AI coding agents across multiple domains like engineering, business operations, and marketing. ## Decision facts: agents - **Adopt for:** The agents tool is a marketplace for plugins that enhances multiple AI agents, offering integration and management capabilities across several platforms, including Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot ## Choose when ### Choose claude-skills if… - Tags unique to claude-skills: agent-plugins, coding-agent-plugins, developer-tools. - - When users need specific skill sets beyond general capabilities to support their projects in areas such as compliance advice or C-level strategic guidance ### Choose agents if… - Tags unique to agents: agent-skills, agentic-ai, automation, prompt-engineering. - You are working specifically within the ecosystems of Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, or Gemini CLI, as it provides tailored plugins for these environments - More GitHub stars (39k vs 23k) - visibility, not fit. ## When NOT to use claude-skills - - Avoid this tool for users looking only for generic coding assistance without specialized domain knowledge or personalized agent skills. - - Not suitable if a user needs tools that are not designed to integrate with the specified platform ecosystem (Anthropic Claude, Codex, Gemini CLI) ## When NOT to use agents - You are working solely within a niche environment that isn't one of the supported platforms (like Claude Code, Codex CLI, etc.) because it may not offer compatible plugins or extensive support - Your project requirements do not include interoperability between multiple AI agents and you only need to leverage functionalities from a single AI agent with a robust in-built plugin ecosystem ## Common questions ### What is the difference between claude-skills and agents? claude-skills: Repository offering skills and plugins for various AI coding agents including Claude Code, supporting over 360 capabilities across multiple domains.. agents: Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for various AI agents. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose claude-skills over agents? Choose claude-skills over agents when Tags unique to claude-skills: agent-plugins, coding-agent-plugins, developer-tools; - When users need specific skill sets beyond general capabilities to support their projects in areas such as compliance advice or C-level strategic guidance. ### When should I choose agents over claude-skills? Choose agents over claude-skills when Tags unique to agents: agent-skills, agentic-ai, automation, prompt-engineering; You are working specifically within the ecosystems of Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, or Gemini CLI, as it provides tailored plugins for these environments; More GitHub stars (39k vs 23k) - visibility, not fit. ### When should I avoid claude-skills? - Avoid this tool for users looking only for generic coding assistance without specialized domain knowledge or personalized agent skills. - Not suitable if a user needs tools that are not designed to integrate with the specified platform ecosystem (Anthropic Claude, Codex, Gemini CLI) ### When should I avoid agents? You are working solely within a niche environment that isn't one of the supported platforms (like Claude Code, Codex CLI, etc.) because it may not offer compatible plugins or extensive support Your project requirements do not include interoperability between multiple AI agents and you only need to leverage functionalities from a single AI agent with a robust in-built plugin ecosystem ### Is claude-skills or agents more popular on GitHub? agents has more GitHub stars (38,928 vs 23,292). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are claude-skills and agents open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (claude-skills: MIT, agents: MIT). ### Where can I find alternatives to claude-skills or agents? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [claude-skills alternatives](/tools/alirezarezvani-claude-skills/alternatives) and [agents alternatives](/tools/wshobson-agents/alternatives) ([claude-skills markdown twin](/tools/alirezarezvani-claude-skills/alternatives.md), [agents markdown twin](/tools/wshobson-agents/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/alirezarezvani-claude-skills-vs-wshobson-agents.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, claude-skills or agents? claude-skills: Active. agents: Very active. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for claude-skills and agents? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [claude-skills trust report](/tools/alirezarezvani-claude-skills/trust); [agents trust report](/tools/wshobson-agents/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=alirezarezvani-claude-skills`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=alirezarezvani-claude-skills) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_