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awesome-claude-skills vs agents
awesome-claude-skills (A curated list of awesome Claude Skills, resources, and tools for customizing Claude AI workflows) vs agents (Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for multiple AI and coding tools) - live GitHub stats and typed graph relationships, not marketing.
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Tagline
- awesome-claude-skills
- A curated list of awesome Claude Skills, resources, and tools for customizing Claude AI workflows
- agents
- Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for multiple AI and coding tools
Stars
- awesome-claude-skills
- 67k
- agents
- 38k
Forks
- awesome-claude-skills
- 7.5k
- agents
- 4.0k
Open issues
- awesome-claude-skills
- 949
- agents
- 4
Language
- awesome-claude-skills
- Python
- agents
- Python
Adopt for
- awesome-claude-skills
- awesome-claude-skills is a curated repository for enhancing productivity using Claude AI workflows. It supports integration with various coding agents and apps, enabling action-oriented tasks like sending emails, posting
- agents
- agents is a comprehensive multi-harness plugin marketplace that extends the capabilities of several AI and coding tools, offering a wide array of components including plugins, agents, skills, and commands.
Persona
- awesome-claude-skills
- -
- agents
- -
Runtime
- awesome-claude-skills
- -
- agents
- -
License
- awesome-claude-skills
- -
- agents
- MIT
Last pushed
- awesome-claude-skills
- May 22, 2026
- agents
- Jul 7, 2026
Categories
- awesome-claude-skills
- AI Agents, Developer Tools
- agents
- AI Agents
Trust and health
Maintenance
- awesome-claude-skills
- Steady (60%)
- agents
- Very active (96%)
Days since push
- awesome-claude-skills
- 47d
- agents
- 0d
Open issues (now)
- awesome-claude-skills
- 949
- agents
- 4
Owner type
- awesome-claude-skills
- Organization
- agents
- User
Full report
- awesome-claude-skills
- Trust report
- agents
- Trust report
Typed relationship
awesome-claude-skills alternative agentsBoth agents and awesome-claude-skills curate collections of skills for Claude Code, offering an alternative way to manage and distribute those skills.
Shared compatibility
- Cursor · awesome-claude-skills: Works with Cursor · agents: Works with Cursor
Choose awesome-claude-skills if…
- Both agents and awesome-claude-skills curate collections of skills for Claude Code, offering an alternative way to manage and distribute those skills.
- Tags unique to awesome-claude-skills: openai-codex, gemini-cli, composio, claude-code.
- Also covers Developer Tools.
- * If your workflow heavily involves integrations with 500+ apps for task automation via Composio.
When NOT to use awesome-claude-skills
- * If you are looking for a generic text generation model without integration capabilities since awesome-claude-skills focuses heavily on actionable integrations via Composio.
- * For scenarios where the required skills or app integrations are not supported within the repository's extensive but still limited scope of 1000+ apps and skills.
Choose agents if…
- Pricing: The tool operates on a free tier with premium features including access to the longest-horizon autonomous agents (Fable 5) which incur additional costs..
- Requirements: Installation is dependent on the specific harness being used, with different setups for Codex CLI/Cursor, Gemini/OpenCode, and Claude Code.; The marketplace supports installation from registries or via clone + generate commands depending on the tool..
- Both agents and awesome-claude-skills curate collections of skills for Claude Code, offering an alternative way to manage and distribute those skills.
- Tags unique to agents: orchestration, multi-agent, workflows, agentic-ai.
- When you need to extend the functionality of tools like Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, or Gemini CLI with pre-built modules.
When NOT to use agents
- When your primary requirement is to enhance tools other than the specific supported platforms (Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI).
- If you are looking for a solution that provides real-time translations or lowest-common-denominator artifacts across harnesses instead of harness-native idiomatic artifacts.
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Common questions
- What is the difference between awesome-claude-skills and agents?
- awesome-claude-skills: A curated list of awesome Claude Skills, resources, and tools for customizing Claude AI workflows. agents: Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for multiple AI and coding tools. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories.
- When should I choose awesome-claude-skills over agents?
- Choose awesome-claude-skills over agents when Both agents and awesome-claude-skills curate collections of skills for Claude Code, offering an alternative way to manage and distribute those skills; Tags unique to awesome-claude-skills: openai-codex, gemini-cli, composio, claude-code; Also covers Developer Tools; * If your workflow heavily involves integrations with 500+ apps for task automation via Composio.
- When should I choose agents over awesome-claude-skills?
- Choose agents over awesome-claude-skills when Pricing: The tool operates on a free tier with premium features including access to the longest-horizon autonomous agents (Fable 5) which incur additional costs.; Requirements: Installation is dependent on the specific harness being used, with different setups for Codex CLI/Cursor, Gemini/OpenCode, and Claude Code.; The marketplace supports installation from registries or via clone + generate commands depending on the tool.; Both agents and awesome-claude-skills curate collections of skills for Claude Code, offering an alternative way to manage and distribute those skills; Tags unique to agents: orchestration, multi-agent, workflows, agentic-ai; When you need to extend the functionality of tools like Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, or Gemini CLI with pre-built modules.
- When should I avoid awesome-claude-skills?
- * If you are looking for a generic text generation model without integration capabilities since awesome-claude-skills focuses heavily on actionable integrations via Composio. * For scenarios where the required skills or app integrations are not supported within the repository's extensive but still limited scope of 1000+ apps and skills.
- When should I avoid agents?
- When your primary requirement is to enhance tools other than the specific supported platforms (Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI). If you are looking for a solution that provides real-time translations or lowest-common-denominator artifacts across harnesses instead of harness-native idiomatic artifacts.
- Is awesome-claude-skills or agents more popular on GitHub?
- awesome-claude-skills has more GitHub stars (67,135 vs 37,649). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints.
- Are awesome-claude-skills and agents open source?
- Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub.
- Where can I find alternatives to awesome-claude-skills or agents?
- GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at /tools/composiohq-awesome-claude-skills/alternatives and /tools/wshobson-agents/alternatives (/tools/composiohq-awesome-claude-skills/alternatives.md, /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 /compare/composiohq-awesome-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, awesome-claude-skills or agents?
- awesome-claude-skills: Steady. 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 awesome-claude-skills and agents?
- GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: awesome-claude-skills: /tools/composiohq-awesome-claude-skills/trust; agents: /tools/wshobson-agents/trust.