--- title: "skills vs agentic-awesome-skills" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/nvidia-skills-vs-sickn33-antigravity-awesome-skills" tools: ["nvidia-skills", "sickn33-antigravity-awesome-skills"] --- # skills vs agentic-awesome-skills *GraphCanon updated Aug 19, 2026* ## Verdict Pick skills if nVIDIA publishes specific AI coding skills for client agents via the skills CLI with support for multiple agents; pick agentic-awesome-skills if library of agentic skills for various AI agents, offering over 1,900 installable skills across multiple domains. [skills](https://docs.nvidia.com/skills) reports 2.8k GitHub stars, 325 forks, and 15 open issues, last pushed Aug 5, 2026. [agentic-awesome-skills](https://sickn33.github.io/agentic-awesome-skills/) has 45k stars, 6.6k forks, and 12 open issues, last pushed Aug 19, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [skills's repository](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills) and [agentic-awesome-skills's repository](https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills). | | [skills](/tools/nvidia-skills.md) | [agentic-awesome-skills](/tools/sickn33-antigravity-awesome-skills.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | AI agent skills published by NVIDIA | Library of agentic skills for various AI agents | | Stars | 2,798 | 45,139 | | Forks | 325 | 6,610 | | Open issues | 15 | 12 | | Language | Python | Python | | Adopt for | NVIDIA publishes specific AI coding skills for client agents via the skills CLI with support for multiple agents. | Library of agentic skills for various AI agents, offering over 1,900 installable skills across multiple domains. | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Other | MIT | | Categories | AI Agents | AI Agents, Developer Tools | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [skills](/tools/nvidia-skills.md) | [agentic-awesome-skills](/tools/sickn33-antigravity-awesome-skills.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Open issues (now) | 15 | 12 | | Stars delta | Unknown | +1.5k (30d) | | Open issues delta | Unknown | +11 (30d) | | Owner type | Organization | User | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/nvidia-skills/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/sickn33-antigravity-awesome-skills/trust.md) | ## Shared compatibility - **Cursor**: [skills](/tools/nvidia-skills.md) - Works with Cursor; [agentic-awesome-skills](/tools/sickn33-antigravity-awesome-skills.md) - Works with Cursor - **Node.js**: [skills](/tools/nvidia-skills.md) - Node.js runtime; [agentic-awesome-skills](/tools/sickn33-antigravity-awesome-skills.md) - Node.js runtime ## Decision facts: skills - **Adopt for:** NVIDIA publishes specific AI coding skills for client agents via the skills CLI with support for multiple agents. ## Decision facts: agentic-awesome-skills - **Pricing:** freemium - The tool is primarily free and open-source under MIT license, though contributions are likely welcomed for more comprehensive or specialized skills. - **Requirements:** Min 2 GB RAM - **Adopt for:** Library of agentic skills for various AI agents, offering over 1,900 installable skills across multiple domains. ## Choose when ### Choose skills if… - License: skills is Other, agentic-awesome-skills is MIT. - Tags unique to skills: ai agent skills, claude-code, codex, cursor. - If you need to install NVIDIA-published numerical optimization skills ### Choose agentic-awesome-skills if… - License: agentic-awesome-skills is MIT, skills is Other. - Pricing: The tool is primarily free and open-source under MIT license, though contributions are likely welcomed for more comprehensive or specialized skills.. - Requirements: Min 2 GB RAM. - Tags unique to agentic-awesome-skills: agent-skills, ai-agents, developer-tools. - Also covers Developer Tools. - - When you need to enhance a specific domain's functionality with dedicated plugins provided by the library. This tool excels when your AI agent is expected to perform specialized tasks. ## When NOT to use skills - Not recommended for projects requiring skills that are not published by NVIDIA - Avoid if your work does not involve any of the supported client agents like Codex or Cursor ## When NOT to use agentic-awesome-skills - - If you are only interested in a few specific skills or plugins available through other dedicated repositories that offer more tailored services. - - When your project specifically requires integration with platforms not supported by 'agentic-awesome-skills', such as unique proprietary AI systems without existing support from the library. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between skills and agentic-awesome-skills? skills: AI agent skills published by NVIDIA. agentic-awesome-skills: Library of agentic skills for various AI agents. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose skills over agentic-awesome-skills? Choose skills over agentic-awesome-skills when License: skills is Other, agentic-awesome-skills is MIT; Tags unique to skills: ai agent skills, claude-code, codex, cursor; If you need to install NVIDIA-published numerical optimization skills. ### When should I choose agentic-awesome-skills over skills? Choose agentic-awesome-skills over skills when License: agentic-awesome-skills is MIT, skills is Other; Pricing: The tool is primarily free and open-source under MIT license, though contributions are likely welcomed for more comprehensive or specialized skills.; Requirements: Min 2 GB RAM; Tags unique to agentic-awesome-skills: agent-skills, ai-agents, developer-tools; Also covers Developer Tools; - When you need to enhance a specific domain's functionality with dedicated plugins provided by the library. This tool excels when your AI agent is expected to perform specialized tasks. ### When should I avoid skills? Not recommended for projects requiring skills that are not published by NVIDIA Avoid if your work does not involve any of the supported client agents like Codex or Cursor ### When should I avoid agentic-awesome-skills? - If you are only interested in a few specific skills or plugins available through other dedicated repositories that offer more tailored services. - When your project specifically requires integration with platforms not supported by 'agentic-awesome-skills', such as unique proprietary AI systems without existing support from the library. ### Is skills or agentic-awesome-skills more popular on GitHub? agentic-awesome-skills has more GitHub stars (45,139 vs 2,798). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are skills and agentic-awesome-skills open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (skills: Other, agentic-awesome-skills: MIT). ### Where can I find alternatives to skills or agentic-awesome-skills? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [skills alternatives](/tools/nvidia-skills/alternatives) and [agentic-awesome-skills alternatives](/tools/sickn33-antigravity-awesome-skills/alternatives) ([skills markdown twin](/tools/nvidia-skills/alternatives.md), [agentic-awesome-skills markdown twin](/tools/sickn33-antigravity-awesome-skills/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/nvidia-skills-vs-sickn33-antigravity-awesome-skills.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, skills or agentic-awesome-skills? skills: Very active. agentic-awesome-skills: 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 skills and agentic-awesome-skills? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [skills trust report](/tools/nvidia-skills/trust); [agentic-awesome-skills trust report](/tools/sickn33-antigravity-awesome-skills/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=nvidia-skills`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=nvidia-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/_