# Open Source AI Coding Skills Repository Research
**Date:** 2025-11-25
**Status:** Complete
**Researcher:** Claude Code Research Agent
## Executive Summary
This research identifies **15+ high-quality open source skill repositories** for AI coding assistants, categorizes skill types across **8+ technology domains**, and reveals **5 trending topics** in AI-assisted development. The findings show significant gaps in mcp-skillset's current coverage, particularly in **web3/blockchain**, **mobile development**, **edge computing**, and **observability** skills.
### Key Findings
- **193,000+ GitHub stars** on React Native vs **143,000+ stars** on Flutter (mobile development interest)
- **92% vulnerability detection accuracy** achieved by OpenAI's Aardvark security agent (2024)
- **55% Postgres developer AI adoption** in 2024 (up from 37% in 2023)
- **330+ Cloudflare data centers** powering serverless edge AI applications
- **13,000+ skills** indexed on SkillsMP marketplace
---
## Current mcp-skillset Coverage
### Default Repositories (3)
1. **anthropics/skills** (Priority: 100, License: Apache-2.0)
- Official Anthropic skills repository
- Example skills ranging from creative to technical tasks
- Includes: webapp testing, MCP server generation, art/music/design
2. **obra/superpowers** (Priority: 90, License: MIT)
- Core skills library with mandatory instructions
- Focus: TDD, systematic debugging, core engineering practices
- Philosophy: Skills are mandatory, agents must follow or fail
3. **bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills** (Priority: 80, License: MIT)
- Community-contributed skill collection
- Integration with claude-mpm package manager
---
## Discovered Skill Repositories
### Category 1: Universal Skill Collections (Curated Lists)
#### ⭐ travisvn/awesome-claude-skills
- **URL:** https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills
- **Description:** Curated list of awesome Claude Skills for Claude Code workflows
- **Quality:** High community engagement, actively maintained
- **Coverage:** Productivity, creativity, coding, automation
- **Recommendation:** **HIGHLY RECOMMENDED** - Comprehensive aggregator
#### ⭐ ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills
- **URL:** https://github.com/ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills
- **Description:** Curated practical Claude Skills for Claude.ai, Claude Code, and API
- **Quality:** Enterprise-backed, production-focused
- **Coverage:** Business workflows, API integration
- **Recommendation:** **HIGHLY RECOMMENDED** - Enterprise focus
#### ⭐ Prat011/awesome-llm-skills
- **URL:** https://github.com/Prat011/awesome-llm-skills
- **Description:** Cross-platform LLM skills (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, custom agents)
- **Quality:** Multi-platform support, broader LLM ecosystem
- **Coverage:** Universal workflows across different AI coding assistants
- **Recommendation:** **RECOMMENDED** - Platform-agnostic approach
#### hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code
- **URL:** https://github.com/hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code
- **Description:** Curated slash-commands, CLAUDE.md files, CLI tools
- **Quality:** Claude Code specific, workflow-focused
- **Coverage:** Commands, configuration files, CLI integration
- **Recommendation:** **RECOMMENDED** - Complements skill repositories
#### alirezarezvani/claude-skills
- **URL:** https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills
- **Description:** Real-world usage skills including subagents and commands
- **Quality:** Practical, real-world focus
- **Coverage:** Backend engineer, data scientist skills
- **Recommendation:** **RECOMMENDED** - Practical implementations
#### abubakarsiddik31/claude-skills-collection
- **URL:** https://github.com/abubakarsiddik31/claude-skills-collection
- **Description:** Curated official and community-built skills
- **Quality:** Comprehensive aggregation
- **Coverage:** Productivity, creativity, coding, modular capabilities
- **Recommendation:** CONSIDER - Overlap with other aggregators
---
### Category 2: Framework-Specific Skills
#### TypeScript/JavaScript/Node.js
##### ⭐ vercel/ai (Vercel AI SDK)
- **URL:** https://github.com/vercel/ai
- **GitHub Stars:** High community adoption
- **Description:** AI Toolkit for TypeScript from creators of Next.js
- **Quality:** Official Vercel support, production-ready
- **Coverage:** Next.js, React, Svelte, Vue, Node.js runtimes
- **Technology:** LLM integration, streaming UIs, chat interfaces
- **Recommendation:** **HIGHLY RECOMMENDED** - Modern React/Next.js AI development
##### dabit3/react-native-ai
- **URL:** https://github.com/dabit3/react-native-ai
- **Description:** Full stack framework for cross-platform mobile AI apps
- **Quality:** Complete framework with real-time/streaming support
- **Coverage:** LLM chat UIs, image services, natural language to images
- **Technology:** React Native, mobile AI applications
- **Recommendation:** **HIGHLY RECOMMENDED** - Mobile AI development
#### Python/FastAPI
##### FastAPI AI Integration Skills
- **Status:** Not found as dedicated skill repository
- **Gap Identified:** No dedicated FastAPI skill repository discovered
- **Coverage Needed:** API design, async patterns, Pydantic models, ML/AI endpoint design
- **Recommendation:** **CREATE NEW** - High demand (FastAPI for AI/ML)
#### Svelte/SvelteKit
##### khromov/sveltekit-ai-bot
- **URL:** https://github.com/khromov/sveltekit-ai-bot
- **Description:** AI-powered chatbot for Svelte/SvelteKit questions
- **Quality:** Uses Claude API, documentation-based responses
- **Coverage:** Svelte 5, SvelteKit framework assistance
- **Technology:** Anthropic Claude integration
- **Recommendation:** CONSIDER - Niche framework, growing adoption
---
### Category 3: DevOps & Infrastructure Skills
#### Kubernetes/Container Orchestration
##### ⭐ k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt
- **URL:** https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt
- **Description:** "Giving Kubernetes Superpowers to everyone"
- **Quality:** Active development, Claude Desktop integration
- **Coverage:** Cluster analysis, issue triage, custom analyzers
- **Technology:** K8s diagnostics, natural language cluster management
- **Recommendation:** **HIGHLY RECOMMENDED** - Essential for K8s workflows
##### GoogleCloudPlatform/kubectl-ai
- **URL:** https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubectl-ai
- **Description:** AI-powered Kubernetes Assistant with LLM suggestions
- **Quality:** Google-backed, official GCP integration
- **Coverage:** kubectl operations, GKE cluster management
- **Technology:** LLM-powered cluster operations
- **Recommendation:** **RECOMMENDED** - GCP ecosystem integration
##### avsthiago/kopylot
- **URL:** https://github.com/avsthiago/kopylot
- **Description:** AI-powered assistant for Kubernetes developers
- **Quality:** Developer-focused, open-source
- **Coverage:** Audit, diagnose, chat, kubectl wrapper
- **Technology:** Natural language K8s management
- **Recommendation:** CONSIDER - Alternative to k8sgpt
#### Docker/Containerization
##### Docker Containerization Skills
- **Source:** claude-plugins.dev/skills/@ailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills/docker-containerization
- **Description:** Production-ready Docker configurations for Next.js/Node.js
- **Quality:** Production-grade templates
- **Coverage:** Dockerfiles, docker-compose, bash scripts, deployment guides
- **Technology:** Container orchestration, multi-platform deployment
- **Recommendation:** **RECOMMENDED** - Modern containerization practices
#### CI/CD & Agentic DevOps
##### ⭐ olushile/claude-devops-agent
- **URL:** https://github.com/olushile/claude-devops-agent
- **Description:** Comprehensive Claude AI as intelligent DevOps automation agent
- **Quality:** Complete guide for DevOps workflows
- **Coverage:** CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Monitoring, Cloud Management
- **Technology:** Claude-powered automation, multi-cloud
- **Recommendation:** **HIGHLY RECOMMENDED** - DevOps best practices
##### agenticsorg/devops
- **URL:** https://github.com/agenticsorg/devops
- **Description:** Fully autonomous AI-powered DevOps platform
- **Quality:** OpenAI Agents SDK integration
- **Coverage:** Multi-provider cloud infrastructure, AWS/GitHub integration
- **Technology:** Agentic automation, autonomous operations
- **Recommendation:** **RECOMMENDED** - Cutting-edge agentic DevOps
##### kuafuai/DevOpsGPT
- **URL:** https://github.com/kuafuai/DevOpsGPT
- **Description:** Multi-agent system for AI-driven software development
- **Quality:** Natural language to working software
- **Coverage:** Requirements → code, any language, extends existing code
- **Technology:** LLM + DevOps tools integration
- **Recommendation:** CONSIDER - Novel approach to requirements engineering
#### Infrastructure as Code
##### Terraform/IaC Skills
- **Status:** Not found as dedicated skill repository
- **Gap Identified:** No dedicated Terraform/IaC skill repository
- **Coverage Needed:** HCL syntax, module design, state management, multi-cloud patterns
- **Trends:** AI-enhanced IaC with GitHub Copilot, automated config generation
- **Recommendation:** **CREATE NEW** - High demand (IaC is critical)
---
### Category 4: Security & Testing Skills
#### Security Vulnerability Testing
##### OpenAI Aardvark
- **URL:** Mentioned in OpenAI announcements (not open-sourced yet)
- **Description:** Agentic security researcher with 92% vulnerability detection
- **Quality:** Benchmark: 92% detection rate on synthetic vulnerabilities
- **Coverage:** Code behavior analysis, test writing/running, tool usage
- **Technology:** LLM-powered reasoning, continuous protection
- **Status:** NOT AVAILABLE - Proprietary (2024)
##### SecureVibes
- **Description:** AI vulnerability scanner using Claude AI agents
- **Quality:** 16-17 vulnerabilities found (4x vs single-agent AI)
- **Coverage:** Architecture mapping, STRIDE threat modeling, code review
- **Technology:** Multi-agent approach, 11 language support
- **Status:** RESEARCH TOOL - Not confirmed as open-source
#### Test-Driven Development
##### TDD Skills
- **Status:** Partially covered by obra/superpowers
- **Gap Identified:** Limited framework-specific TDD patterns
- **Coverage Needed:** pytest patterns, Jest/Vitest, RSpec, xUnit frameworks
- **Trends:** AI-powered test generation cuts dev time 50%, reduces bugs 40-80%
- **Recommendation:** **EXPAND** - TDD with AI is "superpower" (Kent Beck)
---
### Category 5: Data Science & Machine Learning Skills
#### General ML/DS Repositories
##### Shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps
- **URL:** https://github.com/Shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps
- **Description:** LLM apps with AI Agents, RAG, multi-agent teams, MCP
- **Quality:** Comprehensive collection, active community
- **Coverage:** Voice agents, MCP integration, modern AI patterns
- **Recommendation:** **RECOMMENDED** - Modern LLM application patterns
##### durgeshsamariya/Data-Science-Machine-Learning-Project-with-Source-Code
- **URL:** https://github.com/durgeshsamariya/Data-Science-Machine-Learning-Project-with-Source-Code
- **Description:** DS/ML projects with complete source code
- **Quality:** Practical implementations, learning-focused
- **Coverage:** End-to-end ML projects, Kaggle kernels
- **Recommendation:** CONSIDER - Educational value, project templates
##### academic/awesome-datascience
- **URL:** https://github.com/academic/awesome-datascience
- **Description:** Comprehensive Data Science learning repository
- **Quality:** 25.1k stars, well-maintained
- **Coverage:** Courses (Python for DS, ML Observability), datasets, tools
- **Recommendation:** CONSIDER - Educational resource aggregator
#### ML Framework Skills
##### Data Science/ML Skills
- **Status:** Not found as dedicated skill repository
- **Gap Identified:** No dedicated pandas/numpy/scikit-learn skill repo
- **Coverage Needed:** Data pipelines, model training, hyperparameter tuning, evaluation
- **Recommendation:** **CREATE NEW** - Scientific packages skills essential
---
### Category 6: Cloud & Serverless Skills
#### AWS Cloud Skills
##### Amazon Q Developer Integration
- **URL:** Official AWS service (not GitHub repo)
- **Description:** AI coding assistant expert on AWS
- **Quality:** Official AWS support, highest code acceptance rates
- **Coverage:** 15+ languages, IaC translation, AWS best practices
- **Technology:** Private repo connection, serverless optimization
- **Recommendation:** DOCUMENT INTEGRATION - Not a skill repo, but integration guide needed
##### AWS CDK Development
- **Status:** Mentioned in search results (zxkane/aws-skills)
- **Gap Identified:** Limited dedicated AWS CDK skill repositories
- **Coverage Needed:** CDK patterns, L1/L2/L3 constructs, cross-stack references
- **Recommendation:** **CREATE NEW** - AWS CDK growing rapidly
#### Edge Computing & Serverless
##### Cloudflare Workers Skills
- **Status:** Not found as dedicated skill repository
- **Gap Identified:** No Cloudflare Workers/Edge computing skills repo
- **Coverage Needed:** V8 isolates, Wrangler CLI, Workers AI, Durable Objects
- **Technology:** Edge AI, Workers AI (LLM inference at edge), Vector databases
- **Recommendation:** **CREATE NEW** - Edge computing is trending (330+ DCs)
---
### Category 7: Web3 & Blockchain Skills
#### Solidity/Smart Contracts
##### smartcontractkit/full-blockchain-solidity-course-js
- **URL:** https://github.com/smartcontractkit/full-blockchain-solidity-course-js
- **Description:** Ultimate Web3, Solidity, and Smart Contract course
- **Quality:** Patrick Collins' highly-rated course (millions of views)
- **Coverage:** Blockchain fundamentals, Solidity, full-stack Web3
- **Status:** NO LONGER MAINTAINED - Hardhat tooling changes
- **Recommendation:** NOT RECOMMENDED - Outdated
#### Web3 Development Skills
##### Web3 Skills
- **Status:** Not found as current skill repository
- **Gap Identified:** Major gap in Web3/blockchain development skills
- **Coverage Needed:** Solidity patterns, smart contract security, Web3.js/ethers.js
- **Trends:** AI tools (ChatWeb3, Aider + Gemini for Solidity)
- **Recommendation:** **CREATE NEW** - Growing demand for Web3 skills
---
### Category 8: Mobile Development Skills
#### React Native
##### React Native AI Framework (covered above)
- **Status:** Covered in Framework-Specific section
- **Recommendation:** Already recommended
#### Flutter
##### Flutter AI Skills
- **Status:** Not found as dedicated skill repository
- **Gap Identified:** No Flutter-specific AI coding skills
- **Coverage Needed:** Dart patterns, state management (Bloc/Riverpod), widget composition
- **Community:** 143,000 GitHub stars, 130,000 Stack Overflow questions
- **Recommendation:** CONSIDER - Large community, but lower priority than React Native
---
### Category 9: Database & API Skills
#### PostgreSQL/SQL Optimization
##### PostgreSQL AI Skills
- **Status:** Not found as dedicated skill repository
- **Gap Identified:** No Postgres optimization skill repository
- **Coverage Needed:** Query optimization, indexing strategies, pgai extension
- **Trends:** 55% Postgres dev AI adoption (2024), pg-aiguide best practices
- **Recommendation:** **CREATE NEW** - High adoption rate
#### GraphQL
##### GraphQL Skills
- **Status:** Not found as dedicated skill repository
- **Gap Identified:** No GraphQL API design skill repository
- **Coverage Needed:** Schema design, resolver patterns, N+1 query prevention
- **Trends:** AI-powered field discovery, query generation (GraphQLConf 2024)
- **Recommendation:** CONSIDER - Growing but niche
---
### Category 10: Observability & Monitoring
#### Prometheus/Grafana
##### Observability Skills
- **Status:** Not found as dedicated skill repository
- **Gap Identified:** No observability/monitoring skill repository
- **Coverage Needed:** PromQL, dashboard creation, alerting rules, AI-powered anomaly detection
- **Technology:** Prometheus metrics, Grafana visualizations, AI Observability (Grafana Cloud)
- **Recommendation:** **CREATE NEW** - Critical for production systems
---
## Trending Topics & Emerging Areas (2024-2025)
### 1. **Agentic DevOps** 🔥🔥🔥
- **Trend:** Microsoft + GitHub "agentic DevOps" - AI agents collaborating on DevOps tasks
- **Evidence:** Azure Boards + GitHub Coding Agent integration (2024)
- **Impact:** 30% faster releases (GitLab AI tools, 1.5M developers)
- **Skills Needed:** Multi-agent coordination, autonomous deployment, spec-driven development
### 2. **Edge AI & Serverless Inference** 🔥🔥
- **Trend:** Running LLMs at the edge with millisecond cold starts
- **Evidence:** Cloudflare Workers AI (330+ DCs), ONNX/WebAssembly model optimization
- **Impact:** Ultra-low latency AI applications globally distributed
- **Skills Needed:** V8 isolates, edge optimization, Workers AI API
### 3. **AI-Powered Security & Vulnerability Detection** 🔥🔥🔥
- **Trend:** Agentic security researchers replacing traditional scanners
- **Evidence:** OpenAI Aardvark (92% detection), SecureVibes (4x better than single-agent)
- **Impact:** CISA pilot programs, STRIDE threat modeling automation
- **Skills Needed:** Security agent orchestration, SAST/DAST integration, remediation workflows
### 4. **Test-Driven Development with AI** 🔥🔥
- **Trend:** TDD becomes "superpower" with AI test generation
- **Evidence:** 50% dev time reduction, 40-80% bug reduction
- **Impact:** Kent Beck endorsement, GitHub Copilot TDD tutorials
- **Skills Needed:** Test-first prompting, AI-generated edge cases, mutation testing
### 5. **Model Context Protocol (MCP) Skills** 🔥🔥🔥
- **Trend:** Standardized protocol for connecting AI to data sources
- **Evidence:** Anthropic open-sourced MCP, Microsoft mcp-for-beginners curriculum
- **Impact:** SDKs for C#/Kotlin/Ruby/Go, pre-built servers (Google Drive, Slack, GitHub)
- **Skills Needed:** MCP server creation, tool integration, multi-language SDK usage
### 6. **AI Observability** 🔥
- **Trend:** Monitoring AI/LLM applications in production
- **Evidence:** Grafana AI Observability solution (2024), Prometheus + AI integration
- **Impact:** Real-time anomaly detection, predictive maintenance
- **Skills Needed:** AI metrics collection, LLM call tracing, cost/performance monitoring
### 7. **Infrastructure as Code with AI** 🔥
- **Trend:** AI-generated Terraform/CloudFormation configurations
- **Evidence:** GitHub Copilot + Terraform integration, Amazon Q Developer IaC translation
- **Impact:** Automated IaC generation, cross-framework translation
- **Skills Needed:** AI-assisted IaC design, best practices prompting, multi-cloud patterns
### 8. **Cross-Platform Mobile AI** 🔥
- **Trend:** React Native dominance for mobile AI apps
- **Evidence:** React Native 193k stars vs Flutter 143k stars
- **Impact:** Full-stack AI mobile frameworks (react-native-ai)
- **Skills Needed:** Mobile LLM integration, streaming chat UIs, on-device AI
---
## Gap Analysis: Current vs. Needed Coverage
### ✅ Well Covered (Current Repos)
1. **Core Engineering Practices** (obra/superpowers)
- TDD, systematic debugging, mandatory best practices
2. **Official Claude Skills** (anthropics/skills)
- Webapp testing, creative applications, MCP server generation
3. **Community Skills** (claude-mpm-skills)
- General productivity, automation
### ⚠️ Partially Covered (Expand Recommended)
1. **Framework-Specific Skills**
- Next.js/React (vercel/ai integration possible)
- Python/FastAPI (create dedicated skills)
2. **Testing Practices**
- Expand TDD beyond general patterns to framework-specific
### 🔴 Major Gaps (High Priority - Create New)
1. **DevOps & Infrastructure** (🔥🔥🔥 Trending)
- Kubernetes/Docker skills (k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt)
- CI/CD automation (claude-devops-agent)
- Terraform/IaC skills
- Observability (Prometheus/Grafana)
2. **Cloud & Serverless** (🔥🔥 Trending)
- AWS CDK development
- Cloudflare Workers/Edge computing
- Serverless patterns
3. **Security** (🔥🔥🔥 Trending)
- Vulnerability testing skills
- Security-first development patterns
- SAST/DAST integration
4. **Database & API**
- PostgreSQL optimization (55% adoption)
- GraphQL API design
- Database performance tuning
5. **Web3 & Blockchain**
- Solidity smart contracts
- Web3.js/ethers.js integration
- DApp development patterns
6. **Mobile Development**
- React Native AI apps (193k stars)
- Flutter development (143k stars)
7. **Data Science**
- pandas/numpy/scikit-learn patterns
- ML pipeline design
- AI/ML API design with FastAPI
---
## Quality Assessment: Top 10 Repositories
### Tier 1: Immediate Integration (Priority: 95-100)
#### 1. ⭐⭐⭐ travisvn/awesome-claude-skills
- **Stars:** Not specified (aggregator)
- **Maintenance:** Active (2024-2025)
- **Documentation:** Excellent - Curated collections with descriptions
- **Practical Value:** Very High - Aggregates best skills
- **Community:** Large Claude Code community
- **License:** Various (aggregated)
- **Integration Effort:** Low - Can reference individual skills
- **Recommendation:** **ADD AS PRIORITY 95** - Best aggregator
#### 2. ⭐⭐⭐ k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt
- **Stars:** High community engagement
- **Maintenance:** Active development (Claude Desktop integration)
- **Documentation:** Good - Analyzer documentation, Claude integration guide
- **Practical Value:** Very High - Essential for Kubernetes workflows
- **Community:** DevOps/K8s community
- **License:** Open source
- **Integration Effort:** Medium - Requires K8s context understanding
- **Recommendation:** **ADD AS PRIORITY 95** - Critical DevOps skill
#### 3. ⭐⭐⭐ vercel/ai (AI SDK)
- **Stars:** Very high (Vercel backing)
- **Maintenance:** Active - Official Vercel support
- **Documentation:** Excellent - Comprehensive tutorials
- **Practical Value:** Very High - Modern React/Next.js AI development
- **Community:** Large Next.js/React community
- **License:** Open source
- **Integration Effort:** Low - Well-documented patterns
- **Recommendation:** **ADD AS PRIORITY 95** - Modern web development
---
### Tier 2: High Value Integration (Priority: 85-90)
#### 4. ⭐⭐ olushile/claude-devops-agent
- **Stars:** Growing
- **Maintenance:** Active (2024)
- **Documentation:** Good - Comprehensive DevOps guide
- **Practical Value:** High - CI/CD, IaC, cloud management
- **Community:** Claude + DevOps intersection
- **License:** Open source
- **Integration Effort:** Medium - Requires DevOps context
- **Recommendation:** **ADD AS PRIORITY 90** - DevOps automation
#### 5. ⭐⭐ ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills
- **Stars:** Not specified (enterprise-backed)
- **Maintenance:** Active - Enterprise support
- **Documentation:** Good - Production-focused
- **Practical Value:** High - Business workflows, API integration
- **Community:** Enterprise users
- **License:** Various (aggregated)
- **Integration Effort:** Low - Aggregator with enterprise focus
- **Recommendation:** **ADD AS PRIORITY 85** - Enterprise skills
#### 6. ⭐⭐ Prat011/awesome-llm-skills
- **Stars:** Growing
- **Maintenance:** Active (2024)
- **Documentation:** Good - Multi-platform coverage
- **Practical Value:** High - Cross-platform LLM skills
- **Community:** Broader LLM ecosystem (not Claude-only)
- **License:** Various (aggregated)
- **Integration Effort:** Low - Platform-agnostic approach
- **Recommendation:** **ADD AS PRIORITY 85** - Multi-platform value
---
### Tier 3: Specialized Value (Priority: 75-80)
#### 7. ⭐ dabit3/react-native-ai
- **Stars:** Moderate-high
- **Maintenance:** Active
- **Documentation:** Good - Framework documentation
- **Practical Value:** Medium-High - Mobile AI development
- **Community:** React Native developers (193k RN stars)
- **License:** Open source
- **Integration Effort:** Medium - Mobile-specific patterns
- **Recommendation:** **ADD AS PRIORITY 80** - Mobile AI niche
#### 8. ⭐ agenticsorg/devops
- **Stars:** Emerging
- **Maintenance:** Active (OpenAI Agents SDK)
- **Documentation:** Moderate - Cutting-edge tech
- **Practical Value:** Medium-High - Autonomous DevOps
- **Community:** Agentic AI early adopters
- **License:** Open source
- **Integration Effort:** High - Novel agentic patterns
- **Recommendation:** CONSIDER (Priority 75) - Bleeding edge
#### 9. ⭐ alirezarezvani/claude-skills
- **Stars:** Growing
- **Maintenance:** Active
- **Documentation:** Good - Real-world focus
- **Practical Value:** Medium-High - Practical implementations
- **Community:** Claude users
- **License:** Open source
- **Integration Effort:** Low - Similar format to existing repos
- **Recommendation:** **ADD AS PRIORITY 80** - Complements existing
#### 10. ⭐ Shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps
- **Stars:** High (20.7k+ in related ML repos)
- **Maintenance:** Active (2024)
- **Documentation:** Good - RAG, multi-agent patterns
- **Practical Value:** Medium-High - Modern LLM patterns
- **Community:** LLM application developers
- **License:** Open source
- **Integration Effort:** Medium - Application templates vs. skills
- **Recommendation:** CONSIDER (Priority 75) - Application focus
---
## Recommendations for mcp-skillset
### Immediate Actions (Add These Repositories)
**Priority 1: Aggregators & Core Skills (Priority: 95)**
```python
{
"url": "https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.git",
"priority": 95,
"license": "MIT", # Verify
}
```
**Priority 2: DevOps & Infrastructure (Priority: 90-95)**
```python
{
"url": "https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt.git",
"priority": 95,
"license": "Apache-2.0", # Verify
}
{
"url": "https://github.com/olushile/claude-devops-agent.git",
"priority": 90,
"license": "MIT", # Verify
}
```
**Priority 3: Modern Web Development (Priority: 90-95)**
```python
{
"url": "https://github.com/vercel/ai.git",
"priority": 95,
"license": "Apache-2.0", # Verify
}
```
**Priority 4: Cross-Platform & Enterprise (Priority: 85)**
```python
{
"url": "https://github.com/ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills.git",
"priority": 85,
"license": "MIT", # Verify
}
{
"url": "https://github.com/Prat011/awesome-llm-skills.git",
"priority": 85,
"license": "MIT", # Verify
}
```
**Priority 5: Specialized Skills (Priority: 80)**
```python
{
"url": "https://github.com/dabit3/react-native-ai.git",
"priority": 80,
"license": "MIT", # Verify
}
{
"url": "https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git",
"priority": 80,
"license": "MIT", # Verify
}
```
### Create New Skill Repositories (High Demand, No Existing Repos)
**Critical Gaps to Fill:**
1. **FastAPI/Python Web Development Skills**
- Coverage: API design, async patterns, Pydantic validation, ML endpoint design
- Justification: FastAPI is #1 framework for AI/ML APIs, no dedicated skills repo
2. **Terraform/Infrastructure as Code Skills**
- Coverage: HCL syntax, module design, state management, multi-cloud patterns
- Justification: IaC critical for modern DevOps, AI-enhanced IaC trending
3. **PostgreSQL/Database Optimization Skills**
- Coverage: Query optimization, indexing, pgai extension, performance tuning
- Justification: 55% Postgres dev AI adoption, high demand
4. **Observability & Monitoring Skills**
- Coverage: Prometheus, Grafana, PromQL, alerting, AI anomaly detection
- Justification: Critical for production systems, AI observability trending
5. **Cloudflare Workers/Edge Computing Skills**
- Coverage: V8 isolates, Wrangler CLI, Workers AI, edge optimization
- Justification: Edge AI trending, 330+ DCs, serverless future
6. **Security & Vulnerability Testing Skills**
- Coverage: SAST/DAST integration, security-first patterns, agentic security
- Justification: 92% AI detection rates, CISA endorsement, critical need
7. **Web3/Blockchain Development Skills**
- Coverage: Solidity patterns, smart contract security, Web3.js/ethers.js
- Justification: Growing Web3 development, existing repos outdated
---
## Marketplace & Discovery
### SkillsMP (skillsmp.com)
- **Description:** 13,000+ GitHub skills repository marketplace
- **Features:** Smart search, category filtering, quality indicators
- **Value:** Skill discovery across thousands of repos
- **Integration:** Consider API integration for automatic skill discovery
- **Recommendation:** Monitor for trending skills, quality-verified repos
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## Technical Considerations
### SKILL.md Format Standards
All repositories should follow Claude's standard format:
```markdown
---
name: Skill Name (max 64 chars)
description: What the skill does (max 200 chars)
---
# Skill Instructions
[Detailed markdown instructions]
```
### Repository Structure
```
skill-repo/
├── skill-name/
│ ├── SKILL.md # Required
│ ├── scripts/ # Optional executables
│ └── resources/ # Optional supporting files
```
### License Verification Required
- ALL repository licenses must be verified before integration
- Ensure compatibility with mcp-skillset license
- Document license in repository metadata
### Quality Criteria for Addition
1. **Active Maintenance:** Commits within last 6 months
2. **Documentation Quality:** Clear SKILL.md with examples
3. **Practical Value:** Real-world applicability
4. **Community Engagement:** GitHub stars, issues, PRs
5. **License Compatibility:** Open source, permissive licenses
---
## Monitoring Strategy
### Ongoing Research Areas
1. **GitHub Topics:** Monitor `claude-skills`, `mcp-skills`, `ai-coding-skills`
2. **Community Hubs:** SkillsMP marketplace, awesome-* lists
3. **Framework Updates:** Track Vercel AI SDK, Anthropic skills repo updates
4. **Emerging Technologies:** Edge AI, agentic DevOps, AI observability
5. **Security Trends:** AI vulnerability detection, secure coding patterns
### Quarterly Review Recommendations
- Re-run skill repository search (emerging repos)
- Verify repository maintenance status (abandon unmaintained)
- Update priority scores based on technology trends
- Check for new framework-specific skill repos
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## Conclusion
This research identified **15+ high-quality repositories** ready for integration into mcp-skillset, with **7 critical gaps** requiring new skill repository creation. The findings reveal strong trends in **agentic DevOps** (🔥🔥🔥), **AI-powered security** (🔥🔥🔥), and **edge AI** (🔥🔥), representing the future of AI-assisted development.
### Immediate Next Steps
1. ✅ Add 7 recommended repositories (Priority: 80-95)
2. 🔲 Verify licenses for all new repositories
3. 🔲 Create 7 new skill repositories for critical gaps
4. 🔲 Integrate SkillsMP API for automatic discovery
5. 🔲 Establish quarterly review process
### Long-Term Vision
Position mcp-skillset as the **comprehensive skill aggregator** across:
- Official repositories (Anthropic, framework authors)
- Community-curated collections (awesome-* lists)
- Specialized domain skills (DevOps, security, Web3, mobile)
- Framework-specific patterns (Next.js, FastAPI, Kubernetes)
- Emerging technologies (edge AI, agentic systems, observability)
---
**Research Metadata:**
- Web searches conducted: 15
- Repositories evaluated: 30+
- Categories identified: 10
- Trending topics: 8
- Quality tier 1 repos: 3
- Immediate additions recommended: 7
- New repos to create: 7
**Memory Usage:** Efficient - Used WebSearch and strategic sampling, minimal file reading
**Capture:** Saved to /Users/masa/Projects/mcp-skillset/docs/research/open-source-skill-repositories-2025-11-25.md