effective-agent-skills
Write, review, and debug agent skills
Install / Use
npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill effective-agent-skillsInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
Content & MediaSupported Platforms
Our assessment of effective-agent-skills
effective-agent-skills scores 80/100 on our quality scale, 433rd of 622 Content & Media skills we index.
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 4,079 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 3 days ago, so effective-agent-skills is actively maintained.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
effective-agent-skills compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than effective-agent-skills; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| effective-agent-skills (this skill)by davidondrej | 80 | 4.1k | 3d ago | SKILL.md |
| siyuanby siyuan-note | 100 | 46.5k | today | MCP Server |
| algorithmic-artby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 5d ago | SKILL.md |
| pptxby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 5d ago | SKILL.md |
| designby nextlevelbuilder | 100 | 130.2k | 6d ago | SKILL.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install effective-agent-skills?
- Run
npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill effective-agent-skills. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does effective-agent-skills work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is effective-agent-skills safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is effective-agent-skills still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 3 days ago, so effective-agent-skills is actively maintained.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.