create-skill
Guides users through creating effective Agent Skills for Cursor
Install / Use
npx skills add xstongxue/best-skills --skill skill-createInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
AutomationSupported Platforms
Our assessment of create-skill
create-skill scores 83/100 on our quality scale, 1458th of 2,035 Automation 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 2,907 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 15 days ago, so create-skill is actively maintained.
- It is released under the Apache-2.0 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.
create-skill compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than create-skill; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| create-skill (this skill)by xstongxue | 83 | 2.9k | 15d ago | SKILL.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 85.9k | 13d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| rufloby ruvnet | 100 | 73.4k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| Scraplingby D4Vinci | 100 | 84.2k | 1d ago | MCP Server |
| algorithmic-artby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 6d ago | SKILL.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install create-skill?
- Run
npx skills add xstongxue/best-skills --skill create-skill. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does create-skill work with?
- It is written for Cursor and Zed, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is create-skill safe to use?
- It is Apache-2.0-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 create-skill still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 15 days ago, so create-skill 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.