Skills Board vs skills.sh
Skills Board vs skills.sh
skills.sh is a public directory. It ranks skills by install count, installs any of them with npx skills add, and offers packs that bundle public skills, private files, and repository skills behind a single install command.
Skills Board is the organization-scoped list of skills your own team decided to recommend, with search, team tags, the original source for every entry, and an authenticated MCP endpoint a compatible agent can query.
These are different jobs, and they compose. Skills Board reads the public skills.sh catalog in Discover, so you can browse there and save what your team recommends here.
Comparison last checked August 9, 2026. Every claim about skills.sh links to a public page you can check yourself.
01 / Context
What sends people looking for something else
A directory answers what exists. It does not answer what your team recommends.
- Leaderboard position is aggregate install count, not a judgement about whether a skill suits your team.
- A pack is unlisted rather than access-controlled, so anyone holding the URL can view and install it.
- Creating and managing packs requires signing in with Vercel, which not every team has.
- The directory has no place to record why your team picked one skill over the other four that do the same thing.
- Teammates who do not work from a CLI need somewhere to look that is not an install command.
02 / Comparison
Side by side
Both are useful. This is which one answers which question.
| Dimension | Skills Board | skills.sh |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An organization-scoped library of the skills your team recommends. | A public directory of agent skills, described on its own site as the Agent Skills Directory, with topics, an official set, and security audits.skills.sh homepage |
| How something gets listed | A teammate deliberately saves it to the team library. | Skills appear on the leaderboard automatically through anonymous telemetry when people run npx skills add.skills.sh FAQ |
| Grouping a set of skills | Collections inside your team library, plus team-defined tags. | Packs, described as unlisted collections that can combine public skills, private files, and skills from GitHub repositories you can access.skills.sh packs documentation |
| Who can see the set | The teammates you invite to the organization. | Packs are unlisted, not access-controlled: anyone with the pack URL can view and install it.skills.sh packs documentation |
| Account needed to create one | A free Skills Board account. | Sign in with Vercel to own and manage packs.skills.sh packs documentation |
| Ways to use a skill | Original source, install command, ZIP of the latest files, or an authenticated MCP endpoint for a compatible agent. | The skills CLI, with npx skills add owner/repo for a skill and npx skills add a pack URL for a pack.skills.sh documentationskills.sh packs documentation |
| Programmatic access | An authenticated MCP endpoint, listed on the Official MCP Registry as io.github.TommyBez/skillsboard, with browser sign-in and no API key to copy. | A REST API under /api/v1, authenticated with a Vercel project OIDC token.skills.sh API reference |
| Safety posture | A saved skill is a team recommendation, not a formal security review, approval, or compatibility certification. | Routine security audits with partner results per skill, alongside its own note that it cannot guarantee the quality or security of every listed skill.skills.sh documentationskills.sh API reference |
| Openness and cost | Free forever, MIT licensed, code public on GitHub. | The skills CLI that powers the leaderboard is open source at github.com/vercel-labs/skills.skills.sh documentation |
03 / Pick the other one
When skills.sh is the better choice
Reach for the directory when the question is about the ecosystem.
- You are surveying what exists and want popularity signal. The leaderboard is built from aggregate install counts from the CLI.
- You want third-party audit results before installing a public skill. skills.sh publishes partner audit results per skill.
- You want one install command that works for anyone holding the link, including people outside your company, since installing a pack does not require a sign-in.
- Your whole team lives in the CLI and installs from it, so a browsable list is not what is missing.
- You are already a Vercel team and packs fit your existing accounts.
04 / Pick the library
When a team library fits better
Skills Board starts from your team's judgement rather than the ecosystem's.
- Your list is much smaller than the directory because it is only what your team recommends.
- You want the set scoped to invited teammates rather than reachable by anyone with a URL.
- You want to search by task and by tags your team invented, not by install count.
- You want a compatible agent to query the same team list over an authenticated MCP endpoint.
- You want the original source visible on every entry so a teammate can read it before using it.
05 / How to run it
Using both together
Skills Board reads the public skills.sh catalog in Discover, so this is additive.
- Keep browsing skills.sh for discovery, audits, and popularity signal.
- Create a team library and save the skills your team actually recommends, each one from its original source.
- Search the public catalog from inside Skills Board's Discover and save straight from there.
- Add team tags and a short note explaining why the skill made the list.
- Invite teammates, or connect a compatible agent over MCP so it can search the same list.
06 / Questions
Frequently asked questions
- Is Skills Board a replacement for skills.sh?
- No. skills.sh is a public directory for discovering what exists across the ecosystem. Skills Board records the smaller set your own team recommends. Skills Board reads the public skills.sh catalog in Discover, so teams commonly use both.
- Is a Skills Board team library public?
- No. A team library is scoped to your organization and teammates join by invitation.
- What can a connected agent do through Skills Board's MCP?
- With the granted scopes, a compatible agent can list and search team skills and collections, retrieve install commands, discover public and repository skills, save new skills, and organize collections. It cannot edit or delete saved team skills, install them, or run them.
- What does Skills Board cost?
- The hosted product is free forever, with no trial, credit card, or paid tier. The code is MIT licensed and open source.
Sources
- skills.sh homepage
The Agent Skills Directory, the leaderboard, topics, official set, and security audits.
- skills.sh documentation
The install command, how the leaderboard is ranked, routine security audits, the quality and security note, and the open-source CLI.
- skills.sh packs documentation
Packs as unlisted collections, Vercel sign-in to manage them, and the note that packs are not access-controlled.
- skills.sh FAQ
How skills reach the leaderboard through anonymous telemetry, and that installing a pack needs only the URL.
- skills.sh API reference
Endpoints under /api/v1, Vercel OIDC authentication, and the per-skill security audit endpoint.
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Put your team's recommendations somewhere everyone can find them.
Free forever, MIT licensed, and open source. Create a library, save the first skill, and invite the people who keep asking.