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Awesome Agent Skills MCP Server

Awesome Agent Skills MCP Server

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to 100+ curated AI agent skills from the

Transform your AI assistants into specialized experts with skills from Anthropic, Vercel, Trail of Bits, Hugging Face, Stripe, Expo, and many more leading organizations.

πŸš€ Quick Start

npx awesome-agent-skills-mcp

That's it! Add to your MCP client config and start using 100+ AI skills.


Table of Contents


Features

  • 100+ Curated Skills - Access skills from top organizations including Anthropic, Vercel, Trail of Bits, Hugging Face, and more

  • Auto-Sync - Automatically fetches and updates skills from the VoltAgent repository

  • MCP 2024-11-05 Compliant - Full compatibility with the latest Model Context Protocol specification

  • Multi-Client Support - Works with Claude, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, and any MCP-compatible client

  • Smart Caching - Efficient JSON-based caching for fast startup times

  • Type-Safe - Built with TypeScript and Zod for runtime validation

  • Zero Configuration - Works out of the box with sensible defaults


Quick Start

npx awesome-agent-skills-mcp

Global Installation

npm install -g awesome-agent-skills-mcp awesome-agent-skills-mcp

Installation

Prerequisites

  • Node.js >= 20.0.0

  • npm or yarn

From npm

npm install awesome-agent-skills-mcp

From Source

git clone https://github.com/shadowrootdev/awesome-agent-skills-mcp.git cd awesome-agent-skills-mcp npm install npm run build

Configuration

VS Code / GitHub Copilot

Create or update .vscode/mcp.json in your project:

{ "servers": { "awesome-agent-skills": { "command": "npx", "args": ["awesome-agent-skills-mcp"] } } }

Or with a local installation:

{ "servers": { "awesome-agent-skills": { "command": "node", "args": ["/path/to/awesome-agent-skills-mcp/dist/index.js"] } } }

Important: After adding the configuration, fully quit VS Code (Cmd+Q / Alt+F4) and reopen it for changes to take effect.

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{ "mcpServers": { "awesome-agent-skills": { "command": "npx", "args": ["awesome-agent-skills-mcp"] } } }

OpenCode

Add to ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json:

{ "mcp": { "awesome-agent-skills": { "type": "local", "command": ["npx", "awesome-agent-skills-mcp"], "enabled": true } } }

Environment Variables

Variable

Default

Description

SKILLS_REPO_URL

https://github.com/VoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills.git

Skills repository URL

SKILLS_CACHE_DIR

.cache

Cache directory path

SKILLS_SYNC_INTERVAL

60

Auto-sync interval in minutes (0 to disable)

LOG_LEVEL

info

Logging level (debug, info, warn, error)


Available Skills

The server provides access to 100+ skills from leading organizations:

Anthropic

Document processing, presentation creation, spreadsheet manipulation, PDF handling, algorithmic art, MCP building, and more.

Skill

Description

docx

Create, edit, and analyze Word documents

pptx

PowerPoint presentation creation and editing

xlsx

Spreadsheet manipulation with formulas

pdf

PDF processing and form filling

mcp-builder

Guide for creating MCP servers

webapp-testing

Playwright-based web app testing

Vercel

React and Next.js best practices, deployment, and performance optimization.

Skill

Description

react-best-practices

React performance optimization guidelines

next-best-practices

Next.js conventions and patterns

web-design-guidelines

UI/UX compliance review

vercel-deploy

Deploy apps to Vercel

Trail of Bits

Security analysis, smart contract auditing, and code review tools.

Skill

Description

building-secure-contracts

Smart contract security toolkit

semgrep-rule-creator

Create custom Semgrep rules

property-based-testing

Property-based testing guidance

static-analysis

Static analysis tooling

Hugging Face

ML model training, dataset management, and Hub operations.

Skill

Description

hugging-face-cli

HF Hub CLI operations

hugging-face-datasets

Dataset creation and management

hugging-face-model-trainer

Model fine-tuning with TRL

hugging-face-evaluation

Model evaluation workflows

Sentry

Code review, commit conventions, and PR automation.

Skill

Description

code-review

Sentry engineering code review practices

commit

Conventional commit messages

create-pr

PR creation following Sentry conventions

find-bugs

Bug and vulnerability detection

And Many More...

  • Stripe - Payment integration best practices

  • Expo - React Native app development

  • n8n - Workflow automation patterns

  • Sanity - CMS best practices

  • Neon - Serverless Postgres

  • Remotion - Programmatic video creation


MCP Tools

The server exposes four MCP tools:

list_skills

List all available skills with optional filtering.

// List all skills { } // Filter by source { "source": "repository" } // Filter by tag { "tag": "security" }

get_skill

Get detailed information about a specific skill.

{ "skill_id": "react-best-practices" }

invoke_skill

Invoke a skill with optional parameters.

{ "skill_id": "docx", "parameters": { "document_type": "report" } }

refresh_skills

Manually trigger a skills refresh from the repository.

{ }

Usage Examples

In GitHub Copilot Chat

@workspace Use the react-best-practices skill to review my React components
@workspace List all available security-related skills
@workspace Get the stripe-best-practices skill and apply it to my checkout code

In Claude

What skills are available for Next.js development?
Use the code-review skill to analyze my pull request

Development

Setup

git clone https://github.com/shadowrootdev/awesome-agent-skills-mcp.git cd awesome-agent-skills-mcp npm install

Build

npm run build

Run Tests

# Run all tests npm test # Run tests in watch mode npm run test:watch # Run integration tests only npm run test:integration

Lint & Format

npm run lint npm run format

Project Structure

awesome-agent-skills-mcp/ β”œβ”€β”€ src/ β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ index.ts # Entry point β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ server.ts # MCP server implementation β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ config.ts # Configuration management β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ models/ β”‚ β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ skill.ts # Skill type definitions β”‚ β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ parameter.ts # Parameter schemas β”‚ β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ registry.ts # SkillRegistry class β”‚ β”‚ └── repository.ts # Repository source model β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ services/ β”‚ β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ git-sync.ts # Git repository sync β”‚ β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ skill-parser.ts # Skill parsing from README β”‚ β”‚ └── skill-executor.ts # Skill invocation β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ cache/ β”‚ β”‚ └── cache-manager.ts # JSON-based caching β”‚ └── utils/ β”‚ └── logger.ts # Structured logging β”œβ”€β”€ tests/ β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ unit/ # Unit tests β”‚ └── integration/ # Integration tests β”œβ”€β”€ dist/ # Compiled output └── .cache/ # Runtime cache (gitignored)

API Reference

Skill Object

interface Skill { id: string; // Unique identifier name: string; // Display name description: string; // Short description source: 'repository' | 'local'; sourcePath: string; // GitHub URL or local path content: string; // Full skill content (markdown) parameters: ParameterSchema[]; metadata: { author?: string; version?: string; tags?: string[]; requirements?: string[]; sourceOrg?: string; // GitHub organization sourceRepo?: string; // GitHub repository }; lastUpdated: Date; }

Parameter Schema

interface ParameterSchema { name: string; type: 'string' | 'number' | 'boolean' | 'object' | 'array'; description: string; required: boolean; default?: unknown; enum?: unknown[]; }

Troubleshooting

Skills Not Loading

  1. Check cache: Delete .cache directory and restart

  2. Verify network: Ensure access to GitHub

  3. Check logs: Set LOG_LEVEL=debug for verbose output

GitHub Copilot Not Seeing Skills

  1. Full restart required: Quit VS Code completely (Cmd+Q) and reopen

  2. Check config path: Ensure .vscode/mcp.json is in the workspace root

  3. Verify server: Run npx awesome-agent-skills-mcp manually to test

Connection Errors

# Test the server manually echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2024-11-05","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"test","version":"1.0.0"}}}' | npx awesome-agent-skills-mcp

Credits

This project is built on top of the incredible work by the open-source community:

Data Source

VoltAgent Awesome Agent Skills - A curated collection of AI agent skills maintained by VoltAgent. This MCP server fetches and serves skills from this repository, making them accessible to MCP-compatible AI assistants.

Skill Contributors

Skills in this collection are contributed by leading organizations including:

  • Anthropic - Document processing, art generation, MCP building

  • Vercel - React, Next.js, deployment

  • Trail of Bits - Security analysis, smart contracts

  • Hugging Face - ML workflows, model training

  • Sentry - Code review, commit conventions

  • Expo - React Native development

  • Stripe - Payment integrations

  • And many more contributors!

Technologies


Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our contributing guidelines before submitting PRs.

  1. Fork the repository

  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)

  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')

  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)

  5. Open a Pull Request


License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.



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