Coding assistants: tools for developers

Programming assistants, code generation tools and developer copilots. An entry can appear under several use cases when its topics or description provide several explicit signals.

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Ranked by measured growth, normalized across sources. Raw values keep their source-specific window, shown under each tool; a change requires at least two snapshots from the last 7 days.

  1. 1
    Active

    Turn Claude into a Senior Design Architect — DTCG design tokens, 42 components, WCAG 2.2 accessibility, any-framework code, 138 design systems, and runnable skills.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills ~/.claude/skills/ux-ui-agent-skills

    873GitHub stars+66 (+8.2 %)
  2. 2
    Active

    Agent skill: generate Mermaid diagrams (.mmd), validate via Kroki-first loop, export PNG/SVG/PDF via mmdc or Kroki. Mermaid.live handoff, repo-survey batch mode, vision self-check, 17+ diagram types.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Agents365-ai/mermaid-skill ~/.claude/skills/mermaid-skill

    217GitHub stars+16 (+8.0 %)
  3. 3

    Skill
    Active

    Creative coding skills for Claude: animations, 3D, design systems, motion principles

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/AThevon/genjutsu ~/.claude/skills/genjutsu

    316GitHub stars+23 (+7.8 %)
  4. 4
    Active

    The trust layer for agent-to-agent commerce — natural-language mandates, ERC-7710 delegated permissions, x402 payments, escrow, and dispute resolution as one open, catch-all Agent Skill / Claude Code plugin.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/internet-court/internet-court-skill ~/.claude/skills/internet-court-skill

    5 359GitHub stars+390 (+7.8 %)
  5. 5

    Skill
    Active

    Agent skill that removes signs of AI-generated writing from text

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/blader/humanizer ~/.claude/skills/humanizer

    41 622GitHub stars+2 996 (+7.8 %)
  6. 6

    Skill
    Active

    Deterministic prose checks for clearer coding-agent responses

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Vistyy/nopus ~/.claude/skills/nopus

    270GitHub stars+19 (+7.6 %)
  7. 7
    Active

    A browser inside your terminal

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/zenbu-labs/terminal-browser ~/.claude/skills/terminal-browser

    2 565GitHub stars+177 (+7.4 %)
  8. 8
    Active

    AI 解说大师 — Agent skill;封装 narrator-ai-cli 供 Claude/Codex 等工具调用

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/NarratorAI-Studio/narrator-ai-cli-skill ~/.claude/skills/narrator-ai-cli-skill

    2 535GitHub stars+173 (+7.3 %)
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    Skill
    Active

    Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail

    123 672GitHub stars+8 182 (+7.1 %)
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    Active

    38 editorial diagram types for Claude Code, Codex, and Pi. Self-contained HTML + SVG. No shadows. No Mermaid slop.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/cathrynlavery/diagram-design ~/.claude/skills/diagram-design

    30 343GitHub stars+2 006 (+7.1 %)
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    Skill
    Active

    Run Claude Design locally as an Agent Skill — Cursor, Claude Code & more. Produce polished UI mockups, prototypes, decks & wireframes as self-contained HTML, without claude.ai/design. Best with Opus 4.8.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/JimLiu/baoyu-design ~/.claude/skills/baoyu-design

    3 872GitHub stars+241 (+6.6 %)
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    Skill
    Active

    An AI workflow skill pack for research, competitions, and innovation projects.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Light0305/Light-skills ~/.claude/skills/Light-skills

    582GitHub stars+36 (+6.6 %)
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    Skill
    Active

    AI agent skills for the personal operator's craft — decisions, research, second-brain, content rotation, scenario modeling, and meta-skills to author more. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/coreyhaines31/makerskills ~/.claude/skills/makerskills

    767GitHub stars+47 (+6.5 %)
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    Active

    Free, open-source AI writing humanizer and detector. 55 patterns, 5 voices, a 0-100 AI-tell score, and nothing leaves your machine.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add Aboudjem/humanizer-skill

    214GitHub stars+13 (+6.5 %)
  15. 15
    Active

    A fork of Windows Terminal with native agent integration, right in your command line.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    1 915GitHub stars+113 (+6.3 %)
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    Skill
    Active

    去 AI 味:去除简体中文 AI 写作痕迹 / Chinese humanizer skill

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/LifelongLazyLearner/qu-ai-wei ~/.claude/skills/qu-ai-wei

    527GitHub stars+31 (+6.2 %)
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    Active

    Autoprompt is a coding-agent skill that cuts failures by 45% on agentic coding tasks.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Spielewoy/autoprompt-skill ~/.claude/skills/autoprompt-skill

    982GitHub stars+57 (+6.2 %)
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    Dormant

    Socratic method teaching skill for Claude Code — guides users to discover answers through questioning

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill ~/.claude/skills/socrates-skill

    297GitHub stars+17 (+6.1 %)
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    Other
    Active

    Universal provider proxy for OpenAI Codex & Claude Code — use any LLM (Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Ollama…) with Codex CLI, App, SDK, and Claude Code

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    13 205GitHub stars+746 (+6.0 %)
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    Active

    Claude Codeの生成結果、ぜんぶ見やすくまとめよう

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    90GitHub stars+5 (+5.9 %)
  21. 21

    Agent
    Active

    Never stop coding. Free MIT AI gateway: one endpoint, 352 providers (150+ free), 1200+ models Kimi, Claude, GPT, Gemini, GLM, DeepSeek, MiniMax. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Cline & Copilot. Quota-aware auto-fallback,…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    60 922GitHub stars+3 334 (+5.8 %)
  22. 22

    CLI
    Active

    DSH 官方公众号收录的 TUI 补位插件:Claude Code 风,鲸鱼顶栏/实时状态/流式思考/双击 Esc 回滚/上下文进度+TPS。npm 一键装。 DSH official WeChat featured TUI plugin — Claude Code style: whale bar, live status, streaming thoughts, double-Esc rollback, context bar + TPS. npm one-click.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    2 817GitHub stars+151 (+5.7 %)
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    Skill
    Active

    Turn one topic into a finished Vox-style paper-collage explainer/ad video — automated end to end on Atlas Cloud + ffmpeg. An agent skill.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Alisa0808/vox-director ~/.claude/skills/vox-director

    1 717GitHub stars+92 (+5.7 %)

Learning resources

Ranked by measured growth, normalized across sources. These resources remain available separately and do not take part in the main tool ranking.

  1. 1
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Autoharness — a self-learning skill layer for Claude Code — distills skills from your real sessions, updates them as you work, and prunes the ones that stop getting used. No daemon, no benchmark.

    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add tigerless-labs/autoharness

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 411GitHub stars+89 (+6.7 %)
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    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A collection of 265 rules across 26 categories that AI coding agents can use to write idiomatic, fast, and safe Rust.

    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/leonardomso/rust-skills ~/.claude/skills/rust-skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    482GitHub stars+27 (+5.9 %)