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 creation date, newest first; undated entries come last. 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

    Other
    Active

    🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman

    Go
    • ai
    • anthropic
    • caveman
    • claude
    • claude-code

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    103 166GitHub stars+1 517 (+1.5 %)
  2. 2

    Skill
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    Turn any codebase, with its docs, SQL schemas, configs, and PDFs, into a queryable knowledge graph. A /graphify skill for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI: local deterministic AST parsing, every edge explained, no vector store.

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • ai-agents
    • antigravity
    • ast
    • claude-code
    • code-analysis

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Graphify-Labs/graphify ~/.claude/skills/graphify

    114 470GitHub stars+2 426 (+2.2 %)
  3. 3

    Skill
    Active

    Security scanner for AI agent skills. Detect vulnerabilities, malicious patterns, security risks, prompt injection, data exfiltration, and supply-chain risks in Claude Code, Codex, and MCP skills before you install them.

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • agent-security
    • agent-skills
    • agentic-ai
    • ai-security
    • claude-code

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector ~/.claude/skills/SkillSpector

    15 926GitHub stars+792 (+5.2 %)
  4. 4

    Other
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    Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and VPS.

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • ade
    • agent-ide
    • ai-agents
    • claude-code
    • cli

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    61 101GitHub stars+4 826 (+8.6 %)
  5. 5

    Other
    Active

    AI-powered bug bounty hunting toolkit that works with or without subscription.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai-security
    • bug-bounty
    • bugcrowd
    • claude-ai
    • claude-code

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    4 693GitHub stars+127 (+2.8 %)
  6. 6

    MCP
    Active

    From text & real sources to maintainable .drawio architecture models: Diagram IR with source-kind profiles, incremental sync preserving manual layout, multi-view projection, architecture-as-test with a CI action, query/review, what-if,…

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • architecture
    • architecture-diagram
    • bpmn
    • c4-model

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    9 018GitHub stars+829 (+10.1 %)
  7. 7

    Skill
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    817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents · Mapped to 6 frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF 2.0, MITRE ATLAS, D3FEND, NIST AI RMF & MITRE F3 (Fight Fraud) · agentskills.io standard · Works with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex CLI,…

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • ai-agents
    • claude-code
    • cloud-security
    • cybersecurity
    • devsecops

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills ~/.claude/skills/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills

    32 124GitHub stars+598 (+1.9 %)
  8. 8

    Other
    Active

    Give your AI agent eyes to see the entire internet. Read & search Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili, XiaoHongShu — one CLI, zero API fees.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-infrastructure
    • ai-agent
    • ai-search
    • automation
    • bilibili

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    77 842GitHub stars+1 466 (+1.9 %)
  9. 9

    Agent
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    Taste-Skill - gives your AI good taste. stops the AI from generating boring, generic slop

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent
    • ai
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • codex

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    82 205GitHub stars+277 (+0.34 %)
  10. 10

    Skill
    Active

    Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • antigravity
    • claude-code
    • codex
    • cursor

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills ~/.claude/skills/agent-skills

    92 069GitHub stars+1 535 (+1.7 %)
  11. 11

    Skill
    Active

    Agent skills for solving CTF challenges - web exploitation, binary pwn, crypto, reverse engineering, forensics, OSINT, and more

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skills
    • codex
    • codex-cli

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/ljagiello/ctf-skills ~/.claude/skills/ctf-skills

    3 168GitHub stars+40 (+1.3 %)

Learning resources

Ranked by creation date, newest first; undated entries come last. These resources remain available separately and do not take part in the main tool ranking.

  1. 1

    claude-code-skills-zh

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    面向中文开发者的 Claude Code Skills / Agents / Plugins 精选与原创技能库｜按场景分类｜复制即装｜持续更新

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai-agent
    • awesome-list
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    • developer-tools
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/laolaoshiren/claude-code-skills-zh ~/.claude/skills/claude-code-skills-zh

    Resourcemeasured growth
    816GitHub stars+11 (+1.4 %)
  2. 2

    awesome-nuwa

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Awesome list of 女娲.skill — 用女娲蒸馏的人物思维框架合集 | Distilled human thinking frameworks for Claude Code

    Ruby
    • agent-skills
    • awesome-list
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skills
    • digital-life
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/nuwa-skills/awesome-nuwa ~/.claude/skills/awesome-nuwa

    Resourcemeasured growth
    351GitHub stars+16 (+4.8 %)
  3. 3

    antivibe

    Other
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Learn what AI writes, not just accept it. A Claude Code skill that turns AI-generated code into educational deep dives.

    ShellLicense: MIT
    • ai
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skill
    • code-explanation
    • education
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    1 099GitHub stars+5 (+0.46 %)
  4. 4

    awesome-human-distillation

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A curated catalog of human distillliation agent skills

    Python
    • agent-skills
    • awesome-list
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skills
    • digital-life
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/mliu98/awesome-human-distillation ~/.claude/skills/awesome-human-distillation

    Resourcemeasured growth
    740GitHub stars+6 (+0.82 %)
  5. 5

    cc-skills-golang

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    🧑‍🎨 A collection of Golang agentic skills that works

    GoLicense: MIT
    • agent
    • agent-skills
    • ai
    • antigravity
    • claude
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/samber/cc-skills-golang ~/.claude/skills/cc-skills-golang

    Resourcemeasured growth
    3 158GitHub stars+60 (+1.9 %)
  6. 6

    mex

    MCP
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Persistent project memory for AI coding agents. Structured scaffold + drift detection CLI.

    TypeScriptLicense: MIT
    • claude-code
    • claude-code-skills
    • cli-tool
    • code-graph
    • codex
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    1 541GitHub stars+9 (+0.59 %)
  7. 7

    vexjoy-agent

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    VexJoy AI Agent with Intelligent Routing - /do routes plain-English requests to the right specialist agent and gates the work with reviews, tests, and a learning loop.

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • ai
    • ai-agents
    • ai-pipelines
    • ai-skills
    • ai-workflows
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent ~/.claude/skills/vexjoy-agent

    Resourcemeasured growth
    419GitHub stars+2 (+0.48 %)
  8. 8

    finance-skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A collection of skills for AI financial analysis.

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • claude-code
    • skills
    • trading
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/himself65/finance-skills ~/.claude/skills/finance-skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    3 281GitHub stars+26 (+0.80 %)
  9. 9

    Bloom

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Hire a private AI tutor for anything — it reads how you actually learn and teaches the next lesson just for you. Bloom's 2-Sigma research as a Claude Code skill + self-hostable web app · 中文优先 苏格拉底式 AI 家教

    PythonLicense: MIT
    • adaptive-learning
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agent
    • ai-tutor
    • bloom-2-sigma
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/Li-Evan/Bloom ~/.claude/skills/Bloom

    Resourcemeasured growth
    249GitHub stars+3 (+1.2 %)
  10. 10

    awesome-skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Community collection of Apify agent skills for AI coding assistants

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • actor
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agents
    • apify
    • awesome-list
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/apify/awesome-skills ~/.claude/skills/awesome-skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    248GitHub stars-1 (-0.40 %)
  11. 11

    awesome-design-skills

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    List of 67 awesome DESIGN.md and SKILL.md design skill files for agentic tools like Claude Design, Google Stitch, Codex, Cursor, and other AI tools

    License: MIT
    • agent-skills
    • agentic-ai
    • agentic-workflow
    • agents
    • ai
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/bergside/awesome-design-skills ~/.claude/skills/awesome-design-skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    2 656GitHub stars+85 (+3.3 %)
  12. 12

    human-skill-tree

    MCP
    DormantOpen source ↗

    🌳 AI-Powered Skill Tree for Lifelong Human Learning. 30+ skills from K-12 to career & social intelligence, built on cognitive science. | 人类养成记：AI 驱动的终身学习技能树

    TypeScript
    • agent-skills
    • ai-education
    • ai-learning
    • ai-tutor
    • chatgpt
    githubResourcemeasured growth
    543GitHub stars+5 (+0.93 %)
  13. 13

    explore-claude-code

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    Learn Claude Code by exploring it as it was designed - interactive IDE-style docs for commands, MCP, skills, CLAUDE.md and more.

    JavaScriptLicense: MIT
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/LukeRenton/explore-claude-code ~/.claude/skills/explore-claude-code

    Resourcemeasured growth
    308GitHub stars-1 (-0.32 %)
  14. 14

    Skills-4-SE

    Skill
    ActiveOpen source ↗

    A curated list of 180+ useful Claude Skills for Software Engineering and resources for customizing AI for SE workflows.

    PythonLicense: Apache-2.0
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • claude-skills
    • metaprogramming
    • software-development
    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE ~/.claude/skills/Skills-4-SE

    Resourcemeasured growth
    247GitHub stars+7 (+2.9 %)