# com.skillmd/skillmd (remote · api.skillmd.com)

Search, fetch, lint, and install Agent Skills (SKILL.md) from the SkillMD registry.

- Trust score: 78/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- remote · `api.skillmd.com`: 78/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-skillmd-skillmd/api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-skillmd-skillmd/api)
- npm · `skillmds`: 88/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-skillmd-skillmd/skillmds.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-skillmd-skillmd/skillmds)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.skillmd.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.2.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-20.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 81/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 578 tokens (~115/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 43/100
  - Stability observed for 13 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the com.skillmd/skillmd MCP server?

com.skillmd/skillmd is a hosted endpoint at https://api.skillmd.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-skillmd-skillmd 'https://api.skillmd.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-skillmd-skillmd": {
      "url": "https://api.skillmd.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-skillmd-skillmd": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.skillmd.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-skillmd-skillmd]
url = "https://api.skillmd.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-skillmd-skillmd": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.skillmd.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-skillmd-skillmd --url 'https://api.skillmd.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-skillmd-skillmd:
    url: "https://api.skillmd.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-skillmd-skillmd": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.skillmd.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-skillmd-skillmd -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.skillmd.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-skillmd-skillmd": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.skillmd.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-19 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-15 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-12 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-10 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-08 (score 73, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-09-07 (score 72)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `skillmd_search` (~161 tokens)

Search skills

Search the SkillMD registry of Agent Skills (SKILL.md files) by task, name or keywords. Returns matching skills with their owner/name slug, description, category, safety verdict and install snippet, best match first.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Restrict to one category slug, e.g. coding, devops, data, security
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results (default 20)
- `min_rating` (number): Minimum average rating, 0 to 5
- `query` (string, required): Natural-language query or keywords describing the task or skill
- `type` (string): Restrict to single-file skills or multi-file packs
- `verified_only` (boolean): Return only skills from verified publishers (default false)

Output parameters:

- `items` (array): Matching skills, best first

### `skillmd_get` (~66 tokens)

Get skill details

Fetch one skill by owner/name slug: description, SKILL.md body, provenance (source repo and pinned commit), license, safety verdict and capability flags, plus companion file listing for packs.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Skill identifier as owner/name, e.g. anthropic/pdf

Output parameters:

- `ai_audit_verdict` (string|null): Safety review verdict: pass, caution, warning, fail or inconclusive
- `body_md` (string): Markdown body of SKILL.md
- `categories` (array)
- `category` (string): Category name
- `commit_sha` (string|null): Pinned upstream commit
- `description` (string): What the skill does and when an agent should use it
- `files` (array): Companion files for packs
- `install_snippet` (string): One-line install command
- `license` (string|null): SPDX license id when declared
- `owner_handle` (string): Publisher handle
- `owner_name` (string): Publisher display name
- `raw_md` (string|null): Verbatim SKILL.md including frontmatter when stored
- `repo_stars` (number|null): GitHub stars of the source repository
- `security_flags` (array): Capability flags: docs_only, network_calls, executes_scripts, reads_secrets, untrusted_install
- `slug` (string): owner/name identifier, e.g. anthropic/pdf
- `source_repo` (string|null): Upstream repository
- `tags` (array)
- `title` (string): Human-readable skill title
- `type` (string): single SKILL.md or a multi-file pack
- `verified` (boolean): Published by a verified publisher

### `skillmd_download` (~85 tokens)

Download skill files

Return the full contents of any public skill by owner/name slug: the SKILL.md text plus every companion file for packs, ready to write to disk. Skills are plain-text instructions an agent reads on demand; nothing executes, and every listed skill has passed SkillMD's safety review.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Skill identifier as owner/name, e.g. anthropic/pdf

Output parameters:

- `files` (array): Every file in the skill, SKILL.md first
- `slug` (string): owner/name of the skill

### `skillmd_trending` (~94 tokens)

Trending skills

Top skills on the SkillMD leaderboard, ranked by installs, saves and ratings, optionally within one category and time window.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Restrict to one category slug, e.g. coding, devops, data, security
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results (default 20)
- `range` (string): Ranking window: last 30 days or all time (default all)

Output parameters:

- `items` (array): Matching skills, best first

### `skillmd_recommend` (~85 tokens)

Recommend skills

Recommend skills. With based_on set to a skill's owner/name slug, returns the top skills in that skill's category (excluding itself); without it, returns what is trending over the last 30 days.

Input parameters:

- `based_on` (string): Skill slug (owner/name) to base recommendations on
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results (default 10)

Output parameters:

- `items` (array): Matching skills, best first

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-skillmd-skillmd/api#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 78
- 2026-09-19: 78
- 2026-09-18: 77
- 2026-09-17: 77
- 2026-09-16: 76
- 2026-09-15: 76
- 2026-09-14: 75
- 2026-09-13: 75
- 2026-09-12: 75
- 2026-09-11: 74
- 2026-09-10: 74
- 2026-09-09: 73
- 2026-09-08: 73
- 2026-09-07: 72

## Common questions

### What is the com.skillmd/skillmd MCP server?

com.skillmd/skillmd is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.skillmd/skillmd. Search, fetch, lint, and install Agent Skills (SKILL.md) from the SkillMD registry. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.skillmd.com/mcp).

### Is the com.skillmd/skillmd MCP server safe to use?

com.skillmd/skillmd scores 78 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the com.skillmd/skillmd MCP server expose?

com.skillmd/skillmd exposes 5 tools: skillmd_search, skillmd_get, skillmd_download, skillmd_trending, skillmd_recommend. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 491 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the com.skillmd/skillmd MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to com.skillmd/skillmd without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the com.skillmd/skillmd MCP server still maintained?

com.skillmd/skillmd is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://api.skillmd.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/skillmds/skillmd
- Website: https://skillmd.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-skillmd-skillmd/api.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-skillmd-skillmd/api.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-skillmd-skillmd/api