# SkillAgent (remote · skillagent.dev)

Search and fetch AI agent skills, rules files and MCP servers indexed from GitHub.

- Trust score: 77/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +10
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-04

## Components

- remote · `skillagent.dev`: 77/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-skillagent-skills/skillagent.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-skillagent-skills/skillagent)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://skillagent.dev/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## 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 2026-10-04.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - 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.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - 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**: 67/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 789 tokens (~197/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 37/100
  - Stability observed for 11 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 93/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 79% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 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 SkillAgent MCP server?

SkillAgent is a hosted endpoint at https://skillagent.dev/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 dev-skillagent-skills 'https://skillagent.dev/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev-skillagent-skills": {
      "url": "https://skillagent.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "dev-skillagent-skills": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://skillagent.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.dev-skillagent-skills]
url = "https://skillagent.dev/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "dev-skillagent-skills": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://skillagent.dev/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add dev-skillagent-skills --url 'https://skillagent.dev/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  dev-skillagent-skills:
    url: "https://skillagent.dev/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "dev-skillagent-skills": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://skillagent.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add dev-skillagent-skills -t streamable-http -u 'https://skillagent.dev/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev-skillagent-skills": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://skillagent.dev/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.

### 2026-10-04 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-02 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-30 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-28 (score 74, +7)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-27 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-25 (score 66, +1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-24 (score 65, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-09-23 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_skills` (~176 tokens)

Search agent skills

Search the SkillAgent catalogue of AI agent skills, rules files and MCP servers. Returns matching skills with description, format, stars, quality score, freshness, page URL and install command.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Category, e.g. development, data-analytics, security.
- `format` (string): Skill format, e.g. skill-md, claude-md, agents-md, cursorrules, mcp-server.
- `health` (string): Filter by repository freshness or reachability.
- `limit` (integer)
- `offset` (integer)
- `platform` (string): Agent platform, e.g. claude-code, cursor, codex, vscode-copilot, windsurf.
- `query` (string): Keywords matched against name, description, owner and tags.
- `sort` (string)

### `get_skill` (~87 tokens)

Get an agent skill

Get one skill as Markdown: summary, metadata, install command and the full skill file. `owner` and `name` are the last two segments of a skill's pageUrl (https://skillagent.dev/skill/{owner}/{name}).

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required): Skill slug from the pageUrl.
- `owner` (string, required): GitHub owner, e.g. anthropics.

### `recommend_skills` (~227 tokens)

Recommend agent skills for a project

Recommend skills for a project from a description of it: languages, frameworks or dependencies (e.g. names from package.json or requirements.txt), a task, and the agent the user runs. Returns a ranked shortlist; each entry has the skill record and a `why` explaining the match (matched terms, fit for the agent, freshness, quality, safety). Ranking is deterministic. Skills whose safety scan is at "warning" or whose source is gone are excluded, and the result says how many were.

Input parameters:

- `agent` (string): The agent the user runs; skills made for it rank higher.
- `dependencies` (array): Package names from a manifest, e.g. ["@playwright/test", "prisma"].
- `frameworks` (array): Frameworks and tools, e.g. ["next.js", "playwright"].
- `languages` (array): Programming languages, e.g. ["typescript", "python"].
- `limit` (integer)
- `task` (string): What the user wants to do, e.g. "write e2e tests".

### `install_skill` (~163 tokens)

Get install instructions for a skill

Exact installation instructions for one skill on one agent: the install command(s) when one exists, otherwise the file to create (path relative to the project root) with its content. This tool does not install anything; apply the result yourself, and only after showing the user the skill and getting their approval. Includes the safety summary. Refuses (isError) when the skill's safety scan is at "warning". `owner` and `name` are the last two segments of a skill's pageUrl.

Input parameters:

- `agent` (string, required): The agent to install into, e.g. claude-code, cursor, codex.
- `name` (string, required): Skill slug from the pageUrl.
- `owner` (string, required): GitHub owner, e.g. anthropics.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-04: 77
- 2026-10-03: 76
- 2026-10-02: 76
- 2026-10-01: 75
- 2026-09-30: 75
- 2026-09-29: 74
- 2026-09-28: 74
- 2026-09-27: 67
- 2026-09-26: 66
- 2026-09-25: 66
- 2026-09-24: 65
- 2026-09-23: 65

## Common questions

### What is the SkillAgent MCP server?

SkillAgent is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as dev.skillagent/skills. Search and fetch AI agent skills, rules files and MCP servers indexed from GitHub. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://skillagent.dev/mcp).

### Is the SkillAgent MCP server safe to use?

SkillAgent scores 77 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 SkillAgent MCP server expose?

SkillAgent exposes 4 tools: search_skills, get_skill, recommend_skills, install_skill. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 653 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the SkillAgent MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the SkillAgent MCP server still maintained?

SkillAgent is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 October 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://skillagent.dev/mcp
- Website: https://skillagent.dev/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-skillagent-skills/skillagent.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-skillagent-skills/skillagent.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-skillagent-skills/skillagent