skills: what it is, how to install & alternatives

by denoland · Agent Tool · ★ 91

Last updated: · Indexed by AgentSkillsHub · Auto-synced every 8h

🔒 Is skills safe to install? View the security audit →

About skills

Deno Development Skills Modern Deno development knowledge for AI coding assistants. These skills teach your AI assistant how to build Deno applications using current best practices. Skills Targets Deno 2.9+. Changed in 2.0 , , and have been merged into the single deno skill. Their content overlapped heavily, and project scaffolding is now handled by rather than by pasted templates. If you installed any of the three individually, install instead. Key Principles Deno works like npm and bun - reads , deno ad

How to install skills

/plugin marketplace add denoland/skills
/plugin install deno-skills@denoland-skills

Taken from the project's README on GitHub. Check the security audit before running it.

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 73/100

No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

agent-skillsaiclaude-codedenollmskills

Quick Facts

Stars91
Forks8
LanguageTypeScript
CategoryAgent Tool
LicenseMIT
Quality Score73/100
Open Issues2
Last Updated2026-07-29
Created2026-01-22
Platformsclaude-code, node
Est. Tokens~11k

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with skills for enhanced workflows:

  • wakit-api — semantic(0.24)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (63%)
  • zypher-agent — semantic(0.24)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (63%)

skills alternative? Top 6 similar tools

Looking for a skills alternative? If you're comparing skills with other agent tool tools, these 6 projects are the closest alternatives on Agent Skills Hub — ranked by topic overlap, star count, and community traction.

  • zypher-agent by corespeed-io · ⭐ 331

    A minimal yet powerful framework for creating AI agents with full control over tools, providers, and execution

  • agnix by agent-sh · ⭐ 453

    The missing linter and lsp for AI coding assistants. Validate CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, SKILL.md, hooks, MCP. Plug

  • agents by astronomer · ⭐ 451

    AI agent tooling for data engineering workflows.

  • claudepro-directory by JSONbored · ⭐ 217

    HeyClaude (formerly Claude Pro Directory) is a searchable collection of pre-built AI skills, agents, MCP serve

  • claude-historian-mcp by Vvkmnn · ⭐ 178

    📜 An MCP server for conversation history search and retrieval in Claude Code

  • open-skills by instavm · ⭐ 454

    OpenSkills: Run Claude Skills Locally using any LLM

More Agent Tool Tools

Explore other popular agent tool tools:

View all Agent Tool tools →

Popular TypeScript Agent Tools

Frequently Asked Questions

What is skills?

skills is Deno skills for AI coding assistants. Covers using Deno as a package manager and runtime, migrating from npm/yarn/pnpm/bun, Fresh, and Deno Deploy.. It is categorized as a Agent Tool with 91 GitHub stars.

What programming language is skills written in?

skills is primarily written in TypeScript. It covers topics such as agent-skills, ai, claude-code.

How do I install or use skills?

The README on GitHub (github.com/denoland/skills) gives: /plugin marketplace add denoland/skills , then /plugin install deno-skills@denoland-skills. Usage details are in the same README.

What license does skills use?

skills is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to skills?

The top alternatives to skills on Agent Skills Hub include zypher-agent, agnix, agents. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, covering 11 red-flag categories including credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and curl | sh installers. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

Sources & who's responsible:

View on GitHub → Browse Agent Tool tools