Awesome Claude Skills (Composio)
ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skillsA curated list of Claude skills plus hundreds of templated app-automation skills that run through Composio's hosted Rube MCP.
With caveats
Broad access Depth 1/5
Awesome GitHub Copilot Claude skills
GitHub's community-contributed library of 466 skills plus agents, instructions, hooks and plugins for Copilot, installable per plugin from a marketplace.
Our verdict Recommended with caveats
A valuable, active catalogue, but contributions are third-party and uneven, so pick individual skills and read them before installing.
What Awesome GitHub Copilot does
Awesome Copilot is a large repository run under the GitHub organization where contributors submit Copilot customizations: custom agents, file-pattern instructions, skills, hooks, workflows, plugins and a cookbook of recipes for Copilot APIs. The dossier counts 466 skill folders, averaging about 9 KB of instructions, so this is a library to browse rather than a single coherent skill pack. The README points to a website with full-text search, a Learning Hub and a machine-readable llms.txt listing.
Skills in the sample we read range widely: an Adobe Illustrator scripting guide of 35 KB, a codebase-knowledge acquirer with templates and a script, Arize observability skills, Azure and Aspire guidance, agent governance and OWASP compliance checklists, ad-campaign analysis, an Arch Linux triage skill and repo-level agentic-workflow routers. Some skills have references and a few have scripts; most are instructions only. Plugins bundle agents and skills for a workflow and install with copilot plugin install name@awesome-copilot, because the marketplace is registered in recent Copilot CLI and VS Code. The repo has CI and some evaluation files, but quality depends on each contributor, and the README itself says to inspect any agent and its documentation before installing.
Good for
- GitHub Copilot users looking for ready-made agents, instructions and skills
- Browsing examples of how others structure Copilot customizations
- Picking a specific skill by topic through the website search
Not for
- Installing the whole collection into an agent at once
- Anyone who wants a single, consistently reviewed methodology
What's inside depth 3/5
466 skills averaging 9 KB with some references, templates and scripts and repo-level CI, but quality and depth vary by contributor and most are instructions only.
- Skills
- 466
- Reference docs
- 314
- Scripts
- 53
- Tests / evals
- 54
- Templates
- 57
- Avg SKILL.md
- 8.8 KB
Counted from the repository file tree. How we score depth.
Dependencies and costs
- GitHub Copilot CLI or VS Code for the plugin marketplace
- Individual skills can require their own services such as Arize, Azure or Adobe tools
Security review
Review before installingThe GitHub-run community collection of Copilot skills, agents and plugins. We only have a small fraction of it (about 600 of nearly 4,000 files), and the executable files we have are local helpers plus an Azure CLI command list. Individual skills can install tools by piping vendor scripts to bash or create cloud resources, so each skill needs its own review.
Worth knowing
- Installs with curl | shThe aspire skill (and its deployment references) tells the agent or CI to run
curl -sSL https://aspire.dev/install.sh | bashfrom the Aspire vendor's host.skills/aspire/SKILL.md:102 - Relies on a CLI or package we could not reviewThis script is a list of Azure CLI commands (extension add, workspace and App Insights creation, app settings set) that create billable Azure resources and change app configuration when run; other skills drive tools such as the Aspire CLI.skills/appinsights-instrumentation/scripts/appinsights.ps1:1
What we checked
The repository (3985 files) on Oct 29, 2026. Not a full review: 3391 of 3985 files were not downloaded (large repository; we reviewed the skill folders); we read 2 of 7 code files; it relies on code outside the repository: 3,391 of 3,985 repo files are not in our copy: this is a very large community collection, and we have only part of its skills, agents, hooks and plugin manifests; Not read in full: skills/acquire-codebase-knowledge/scripts/scan.py, inventory_skills.py, project_profile.py, render_stack_card.py, skill_index.py (searched for network, subprocess and file-removal use; only git subprocess calls and local file reads/writes were found); Tools referenced by individual skills: Azure CLI, Aspire installer, Arize and other services.
NVIDIA SkillSpector static scan: 73 pattern hits (Excessive Agency 25, Tool Misuse 8, MCP Rug Pull 8, Rogue Agent 7, Supply Chain 5, Privilege Escalation 4). Hits are mostly documentation: prettier-ignore comments, 'always obey' style wording, git reset --hard and subprocess.run(shell=True) as examples inside governance or autoresearch skills, regex patterns for credentials inside the skill inventory scanner, and unpinned npx mentions. The curl-to-bash lines are the Aspire install instructions.
A review, not a certification. Skills change after we check them — read the files before installing.
License
MIT — commercial use allowed for the repository; check any third-party material cited inside individual skills.
Can it run unattended?
Not really. It is a mixed catalogue; a few entries involve agentic workflows, but there is no common loop, state or verification layer.
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FAQ
What is awesome-copilot?
It is a GitHub-hosted, community-contributed collection of custom agents, instructions, skills, hooks, workflows and plugins for GitHub Copilot. The README directs users to a searchable website and a Learning Hub.
How do I install a plugin from awesome-copilot?
Run copilot plugin install <plugin-name>@awesome-copilot, since the marketplace is registered in recent Copilot CLI and VS Code. On older versions, first run copilot plugin marketplace add github/awesome-copilot.
Is awesome-copilot safe?
The content comes from third-party contributors, and the README tells you to inspect any agent and its documentation before installing. Install individual plugins or skills you have read rather than the whole repo.
awesome-copilot vs awesome-claude-skills?
awesome-copilot is a repository of the actual customization files, mostly aimed at GitHub Copilot. ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills is a curated list of Claude skills and resources. Choose by the agent you use.
Sources: GitHub repository (stars, license, file tree, last push Oct 29, 2026). Review based on the README and SKILL.md files as published.