AAS Core — Agentic Awesome Skills

Local, agent-owned skill stacks for coding agents—from complete catalog access to a reproducible, reviewable plan.

Current release: V16.6.0. This release includes AAS Core for complete local catalog search, agent-owned selection, manifest validation, planning, and diagnosis. Apply and recovery remain experimental and outside the supported preview path.

Codex or Claude inspects your project and chooses exact skills from the complete local AAS catalog. AAS Core does not rank or recommend them: its read-only compose_stack tool validates the agent-owned selection in memory, and a client or the aas CLI can persist it as aas-stack.json and produce an immutable plan before any target change.

Read the AAS Core preview guide →

Project
  -> inspected by Codex or Claude (not by AAS)
  -> agent searches and reads the complete local catalog
  -> AAS MCP (local stdio, read-only)
  -> Codex or Claude chooses exact skill IDs
  -> compose_stack validates the selection in memory (read-only)
  -> client or AAS CLI persists aas-stack.json and optional evidence
  -> AAS CLI validate + immutable plan preview
  -> human review (optionally in Workbench)

The reusable SKILL.md playbooks, specialized plugins, bundles, workflows, and direct installers remain important. They are the content, curation, distribution, and compatibility layers around AAS Core—not competing primary products.

This is an independent community project. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, or authorized by Google. Google, Antigravity, Gemini, and related product names are referenced only to describe compatibility and install targets. The GitHub repository is canonical; the hosted catalog and browser-local Workbench are companion discovery and review surfaces, not a hosted control plane.

AAS Core: Agent-First Preview

The agent composes. You control. AAS keeps the stack reproducible.

AAS Core gives the repository one product model:

Let the agent choose. The local MCP preserves search_skills, get_skill, compose_stack, inspect_stack, and diff_stack, and adds read-only export_selection_evidence and inspect_selection_evidence; Core does not rank, recommend, exclude, or hide skills.
Guide capability coverage. MCP session instructions require the agent to evaluate the full project surface—from architecture, domain behavior, data and integrations through testing, security, UX, deployment, and maintenance—then search each applicable capability, compare multiple candidates, cover it with a non-redundant skill or report a catalog gap, and avoid stopping at a minimal shortlist. Core records and validates the resulting selection, but it does not certify semantic completeness.
Keep the chosen stack and evidence reviewable. A client or the CLI can persist aas-stack.json and the separate aas-selection-evidence.json sidecar in an artifact-dir; the manifest preserves exact agent-selected IDs, while evidence records factual process trace and the agent-declared capability ledger.
Validate and preview through the CLI. aas stack validate checks the proposal, while aas stack plan produces an immutable, per-target plan without applying it.
Review in Workbench. The hosted Workbench imports and reviews stack/plan JSON in browser memory; it does not access your filesystem or install anything.
Retain every useful distribution path. Direct installs, plugins, bundles, workflows, and the full catalog remain available as payload and compatibility surfaces.

[!IMPORTANT] Structural and identity validity does not certify semantic fit, compatibility, setup correctness, operational safety, or safety to apply.

Surface	Current status
Published package	Current npm release; AAS Core status is `agent-first-preview`
Catalog search and inspection	Supported preview; local and read-only
Agent-owned composition	Supported preview; Core validates IDs and structure, not semantic suitability; manifests have a technical maximum of 128 skills
Stack validation and plan preview	Supported preview; no target skill changes
Workbench	Browser-local review of stack and plan artifacts
Selection evidence	Exported and inspected through MCP/CLI contracts; not yet reviewed in Workbench
Apply and recovery	Experimental, explicit opt-in, outside the supported safety claim
Semantic suitability certification	Not provided

Read the AAS Core guide for the exact trust boundaries, current preview status, Codex/Claude setup model, and CLI lifecycle.

Why This Repo

Agent-first, locally controlled: Codex or Claude inspects the project and chooses from the complete local catalog without uploading your repository to AAS.
Complete and inspectable: every catalog skill is searchable, readable, and available for agent selection; Core does not certify suitability, compatibility, or operational safety, and metadata is informational rather than an eligibility gate.
Approval before writes: the durable artifacts are an approved stack and immutable plan, not an opaque one-shot install.
Installable, not just inspirational: use the compatible legacy installer or plugin distributions when direct delivery is the right path.
Built for major agent workflows: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Autohand Code, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, Kiro, OpenCode, Copilot, and more.
Broad coverage with real utility: 2,108+ skills across development, testing, security, infrastructure, product, and marketing.
Inspect before installing: the hosted Skill Workbench reviews agent-produced stack manifests and immutable plans without browser-side installation.
Focused delivery remains available: specialized plugins package proven sets for web, security, data, docs, DevOps, QA, OSS, or agent/MCP workflows.
Useful whether you want breadth or curation: install the full catalog, choose a specialized plugin, start with bundles, or compare alternatives before installing.

Why not just search the skills directory?

Direct file search can find candidate prose, but it leaves the result in the conversation. AAS Core adds verified catalog identity, explicit target binding, durable desired state, optional selection evidence, deterministic validation, immutable planning, and dedicated review surfaces. Its value is not choosing better than the coding agent; it is turning the agent's choice into reproducible, inspectable state.

AAS Core: Agent-First Preview
Why This Repo
Installation
Recommended Specialized Plugins
Choose Your Tool
Quick FAQ
Bundles & Workflows
Browse 2,108+ Skills
Troubleshooting
Stable Skills Manifest v1
Support the Project
Contributing
Community
Credits & Sources
Repo Contributors
Star History
License

Installation

For Codex and Claude, start with the AAS Core guide: configure the local MCP, ask the agent to inspect the project and choose exact IDs from the full catalog, review the proposed aas-stack.json, then run CLI validation and planning. The MCP and validation are read-only. Planning writes only the requested plan artifact; it does not materialize skill payloads or AAS managed state in the target.

Use direct installation when your host does not yet have a native AAS Core adapter, when you already know the exact skill IDs, or when you deliberately prefer manual selection:

Specialized plugins when the job has a clear domain.
Full library install when you want every skill available in a local skills directory.
Bundles and workflows when you want role-based recommendations or ordered execution playbooks.

Direct skill install

# Antigravity: preview an exact, agent-selected set before writing.
npx agentic-awesome-skills --antigravity --skills brainstorming,systematic-debugging --dry-run

# Antigravity CLI slash commands (agy): ~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/skills/<skill>/SKILL.md
npx agentic-awesome-skills --agy

The npm installer uses a shallow, release-pinned clone by default and verifies the cloned commit against the immutable gitHead recorded for that exact npm package version. If the GitHub tag moved or npm identity metadata is unavailable, installation stops before copying content. Use --tag main only when you intentionally accept a mutable, explicitly unverified repository ref.

Antigravity watches ~/.agents/skills and may load enough installed instructions to exhaust its context, slow startup, trigger truncation errors, or enter a crash loop. For that target, the installer stops before cloning or writing unless you provide --skills, a metadata filter, or the explicit --all override. The bare npx agentic-awesome-skills command uses the same protected Antigravity target.

The recommended flow is to ask Codex or Claude with the read-only AAS Core MCP configured to inspect the project, search the complete catalog, and choose exact skill IDs. AAS MCP selects and validates IDs but does not install them; the agent or user then previews the direct installation with the command above and repeats it without --dry-run after review.

Other direct-install targets retain the legacy-compatible full-catalog behavior when no selectors are supplied. The CLI prints the catalog's risk summary first: a full install includes critical and authorized-use-only offensive instructions. Installation copies files; it does not execute their commands, but an agent may act on an installed skill later. Prefer an exact reviewed set:

npx agentic-awesome-skills audit --skills brainstorming,backend-dev-guidelines
npx agentic-awesome-skills --skills brainstorming,backend-dev-guidelines --dry-run

If you deliberately accept the context and crash-loop risk, the complete Antigravity catalog remains available through explicit consent:

npx agentic-awesome-skills --antigravity --all

The audit reads the selected skill directories without executing them and reports command, network, credential, filesystem, privileged, destructive, symlink, and binary signals. It is a review aid, not a safety certificate. See Security, trust, and antivirus alerts.

Focused single-skill install with GitHub CLI (preview)

GitHub CLI can preview and install one exact skill for Copilot and other supported hosts. Use an exact SKILL.md path in this large, mirrored repository so the selected source is unambiguous and discovery stays fast:

gh skill preview sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md
gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md \
  --agent github-copilot --scope user --pin v14.2.0

gh skill support is currently a GitHub CLI preview and may change. Install a focused skill or plugin surface for the job; do not use --all unless you intentionally want every discovered canonical and mirrored skill.

Verify the install

test -d ~/.agents/skills && echo "Skills installed in ~/.agents/skills"

Run your first skill

Use @brainstorming to plan a SaaS MVP.

Prefer plugins for Claude Code, Codex, or another compatible client?

Use a specialized plugin when you want a focused marketplace-style distribution.
Use the full-library plugin only when you want the widest plugin-safe catalog.
Read Plugins for compatible agent clients for host-specific installs, portable Agent Plugins bundles, and direct skills installs.

Recommended Specialized Plugins

Do not install everything first if you already know the work. Start with the focused plugin for your job, then add more only when the task expands.

All specialized plugins are generated as Claude Code and Codex plugin bundles. Bundles with flat, cross-host-safe skill layouts also receive a standard Agent Plugins 1.0 root manifest. For Antigravity, use the same SKILL.md content through the installer or supported skills paths.

Plugin	Skills	Best for
AAS Web App Builder	10	Frontend and full-stack developers shipping modern web apps.
AAS Product Design Studio	10	Product UI, brand, portfolio, accessibility, and richer visual work.
AAS Security Engineer	10	Authorized security testing, audit, and hardening.
AAS Secure App Builder	10	Developers who want security embedded while building features.
AAS Documents & Presentations	9	Office files, document conversion, decks, and slide workflows.
AAS Data Analytics	10	Product analytics, SQL, dashboards, and experiments.
AAS Agent & MCP Builder	10	Agentic apps, MCP tools, RAG systems, and evaluation loops.
AAS QA & Test Automation	10	Test suites, browser automation, and QA stabilization.
AAS DevOps & Cloud	10	Infrastructure, deployments, and operational workflows.
AAS Accessibility & Inclusive UX	8	WCAG audits, automated scans, screen-reader checks, and accessible QA.
AAS API Platform Builder	10	API design, OpenAPI contracts, auth, security, load tests, and observability.
AAS SaaS Launch & Revenue	10	SaaS MVPs, pricing, payments, analytics, lifecycle, referrals, and SEO.
AAS AI Product & Evaluation Ops	10	AI product metrics, evals, tracing, experiments, and model-quality loops.

Next-wave plugins cover marketing/SEO/growth, automation, observability/incident response, Python APIs, mobile apps, data engineering, privacy/compliance, and localization/international growth.

Read the specialized plugin roadmap.
Read the plugin guide for compatible agent clients.
Compare the hosted specialized plugin landing page.
Browse the generated plugin folders in plugins/.

Choose Your Tool

Use the same repository, but install or invoke it in the way your host expects.

Tool	Install	First Use
Claude Code	AAS Core local MCP preview, direct install, or Claude plugin marketplace	Ask Claude to choose and compose an AAS stack
Cursor	`npx agentic-awesome-skills --cursor`	`@brainstorming help me plan a feature`
Gemini CLI	`npx agentic-awesome-skills --gemini`	`Use brainstorming to plan a feature`
Codex CLI	AAS Core local MCP preview or `npx agentic-awesome-skills --codex`	Ask Codex to choose and compose an AAS stack
Autohand Code	`npx agentic-awesome-skills --path ~/.autohand/skills` or `--path .autohand/skills`	`Use brainstorming to plan a feature`
Antigravity IDE	`npx agentic-awesome-skills --antigravity --skills <ids> --dry-run`	Ask an MCP-enabled agent to choose exact IDs first
Antigravity CLI (`agy`)	`npx agentic-awesome-skills --agy`	`/brainstorming help me plan a feature`
Kiro CLI	`npx agentic-awesome-skills --kiro`	`Use brainstorming to plan a feature`
Kiro IDE	`npx agentic-awesome-skills --path ~/.kiro/skills`	`Use @brainstorming to plan a feature`
GitHub Copilot	`gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md --agent github-copilot --scope user --pin v14.2.0` (preview)	`Ask Copilot to use brainstorming to plan a feature`
OpenCode	`npx agentic-awesome-skills --path .agents/skills --category development,backend --risk safe,none`	`opencode run @brainstorming help me plan a feature`
AdaL CLI	`npx agentic-awesome-skills --path .adal/skills`	`Use brainstorming to plan a feature`
Custom path	`npx agentic-awesome-skills --path ./my-skills`	Depends on your tool

Use the Codex and Claude guides for the AAS Core MCP preview path. For other hosts—or when you deliberately want manual delivery—use the table's direct install targets, specialized plugins, and host-specific path guidance.

Claude Code skills: install paths, starter skills, prompt examples, and plugin marketplace flow.
Cursor skills: .cursor/skills/ setup, UI-heavy work, and pair-programming flows.
Codex CLI skills: planning, implementation, debugging, and review skills for local coding loops.
Gemini CLI skills: research, agent systems, integrations, and engineering workflows.
AI agent skills guide: breadth vs curation, skill-library evaluation, and starting-point selection.

Quick FAQ

What is Agentic Awesome Skills?

Agentic Awesome Skills is the repository behind AAS Core, a local agent-first control plane for recording and validating agent-chosen skill stacks. The read-only AAS MCP gives Codex and Claude complete catalog search and skill inspection; the stack CLI and Workbench make the chosen state reproducible and reviewable. Direct installers, specialized plugins, bundles, and workflows remain supported distribution and discovery surfaces.

Is AAS Core fully certified?

The supported path covers complete local catalog search and inspection, agent-owned selection, stack composition and validation, immutable planning, and diagnosis. Transactional apply/recovery safety remains outside the supported claim; apply and recovery are explicitly experimental and disabled without additional opt-in flags.

How do I install it?

For AAS Core, follow the preview guide and use only a package release whose notes explicitly state that it includes Core. Release 14.6.0 predates Core; Core-capable releases begin with the 15.x line.

For direct skill distribution, use a tool-specific flag such as --codex, --cursor, --gemini, or --claude to place skills in the directory your assistant watches. The default target is Antigravity; it requires --skills, a metadata filter, or explicit --all consent before cloning or writing because a full watched catalog can exhaust context or trigger a crash loop.

For Autohand Code, use the installer with a custom path:

npx agentic-awesome-skills --path ~/.autohand/skills
npx agentic-awesome-skills --path .autohand/skills

What are AAS specialized plugins?

AAS specialized plugins are focused, domain-specific distributions of the skill library. They package the most relevant skills for web apps, security, data analytics, documents, DevOps, QA, OSS maintenance, and agent or MCP work so users can start with the right surface instead of activating the entire catalog.

Should I use the full library or a plugin?

Use the full library if you want the biggest catalog and direct filesystem control. Use a specialized plugin when you want a smaller, marketplace-style distribution for a specific workflow in Claude Code or Codex. For Antigravity, install the matching skills into the supported skills path. The complete explanation lives in Plugins for Claude Code and Codex.

How are plugins, bundles, and workflows different?

Plugins are installable packaging surfaces, bundles are curated skill recommendations, and workflows are ordered execution playbooks. Start with a plugin when the domain is clear, use bundles to compare adjacent skills, and use workflows when the important part is sequencing planning, coding, testing, auditing, or release work.

Where do I browse plugins, bundles, workflows, and the full catalog?

Start with Specialized Plugins when you want an installable domain pack. Use Bundles for role-based recommendations, Workflows for ordered execution playbooks, CATALOG.md for the full registry, and the hosted GitHub Pages catalog for searchable browsing.

Bundles & Workflows

Core, plugins, bundles, and workflows answer different questions. Codex or Claude selects skills; AAS Core records and validates that selection; plugins package a focused delivery surface; bundles are curated starting points; workflows are ordered playbooks for getting a result.

Surface	Answers	Use it for
AAS Core	How do I search the full catalog and preserve the agent's chosen stack?	Agent-owned selection, a pinned `aas-stack.json`, validation, and immutable plan preview.
Specialized plugin	What should I install or activate for this domain?	Focused Claude Code/Codex plugin packaging and Antigravity-compatible skill selection.
Bundle	Which skills naturally belong together?	Role-based discovery after a full-library install

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