SkillsLLM Features Guide: Discover, Compare, and Track AI Skills
SkillsLLM has grown beyond a simple directory. This guide walks through every feature on the site so you can find what you need faster - including a few you might have missed.
Discover Skills
Browse & Search
The home page lists all skills sorted by GitHub stars by default. Filter by:
- Category - 10 predefined categories (MCP Servers, AI Agents, CLI Tools, Code Generation, etc.)
- Search - matches skill name and description
- Sort - stars (popularity), recent (newest), name (A-Z)
Trending & New This Week
Two curated sections on the home page:
- Trending - top 6 skills by GitHub stars overall
- New This Week - top 6 skills added in the last 7 days
Categories Page
The /categories page shows all categories with skill counts. Click any category to see its skills.
Skill Detail Pages
Each skill has its own page at /skill/{slug} with everything you need to evaluate it:
- Security badge - Pending, Verified, Warning, or Issues (runs Semgrep, npm audit, pip-audit)
- Stars, forks, language, creation date - at a glance
- Install command -
git cloneready to copy - SKILL.md preview - rendered inline if the repo has one
- Security Report - expandable JSON from the last scan
- README preview - first 10,000 characters rendered
- Comments - community discussion
Compare Skills Side-by-Side
This is a feature many miss. On any skill page, scroll to the Related Skills section at the bottom. Under each related skill card you'll see a small "Compare" link with a ↔ icon.
Clicking it opens a comparison page at /compare/{skill-a}-vs-{skill-b} showing both skills in a table:
- Stars, forks, language, category
- Security status, SKILL.md presence
- Vote count, bookmark count
- Topics and descriptions
Winner cells are highlighted in blue. You can also construct comparison URLs directly - for example, skillsllm.com/compare/context7-vs-n8n.
Discovery Without Dead Ends
Sticky Next/Previous Navigation
At the bottom of every skill page there's a fixed bar linking to the previous and next skills in the same category. Flip through skills without returning to the list.
"Developers Also Liked"
When other developers vote or bookmark a skill, those signals feed into a collaborative filter. The section appears on skill pages once there's enough data. It's different from "Related Skills" (category + topics) - this one is based on actual user behavior.
Interact
Sign in with GitHub to:
- Vote - upvote skills you find useful (toggle click)
- Bookmark - save skills to your /bookmarks page
- Comment - start discussions on any skill page
All three require a GitHub OAuth login, which takes one click.
Submit Your Own Skill
Built something worth sharing? Use the /submit page. Paste any public GitHub URL - we fetch metadata, assign a category, generate a slug, and queue it for a security scan.
Read & Stay Updated
For Builders: Resources Page
The /about page explains our security scanning approach, ranking logic, and how the site is built. Useful if you're curious about how things work under the hood.
Keyboard Shortcuts & Tips
- Open skill in new tab - middle-click any skill card
- Compare URL shortcut - you can construct
/compare/{a}-vs-{b}directly if you know both slugs - Category filter via URL -
/?category=mcp-serversworks from anywhere
What's Coming
We're working on a community section for "vibe coders" - a place to share agents, SaaS ideas, and original projects beyond GitHub repos. Watch this blog for updates.
Feedback
Found a bug or have a feature request? Submit an issue at our GitHub repo or leave a comment on this post.