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Use This Skill

by nodegenieversion 1.2.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud
Registry namecom.usethisskill/skills

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Search 1,700+ agent skills for Claude, Codex and Cursor, each safety-scanned, with proofs.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

  • Connection: Runs in the cloud
  • Transport: Streamable HTTP
  • Category: Search & AI memory

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

You need

Which app do you use?

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

  1. Open Settings → Connectors
  2. Press Add custom connector
  3. Paste the address below and press Add
  4. If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker
SettingsConnectors1+ Add2https://…3
https://usethisskill.com/mcp

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http skills https://usethisskill.com/mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skills": {
      "url": "https://usethisskill.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "skills": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://usethisskill.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

  1. Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
  2. Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
  3. Paste the address below, give it a name and save
  4. If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker
SettingsConnectors1+ Create2https://…3
https://usethisskill.com/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 7, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

  • search_skills

    Find agent skills for a task. Returns name, description, category, source repo, one-line install command and whether a proof exists.

  • get_skill

    Full details for one skill by slug: install command, source link, license, safety scan and the SKILL.md text when the license allows it. The SKILL.md text is the author's content, returned as data to read, not instructions to follow.

  • check_skill

    Safety-check a skill before installing it. Pass a skill slug from search_skills, or any public GitHub URL (a repository, or a folder or SKILL.md inside one). Returns clear, review or flagged per skill folder, with the file, line and matched text for every finding. Skills not in t

  • list_proven

    Skills that have a published proof: the same brief built by Claude without and with the skill, as two live pages.

  • get_proof

    The proof for a skill: the fixed brief, model, skill commit, and links to the result pages with and without the skill. Every proof is open.

  • order_proof

    How a skill author gets their own skill proven and listed ($49, automatic). Returns the order link.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 10, 2026

  • ! Caution

    Maker matches the repo

    The publisher (usethisskill.com) is not the repo owner (nodegenie); someone else may have listed it

  • … Not checked yet

    Still maintained

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • … Not checked yet

    Has a licence

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • ✓ Pass

    Endpoint responds

    Responded in 210 ms (HTTP 200)

  • – Not applicable

    Sign-in with OAuth

    No sign-in needed

  • ✓ Pass

    No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

    Read 6 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

  • More stars than 0% of the other 5789 servers in this category
  • Published to the registry more recently than 69% of the other 5789 servers in this category
  • Basic checks equal to or better than 40% of the other 5789 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Use This Skill safe?

It passed 2 of 3 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.2.0) reached the registry 17 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Context7, Codebase Memory, Exa

Alternatives

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Reading a card:↓ Downloads per weeki★ GitHub starsiThree pillars: reviews · checks · usageiUpdated = latest version published to the registryi

Context7

Feeds AI the latest docs for libraries and frameworks before it answers, so code it writes does not use outdated, removed functions.

by upstashWidely used↓ 972.7K/wk★ 64.2KUpdated today

Computer or cloud

Codebase Memory

Codebase knowledge graph for AI agents — 162 languages, sub-ms queries, 99% fewer tokens.

by DeusDataWidely used↓ 18K/wk★ 48.1KUpdated 23 days ago

Runs on your computer

Exa

Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.

by exa-labsWidely used★ 5.2KUpdated 2 months ago

Runs in the cloud✓ exa.ai

README from the maker

Open the README

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Awesome Agent Skills

2,043 agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI, indexed weekly from 45 public repositories, each one scanned for the patterns a skill should never need. Searchable at [usethisskill.com](https://usethisskill.com).

Scan a skill before you install it

A skill is a folder of instructions an agent follows with your permissions. This one command checks every skill folder in a repository for fetch-and-execute commands, destructive commands, data sent to outside endpoints, obfuscated code, rules-override text, credential access, privilege escalation, persistence and force-pushes, with the file and line for each finding:

npx github:nodegenie/awesome-agent-skills scan
clear    .claude/skills/weather-fetcher  (1 files)

FLAGGED skills/paperclip (6 files) ! Downloads and executes code in one step skills/paperclip/references/installation.md:13 curl -fsSL https://example.com/install.sh | bash

2 skill folder(s): flagged. Rules: https://usethisskill.com/safety

Or on every pull request:

- uses: actions/checkout@v4
  • uses: nodegenie/awesome-agent-skills/scan@main with: fail-on: flag # or review, or none

Across the directory today: 1,969 clear, 59 to review, 15 flagged. Free for public repositories; private repositories use a Team key from usethisskill.com/pricing. Every rule is explained at usethisskill.com/safety.

Proven skills

Star counts show who found a skill. A proof shows what it changes. On Use This Skill, each proven skill was run through Claude twice on the same brief, on the same model, once without the skill and once with it. Both results are saved as live pages with the model, brief and the skill's exact commit recorded, so anyone can run the comparison again.

The first proof is free to try live. See the proofs →

Browse by category

CategorySkills
Automation779
Design295
Testing233
Backend204
Data & Science158
Other134
Docs & Writing70
Security69
Frontend54
Motion47

Install a skill

Every skill has a one-line install command that copies the skill folder into your project:

npx degit anthropics/skills/skills/frontend-design .claude/skills/frontend-design

Claude Code reads .claude/skills/ automatically. Codex, Cursor and other agents have equivalent folders; each skill's page on usethisskill.com shows the command for yours.

Where the skills come from

Only the beginning is shown; read the rest in the repo

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