Finding skills worth running

Skillet ranks skills by the people you follow, not by install count. Every published version is scanned before the registry serves it, and the verdict is public. You can run someone else’s kit before adding anything.

Browse skillsNothing installed to look.

Follow and Add

Discovery runs on two verbs. Following watches a person. Adding runs their work. They are separate on purpose: you can follow someone for a year without a single file changing on your machine.

	Follow	Add
What it does	Watch a person	Run a skill or kit
Changes your agents	No	Yes, syncs it in
Stays current	Not applicable	Yes, as they update it

Your feed ranks on the follow graph. A skill from someone you follow outranks a skill with a larger install count behind it, and a skill published this week is not buried by one published two years ago.

What you can check before a skill runs

The source:: A skill is a SKILL.md file. Open it on its page and read the whole thing. There is no compiled artifact and nothing hidden behind an install
The scan:: Every version is scanned before the registry serves it. Quarantined content is never downloadable, and the verdict is public. The scanner reference lists what it looks for and what it misses
The version:: Published versions are immutable. Version 2 is always the same version 2, so what you read is what you get
The author:: Their profile shows what else they publish and who runs it. Install counts there are public adopters, not raw installs

Running a kit without installing it

Type /skillet @handle and the task in any agent that has the route skill. Nothing is installed and no account is required.

1
Skillet fetches the handle’s public kit
Live from the registry, read-only. Their private skills are not in it.
2
It picks the skill that fits the task
Matched against each skill name and description, the same way local routing works.
3
The skill runs and the author is credited
One attribution line names the skill and links its page, so you can see who wrote it before you decide to keep it.

Good to know

Adding a skill is private. Nothing you run is announced, and private skills never enter the public follow graph.

Limits

Scanned, not certified.A scan flags what it can and links the report next to the skill. A person decides. Skillet does not vouch for anyone’s code, and a clean verdict is not an endorsement.

Ranking is not review. The follow graph reflects who you chose to follow. It carries no judgment of its own, and a skill from someone you trust can still be wrong for your setup.

Adopter counts are partial. A profile counts public adopters, kit saves and subscriptions, because installer identity is private. The real number is higher and Skillet does not publish it.

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