Best skills

The best Claude Code skills in 2026, graded A to F

The best Claude Code skill depends on the job. Skillspace grades every public agent skill from A to F and names its top-rated launch-quality pick in each category: defold-proto-file-editing for Game development, literature for Bioinformatics & life sciences, define-jtbd-canvas for Product strategy & roadmaps, and the rest below. 27,503 skills meet the launch-quality bar.

Skills use the open SKILL.md format, so the same skill works in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents that load skills. A skill is launch-quality when it is graded A to C with a clean safety verdict, and not excluded by a quality filter. Picks are ranked by grade, then by our Skill Score, which adds judge reviews, test results, GitHub stars and adoption. Ratings from the 24 September 2026 snapshot; how a grade is given is on the methodology page.

Engineering

  1. defold-proto-file-editing B top pick of 1,683 in Game development
  2. anthropic-algorithmic-art B top pick of 981 in Graphics, 3D & shaders
  3. codeql-scan A top pick of 1,926 in Application security

Data & AI

  1. literature A top pick of 1,434 in Bioinformatics & life sciences
  2. cuopt-multi-objective-exploration B top pick of 892 in Physics, mathematics & simulation
  3. scrapling-official A top pick of 775 in Web scraping & data collection

Product & Design

  1. define-jtbd-canvas B top pick of 510 in Product strategy & roadmaps
  2. develop-solution-brief B top pick of 557 in Requirements & PRDs
  3. ux-methodology B top pick of 252 in UX design & wireframing

Marketing

  1. trendingcontent A top pick of 693 in Social media content
  2. ad-account-auditor B top pick of 341 in Paid ads & campaigns
  3. memstack-seo-site-audit A top pick of 458 in SEO strategy & audits

Sales & Revenue

  1. linkedin-job-post-to-buyer-pain-map B top pick of 198 in Prospecting & lead research
  2. platform-encryption-configure B top pick of 151 in CRM administration
  3. cold-outbound-sequencer B top pick of 146 in Cold outreach & sequences

Customer Success & Support

  1. creating-superfans-hodak B top pick of 57 in Account health & churn prevention
  2. customer-success C top pick of 72 in Customer onboarding & adoption
  3. sales-gutenkit B top pick of 96 in Ticket handling & responses

Operations & Admin

  1. cue-omni-reader B top pick of 480 in Summarisation & information digests
  2. ai-news-bitable-archive A top pick of 321 in Workflow automation & no-code
  3. Telos B top pick of 216 in Project planning & tracking

Finance & Legal

  1. uzi A top pick of 2,124 in Investment analysis & markets
  2. us-state-privacy-navigator A top pick of 525 in Privacy & regulatory compliance
  3. corporate-registration-consulting B top pick of 448 in Legal research & case law

People & HR

  1. folk-culture B top pick of 145 in Coaching, career development & culture
  2. designer-ic-assessment B top pick of 49 in Performance & employee relations
  3. resume-screening C top pick of 45 in Résumé screening & interviewing

Research, Science & Education

  1. pubscholar-auto-search A top pick of 901 in Literature review & citations
  2. paper-self-review B top pick of 749 in Academic writing & papers
  3. ai-tutor B top pick of 458 in Tutoring & exam preparation

Creative & Media

  1. demo-producer A top pick of 1,310 in Video production & editing
  2. jimeng-image A top pick of 984 in Image generation & prompting
  3. open-design-to-open-slide A top pick of 777 in Slide decks & presentations

Skill & Agent Engineering

  1. baoyu-post-to-weibo B top pick of 1,121 in Information, media & social sources
  2. superlocalmemory A top pick of 1,916 in Memory stores & recall
  3. drama-workflow A top pick of 1,471 in Agent task delegation & fan-out

Personal & Everyday

  1. curation-methodology A top pick of 680 in Personal knowledge & notes
  2. salary-negotiation B top pick of 339 in Career & job search
  3. recommendations B top pick of 360 in Entertainment & games

Before you install one

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