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Claude skills marketplace: where to find skills in 2026

There’s no one Claude skills marketplace. Where to find skills: Anthropic’s repo and plugin marketplaces, open directories and curated catalogs, compared.

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8 min read · updated Nov 10, 2026

The short answer

There isn’t one Claude skills marketplace. Skills come from four kinds of places: Anthropic’s own sources (the anthropics/skills repository and the plugin marketplaces you browse with /plugin in Claude Code), uploads to the Claude app, open directories that index skills on GitHub (such as skills.sh, Claude Skills Hub and SkillsLLM), and curated catalogs such as Lookbk. Whichever you use, a skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file that ends up in your agent’s skills folder, so read it before you run it.

Jump to:The sources at a glanceIs there an official Claude skills marketplace?Open directories that index GitHubCurated catalogs

Search for a Claude skills marketplace and you get a mix of things that look alike: Anthropic’s own catalogs, community directories with tens of thousands of entries, and smaller stores. They differ in who wrote the skills, whether anyone looked at them, and how you install them. This page sorts them out, with each fact taken from the source’s own page (listed at the foot).

The sources at a glance

Where Claude skills come from, and how you install them
SourceFree or paidWhat it listsHow you install
anthropics/skills on GitHubFree. Many skills are Apache 2.0Anthropic’s example skills, including the Word, PDF, PowerPoint and Excel skills/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills in Claude Code, then install example-skills or document-skills
Claude Code plugin marketplacesFree to add. Many plugins connect to a vendor’s service with its own termsPlugins, which can bundle skills, agents, hooks and MCP servers/plugin, then the Discover tab, or /plugin install <name>@<marketplace>
The Claude appYour own skill, or one you were givenNothing to browse: you upload a ZIPCustomize > Skills, then +, Create skill, Upload a skill
skills.shFree. The CLI is MIT-licensedSkills from GitHub repositories, with a leaderboard and security audit resultsnpx skills add <owner/repo>
Claude Skills Hub (claudeskills.info)Free to browse. Each skill has its own licenseA searchable directory of skills, MCP servers and plugins, with source linksFollow each skill’s own instructions
SkillsLLMFree to browseOpen-source skills, MCP servers and agent tools, ranked by GitHub starsFrom the skill’s GitHub repository
Lookbk39 free, the rest with ProArt-directed skills for visual work, each shown with what it renderedcurl -fsSL https://lookbk.dev/cli.js | node - add <skill>

Is there an official Claude skills marketplace?

Not one built only for skills. Anthropic’s catalogs are for plugins, and a plugin is a package that can hold skills along with other parts. Anthropic’s own example skills live in a GitHub repository you can add as a plugin marketplace. Here is each official route.

The anthropics/skills repository

Anthropic’s public skills repository holds example skills in four groups: creative and design, development and technical, enterprise and communication, and the document skills (docx, pdf, pptx and xlsx) that the README says power Claude’s own document features. It also holds the Agent Skills specification and a template to start a skill from. The README says the skills are for demonstration and education, and to test them before relying on them. Claude skills examples walks through what is inside.

Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install document-skills@anthropic-agent-skills
/plugin install example-skills@anthropic-agent-skills

Plugin marketplaces in Claude Code

A marketplace is a catalog of plugins defined by a .claude-plugin/marketplace.json file in a repository. Anthropic publishes two general ones. The official marketplace, claude-plugins-official, is added for you the first time you start an interactive Claude Code session. Most of what it lists comes from partners and other authors, and Anthropic maintains a smaller set. The community marketplace, claude-community, holds third-party plugins their authors submitted to Anthropic, and you add it yourself.

Claude Code
/plugin
/plugin install commit-commands@claude-plugins-official
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community

Run /plugin on its own to open the Discover tab, which lists the plugins from every marketplace you have added. Naming a plugin with /plugin install opens its details first, including a Will install list of the skills, agents, hooks and servers it adds, and nothing installs until you choose a scope. On the web, Claude Marketplace (opens in a new tab) lists the official catalog and marks some plugins Anthropic verified. Any other repository with a marketplace.json works too: /plugin marketplace add <owner>/<repo>.

Uploading a skill to the Claude app

The Claude app has no store to browse, but you can add a skill you have. Zip the skill folder, then go to Customize > Skills, choose +, Create skill and Upload a skill. Anthropic’s help article says skills work on Free, Pro, Max, Ultra, Team and Enterprise plans, and need code execution turned on. An upload fails if the folder name doesn’t match the skill’s name or the SKILL.md file is missing.

Open directories that index GitHub

Many skills written outside Anthropic are published in public GitHub repositories, and directories list them so you can search. They are useful for finding things, and they are not reviews.

  • skills.sh is Vercel’s Agent Skills Directory. Each entry is named by its GitHub owner/repo, there is a leaderboard with all-time, trending and hot views, and an audits page shows results from three scanners: Gen Agent Trust Hub, Socket and Snyk. Its skills CLI asks which skills and which agents to install to, and installs into the current project unless you add -g.
  • Claude Skills Hub (claudeskills.info) is a third-party directory, not affiliated with Anthropic, that lists skills, MCP servers and plugins by category, with stars and source links, plus a JSON search API. Its own FAQ says inclusion does not certify security, and that installing is your decision.
  • SkillsLLM lists open-source skills, MCP servers and agent tools for Claude Code, Codex CLI and ChatGPT, ranked by GitHub stars, with a security checker and a form to submit a skill.

Curated catalogs

A curated catalog is narrower: one team writes or selects every skill and keeps them working. Lookbk is one, for visual work. Its skills make website heroes, landing pages, launch films rendered from code, slide decks and social images, and each skill page shows the output the skill rendered from its example briefs, so you see the result before you install. 39 skills are free and install with no account; the rest come with Pro. They are SKILL.md folders, so Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents that read the format can load them.

Editorial OG Card: an example of what it makes
Free
image
Editorial OG CardClaude CodeCodexCursor+3 more agents
Kinetic Title Drop: an example of what it makes
Free
video
Kinetic Title DropClaude CodeCodexCursor+3 more agents
Swiss Grid Deck: an example of what it makes
Free
slides
Swiss Grid DeckClaude CodeCodexCursor+3 more agents
Mono Editorial Landing: an example of what it makes
Free
web
Mono Editorial LandingClaude CodeCodexCursor+3 more agents
Roller Diner Hero: an example of what it makes
Free
video
Roller Diner HeroClaude CodeCodexCursor+3 more agents

To get one, run the installer with the last part of the skill page’s address, then start a new session. Install a skill in any agent covers each agent.

Terminal
curl -fsSL https://lookbk.dev/cli.js | node - add editorial-og-card

How to pick a source

You want…Start with
Word, PDF, PowerPoint or Excel workAnthropic’s document skills in anthropics/skills
Claude Code to work with a tool your team usesThe official plugin marketplace: search the Discover tab for the vendor
A narrow task someone has probably solvedA directory such as skills.sh, then read the skill’s repository
A video, deck, hero or image with a set lookA catalog that shows the rendered output, such as Lookbk
A skill only you needWrite one

Stay safe whichever marketplace you use

Anthropic’s plugin docs open with the point that matters: a plugin you install can execute arbitrary code on your machine with your user privileges. A skill with scripts is the same, and its instructions steer what your agent does with the tools it already has. The Claude app help article names the main risks as prompt injection and data exfiltration, and says to install skills only from sources you trust.

Before you install a skill from any source

Safety checks before running a skill goes through each check in detail.

Common questions

Is there an official Claude skills marketplace?
Anthropic publishes plugin marketplaces rather than a store only for skills: claude-plugins-official, which Claude Code adds for you, and claude-community, which you add. Its example skills are in the anthropics/skills repository, which you can add as a marketplace with /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills.
Are Claude skills free?
Many are. Anthropic’s example skills are mostly Apache 2.0, and directories are free to browse, though each skill has its own license. Some catalogs, Lookbk among them, offer free skills and sell others.
Does Anthropic check skills listed in directories?
No. Anthropic’s docs say it doesn’t review third-party marketplaces, and directories such as Claude Skills Hub say a listing does not certify security. Read a skill before you run it.
How do I install a skill I found in a directory?
Most entries link to a GitHub repository. Copy the skill’s folder into your agent’s skills folder, such as ~/.claude/skills for Claude Code, or use the installer the source names, such as npx skills add <owner/repo> for skills.sh.
Can I use these skills in the Claude app?
Yes. Zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills. Anthropic’s help article says this needs code execution turned on.
Do Claude skills work in Codex or Cursor?
A skill is a SKILL.md folder, and Codex, Cursor and several other agents read that format from their own folders. Where skills live lists them.

Sources

What this guide says about other companies’ tools comes from their own documentation, checked on Nov 10, 2026.

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