Anthropic Skills Repo Gains 1,676 Stars in a Day
The anthropics/skills repository on GitHub added 1,676 stars in 24 hours and now holds 191,978 in total.
Updated on Nov. 11, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic's anthropics/skills repository on GitHub added 1,676 stars in a 24-hour period, according to a snapshot dated November 10. The repository has accumulated 191,978 stars and 22,614 forks in total.
Why it matters
The repository supplies folders of instructions, scripts and resources that Claude can load for specialized tasks, including document handling. Rapid growth in stars and forks signals broad developer interest in packaging AI capabilities as reusable skills.
The repository holds 191,978 stars and 22,614 forks in a November 10 snapshot, with 1,676 stars added in 24 hours. Its primary language is Python, and the document skills for DOCX, PDF, PPTX and XLSX files are licensed under Apache 2.0.
The players
Anthropic
Anthropic is an artificial intelligence company that develops the Claude family of AI models and maintains the anthropics/skills repository.
The details
Anthropic's anthropics/skills repository, created September 22, 2025, organizes Agent Skills as folders containing instructions, scripts and resources that Claude can load for specialized tasks such as art, design and web app testing. Developers can use patterns and metadata in SKILL.md files to build custom skills, and the repository includes separate document creation and editing skills.
Timeline
September 22, 2025: The anthropics/skills repository was created.
November 10, 2026: A snapshot recorded 1,676 stars added within the preceding 24 hours.
The Tech Race
The growth of the anthropics/skills repository reflects developer uptake of Anthropic's Agent Skills format, which packages instructions, scripts and resources for Claude. The repository's document skills for DOCX, PDF, PPTX and XLSX files put Anthropic's modular approach in direct competition with rival AI developers' tooling.
Developers can use the anthropics/skills repository to build custom Claude skills from SKILL.md templates. The included document skills handle DOCX, PDF, PPTX and XLSX files under an Apache 2.0 license.
The takeaway
Reusable skill folders let developers extend Claude without rebuilding core capabilities, so templates in SKILL.md files are a practical starting point for custom tooling.
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