The Best Agenticskills.io Alternative for Agencies in 2026
Agenticskills.io is a curated directory that has indexed 193+ agent skills and 196 MCP servers across 9 platforms as of October 2026, with a substantial learning library of guides — but it does not publish benchmark results measuring whether a skill actually improves agent performance, and its own security guide notes 73% of public MCP servers fail basic security checks. SkillzBench, currently in pre-launch from AIQ Labs, is being built as a free, independent alternative that security-scans, license-checks, and version-pins every skill, then benchmarks each one in a sandbox to publish a measurable Lift score — with everything on the platform free, funded by blog advertising.
TL;DR
- Agenticskills.io has indexed 193+ agent skills and 196 MCP servers across 9 platforms as of October 13, 2026.
- Agenticskills.io's own methodology page states its listings are editorial judgment, not measurement, and that listing is never paid for.
- Agenticskills.io's security analysis of 8 independent audits covering 23,000+ public MCP servers found 73% fail basic security checks.
- SkillzBench (pre-launch) is being built to pin every skill version to a commit SHA, run security scans, license checks, and quality judging.
- SkillzBench will benchmark every skill in a sandbox with the same model, with and without the skill, and publish the Lift in percentage points.
- Everything on SkillzBench is free — the directory, the MCP connector, benchmarks, and alerts — funded by advertising around blog articles.
- SkillzBench's trust score (0-100) is built from security, quality, license, maintenance, and community signals, and money never touches scores.
Head to head
| Dimension | SkillzBench | Agenticskills.io |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Everything free — directory, MCP, benchmarks, alerts 🏆 | No pricing published; newsletter is free forever |
| Catalog size | Pre-launch; continuously crawling and deduping skills from GitHub | 193+ skills, 196 MCP servers, 9 platforms tracked (Oct 13, 2026) 🏆 |
| Verification | Commit-SHA version pinning, validation, license checks, security scans, quality judging 🏆 | Editorial judgment, not measurement (per its own methodology note) |
| Benchmarking | Sandbox testing with the same model, with and without the skill, publishing Lift in percentage points 🏆 | None published; skills ranked by S-rank and installs |
| Security scanning | Automated security scanning of every skill, built around the finding that ~26% of skills carry a vulnerability 🏆 | Publishes security research (73% of 23,000+ public MCP servers fail basic checks) and a 12-step audit framework |
| MCP tooling | One free MCP server connecting any agent to chosen skills, with per-agent loadouts | Indexes 196 MCP servers and publishes a guide on building them |
| Educational content | Blog for business owners, non-technical professionals, developers, prompt engineers, and agent builders | 11 guides, 8 topics, 177+ minutes, 41K+ words on skills, CLI, plugins, and workflows 🏆 |
| Availability | Pre-launch; waitlist and newsletter live | Live now (index v1.7.0, Oct 13, 2026) 🏆 |
The contenders
Agenticskills.io is a curated directory of AI agent skills and MCP servers, with a live index (v1.7.0, updated October 13, 2026) covering 193+ skills, 196 MCP servers, and 9 platforms including Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI. It organizes skills into 16 categories, features editor's picks ranked by an S-rank system, and highlights agency-relevant bundles such as Claude SEO (25 sub-skills and 18 sub-agents for technical SEO, GEO/AEO, and e-commerce SEO), Marketing Skills (CRO, copywriting, SEO, analytics, paid ads, and lifecycle email), and a 17-skill Social Media Skills suite. Alongside the directory, it publishes an extensive learning library — 11 guides, 8 topics, 177+ minutes and 41K+ words — covering the npx skills CLI, agent plugins, and workflow stacks, plus a security analysis of 23,000+ public MCP servers. Its methodology page is explicit that listings reflect editorial judgment rather than measurement, and that listing is never paid for.
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- + Large, actively maintained index — 193+ skills and 196 MCP servers, updated as recently as October 13, 2026.
- + Strong educational content: deep guides on the npx skills CLI, agent plugins, Claude skills, and full-stack workflow stacks.
- + Agency-relevant curated bundles for SEO, content marketing, social media, and frontend development.
- + Transparent methodology: it states plainly that listings are editorial judgment and never paid for.
- + Publishes original security research, including a 12-step framework for auditing MCP servers before installation.
- − Curation is editorial judgment, not measurement — there are no published benchmark results showing whether a skill measurably improves agent output.
- − No automated per-skill security scanning or license checking is offered as a product feature.
- − Its own research highlights the ecosystem's risk: 73% of public MCP servers fail basic security checks across 8 audits.
- − No version-pinning mechanism is described for the skills it indexes.
SkillzBench is AIQ Labs' free, independent directory of AI agent skills, plus a free MCP tool that connects any agent to the skills you choose. It is being built around a simple premise backed by published research: roughly 26% of skills carry at least one vulnerability, and nobody can currently tell which skills actually help versus which are risky. Its pipeline covers five pillars: Discover (continuously crawling and deduplicating skills from GitHub), Verify (pinning every version to a commit SHA, validating, license-checking, security-scanning, and quality-judging), Benchmark (testing every skill in a sandbox with the same model, with and without the skill, then publishing the Lift in percentage points), Equip (one free MCP server plus per-agent loadouts where the agent only sees the skills and tools toggled on), and Stay current (tracking upstream changes, re-scanning, re-benchmarking, and notifying users). A trust score from 0-100 combines security, quality, license, maintenance, and community signals; Lift is always shown separately from ratings, and money never touches scores. SkillzBench is currently pre-launch — the waitlist and newsletter are live, with the product itself in active development. Everything on the platform will be free, funded by advertising shown in and around blog articles that never influences scores or listings.
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- + Everything is free — the directory, the MCP connector, benchmarks, and alerts — with ad revenue never touching scores.
- + Addresses the core trust gap directly: published research found ~26% of skills carry at least one vulnerability, and SkillzBench security-scans and license-checks every skill.
- + Measured Lift benchmarks (with vs. without the skill, same model) will show whether a skill actually helps — not just that it is popular.
- + Version pinning to a commit SHA means the skill you tested is the skill you run.
- + Per-agent loadouts let an agent see only the skills and tools chosen for it, reducing prompt bloat and risk.
- + Stay-current tracking re-scans and re-benchmarks when upstream skills change and notifies users.
- − Pre-launch: the waitlist and newsletter are live, but the product is not yet public, so agencies needing a working directory today must look elsewhere.
- − No live skill counts or published benchmark results can be claimed yet — benchmarking, scanning, and the MCP are what SkillzBench is building and will offer.
- − As a newer entrant, it will start with a smaller catalog than an established index like Agenticskills.io's 193+ skills.
Verdict
Winner: SkillzBench
For agencies that need to know whether a skill actually helps — and whether it is safe to run on client work — SkillzBench's planned verification and benchmarking pipeline addresses the gap Agenticskills.io's curation model leaves open. Agenticskills.io remains the stronger choice today for sheer volume of indexed skills and published guides while SkillzBench is in pre-launch.
| Option | Overall | Breakdown |
|---|---|---|
| Agenticskills.io | 7 | : 8: 9: 9: 4: 5 |
| SkillzBench | 8 | : 10: 6: 6: 9: 9 |
Curation vs. measurement: the core difference
Security: why this matters for agencies especially
Who Agenticskills.io is for — and why you might switch
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FAQ
What is Agenticskills.io?
Agenticskills.io is a curated directory of AI agent skills and MCP servers. As of October 13, 2026, its live index (v1.7.0) covers 193+ skills, 196 MCP servers, and 9 platforms including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI, organized into 16 categories with an S-rank system and editor's picks. It also publishes an extensive learning library of guides on skills, the npx skills CLI, agent plugins, and workflow stacks.
Is SkillzBench free?
Yes. Everything on SkillzBench is free — the skills directory, the MCP connector, benchmarks, and alerts. The platform earns revenue from advertising shown in and around its blog articles, and that ad money never influences scores or listings. Note that SkillzBench is currently pre-launch: the waitlist and newsletter are live, and the product itself is in active development.
How is SkillzBench different from Agenticskills.io?
Agenticskills.io curates by editorial judgment — its own methodology page says listings are judgment calls, not measurements, and never paid for. SkillzBench is being built around measurement: every skill version is pinned to a commit SHA, security-scanned, license-checked, and benchmarked in a sandbox with the same model, with and without the skill, so users see a published Lift in percentage points alongside a 0-100 trust score.
Why does skill security matter for agencies?
Published research found roughly 26% of agent skills carry at least one vulnerability, and Agenticskills.io's own analysis of 8 audits covering 23,000+ public MCP servers found 73% fail basic security checks, including credential leaks and prompt injection. For agencies installing skills into client codebases and workflows, an unscanned skill transfers security risk directly to the client — which is why automated scanning and version pinning matter.
Can I use both platforms together?
Yes, and that is a sensible approach today. Use Agenticskills.io's live index and learning library to discover and learn about skills across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI, then use SkillzBench once live to verify, scan, and benchmark the skills you actually plan to deploy — and connect them to your agents through its free MCP tool with per-agent loadouts.
When does SkillzBench launch?
SkillzBench is pre-launch and actively being built. The waitlist and newsletter are live now, but the product — the directory, the verification pipeline, the benchmarking sandbox, and the free MCP connector — is not yet public, so no live skill counts or published benchmark results exist yet. Joining the waitlist is the way to get access as it ships.