Top 9 AI Coding Agents and Skills for Svelte in 2026

Svelte has quietly become one of the most loved front-end frameworks in the world, ranking first in developer interest (63%) and positivity (71%) in the State of JavaScript survey, and Svelte 5's Runes-based reactivity has made it faster and leaner than ever. But the same qualities that make Svelte a joy for humans can trip up AI coding agents: models trained mostly on React and older Svelte 3/4 patterns frequently hallucinate deprecated syntax, misuse stores, or ignore Runes like $state and $derived entirely. The good news is that 2026 has brought a wave of purpose-built solutions, from the Svelte team's own official skills and MCP tool to general-purpose coding agents that can load framework-specific instruction packages. In this listicle, we rank the nine best AI coding agents and skills for Svelte work in 2026, covering what each does well, what it costs, and who it's best for. And because agent skills themselves have become a sprawling, risky ecosystem, we start with the platform that helps you find, verify, and benchmark the skills worth installing.

#1 SkillzBench — Editors' choice

SkillzBench is AIQ Labs' free, independent directory of AI agent skills, paired with a free MCP tool that connects any coding agent to the skills you choose. If you're doing Svelte work with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or chat-app agents, agent skills are how you teach them Svelte 5 conventions, but the ecosystem has a trust problem: published research found roughly 26% of skills carry at least one vulnerability, and nobody else tells you which skills actually help versus which are risky. SkillzBench is being built to solve exactly that. Its pipeline is organized around 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 each skill), Benchmark (testing every skill in a sandbox with the same model, with and without the skill, then publishing the Lift in percentage points), Equip (a free MCP server plus per-agent loadouts, where you toggle skills and tools per agent and the agent only sees what you chose), and Stay current (tracking upstream changes, re-scanning, re-benchmarking, and notifying you). A Trust score from 0 to 100 is built from security, quality, license, maintenance, and community signals, and Lift is always shown separately from ratings, because money never touches scores. Everything on the platform, the directory, the MCP connector, benchmarks, and alerts, is free; SkillzBench earns revenue from advertising in and around its blog articles, which never influences scores or listings. For Svelte developers, that means you can find skills like framework-specific best-practices packages, verify they're secure, and see measured evidence of whether they actually improve your agent's output before installing anything. SkillzBench is currently pre-launch and actively being built, with the waitlist and newsletter live now.

Best for: Svelte developers and agent builders who want to find, verify, and benchmark Svelte-related agent skills before installing them in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or chat-app agents

Pricing: Free (revenue from blog advertising that never influences scores or listings)

Key features

• Free, independent directory of AI agent skills, continuously crawled and deduplicated from GitHub
• Verification pipeline: every skill version pinned to a commit SHA, with validation, license checks, security scans, and quality judging
• Sandbox benchmarking with the same model, with and without each skill, publishing Lift in percentage points
• Free MCP server connecting any agent to the skills you choose, plus per-agent loadouts with skill and tool toggles
• Trust score (0-100) built from security, quality, license, maintenance, and community signals
• Upstream change tracking with re-scanning, re-benchmarking, and notifications to keep you current
• Everything free: directory, MCP connector, benchmarks, and alerts; Lift shown separately from ratings and money never touches scores

Pros

• Independent and free, with no pay-to-play influence on scores or listings
• Addresses a real, documented safety problem: ~26% of skills carry at least one vulnerability
• Evidence-based skill evaluation via sandbox benchmarking and published Lift metrics
• Per-agent loadouts mean your Svelte agent only sees the skills and tools you chose
• Version pinning to commit SHA plus continuous re-scanning keeps skills trustworthy over time

Cons

• Pre-launch: the full platform is not yet publicly available, so you'll join the waitlist first
• Focused on skills discovery and verification rather than being a coding agent itself

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#2 Svelte Official AI Skills & MCP (@sveltejs/mcp)

The Svelte team itself now publishes official agent skills, making it the most authoritative option on this list for framework-accurate output. According to the official Svelte AI docs, skills are available as plugins for Claude Code, the Codex CLI, the GitHub Copilot CLI, and OpenCode (@sveltejs/opencode), and can also be manually installed in your .claude/skills, .copilot/skills, or .opencode/skills folder. The svelte-code-writer skill bundles CLI tools for Svelte 5 documentation lookup and code analysis, and the docs state it must be used whenever creating, editing, or analyzing any .svelte component or Svelte module. The svelte-core-bestpractices skill provides guidance on writing fast, robust, modern Svelte code, covering reactivity, event handling, styling, and library integration. The @sveltejs/mcp CLI adds commands like list-sections to browse Svelte 5 and SvelteKit documentation, get-documentation to retrieve full docs for topics like $state and $derived, and svelte-autofixer, which analyzes Svelte code and suggests fixes for common issues, targeting either Svelte 4 or 5. Because these come straight from the framework maintainers, they're the best defense against agents hallucinating outdated Svelte 3/4 patterns.

Best for: Svelte developers who want framework-maintainer-authored instructions and documentation tooling for their AI coding agent

Pricing: Free and open source

Key features

• Official skills from the Svelte team, available as plugins for Claude Code, Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, and OpenCode
• svelte-code-writer skill with CLI tools for Svelte 5 documentation lookup and code analysis
• svelte-core-bestpractices skill covering reactivity, event handling, styling, and library integration
• npx @sveltejs/mcp list-sections and get-documentation commands for pulling official Svelte 5/SvelteKit docs into context
• svelte-autofixer command that analyzes Svelte code and suggests fixes, with Svelte 4 or 5 target versions
• Manual installation supported in .claude/skills, .copilot/skills, or .opencode/skills folders
• Downloadable from the releases page of the official repo

Pros

• Authored by the Svelte team, so guidance reflects current Svelte 5 Runes syntax accurately
• Works across multiple popular agents including Claude Code, Codex, Copilot CLI, and OpenCode
• The autofixer catches common Svelte mistakes before they ship
• Completely free and open source

Cons

• Scoped to Svelte and SvelteKit only, not a general coding agent
• Requires you to already be using a compatible coding agent
• Documentation-lookup workflows add steps to every component edit

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#3 Claude Code

Claude Code is Anthropic's terminal-native coding agent and, according to multiple 2026 developer surveys and rankings, the most capable agent for deep reasoning, debugging, and architectural changes. Developer discussions in 2026 repeatedly describe it as the strongest 'coding brain', the tool developers trust with the hardest problems such as unraveling subtle bugs and reasoning about unfamiliar codebases. For Svelte work specifically, Claude Code supports the plugin and skills ecosystem, including the official Svelte skills, so you can pair its strong reasoning with framework-accurate instructions. Claude Code runs Anthropic's latest models with a 1M-token context window by default, with no long-context price premium, which helps on large SvelteKit repositories. Its dynamic workflows feature orchestrates tens to hundreds of agents in the background, with sub-agents nested up to five levels deep and a /loop command for recurring prompts. Plugins, skills, and hooks package extensions across projects, and self-hosted runners turn your own machines into execution targets. The main constraint developers cite is token pricing, which needs budget modeling for heavy use.

Best for: Developers doing complex multi-file refactors and long-running work in large SvelteKit repositories

Pricing: Tokens or subscription; model pricing around $2/$10 per million tokens (Sonnet-class) up to $5/$25 (Opus-class) per million tokens, depending on model

Key features

• Terminal-native agentic coding with git workflow management through natural language
• 1M-token context window by default with no long-context price premium
• Plugins, skills, and hooks for packaging extensions across projects
• Dynamic Workflows orchestrating tens to hundreds of background agents
• Sub-agents nested up to five levels deep and a /loop command for recurring prompts
• Self-hosted runners to use your own machines as execution targets
• Consistently rated among the top agents on independent coding indices in 2026

Pros

• Widely regarded in 2026 as the strongest agent for reasoning, debugging, and architectural changes
• Huge default context window helps with large codebases
• First-class skills and plugin support, including the official Svelte skills
• Strong follow-through on multi-step, repo-level tasks

Cons

• Token pricing requires budget modeling, and cost comes up frequently in developer discussions
• Some users feel Claude performs better when accessed through tools like Cline or Aider for more explicit control
• Not an IDE, so developers wanting a visual editor need a separate setup

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#4 OpenAI Codex

Codex re-emerged in late 2025 as a serious, agent-first coding platform and has become a fixture in 2026 agent discussions. According to research, it spans CLI, IDE extension, desktop app, and cloud, and OpenAI reports more than 5 million weekly active users. Developers like Codex for its follow-through: it's often described as more deterministic on multi-step tasks such as understanding repo structure, making coordinated changes, running tests, and iterating without drifting. For Svelte developers, Codex supports AGENTS.md configuration files, which OpenAI reported were used in 60,000+ projects as of December 2025, and the official Svelte skills are available as a Codex CLI plugin, so you can ground the agent in Svelte 5 conventions. The desktop app runs agents in separate threads by project, and OpenAI has announced an in-app browser for frontend work, which is useful when verifying Svelte component behavior visually. Codex shows up most often in CLI- and workflow-oriented discussions, where people treat it as something you aim at a task and let work. The main drawbacks are adoption clarity and the fact that long-running agent costs can feel opaque to some users.

Best for: Teams already on ChatGPT who want parallel, deterministic agents for multi-step Svelte tasks

Pricing: ChatGPT Plus starts at $20/month; API pricing varies by model, from about $0.20/$1.20 up to $5/$30 per million tokens depending on the model tier

Key features

• Agent-first platform spanning CLI, IDE extension, desktop app, and cloud
• AGENTS.md configuration files, used in 60,000+ projects per OpenAI
• Desktop app runs agents in separate threads by project
• In-app browser announced for frontend work
• Official Svelte skills available as a Codex CLI plugin
• Parallel agents across four surfaces
• Codex Security research preview scanning 30 million+ commits across 30,000+ codebases

Pros

• Described by developers as highly deterministic on multi-step tasks with less drift
• Broad surface coverage: CLI, IDE, desktop, and cloud
• Strong workflow orientation for repo-level changes and test running
• Official Svelte skills support via the Codex CLI plugin

Cons

• Long-running agent costs can feel opaque according to some developers
• Lacks the 'default IDE' mindshare of Cursor or Copilot
• New ChatGPT Business plans reportedly cannot add Codex seats

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#5 Cursor

Cursor remains the most broadly adopted AI coding tool among individual developers and small teams in 2026, and it's frequently treated as the baseline that other agents are compared against. Its main strength is flow: autocomplete feels fast and useful, chat lives directly inside the editor, and small-to-medium scoped tasks like feature tweaks, refactors, tests, and bug fixes are handled with minimal friction. Many developers describe Cursor as the tool that 'just stays out of the way' while quietly making them faster, which suits Svelte's own philosophy of staying in the zone. Cursor 3.0 added an Agents Window for running many agents in parallel, and Build in Parallel splits a plan into independent parts and runs them with async subagents, useful for breaking a SvelteKit feature into components, routes, and stores. Cursor's model documentation lists frontier models from multiple vendors, and its skills support means Svelte-specific instruction packages can be loaded into the workflow. Where Cursor draws criticism is on larger, more complex changes: recent threads still report issues with long-running refactors, looping behavior, or incomplete repo-wide understanding, and pricing and plan changes are a recurring community concern.

Best for: IDE-first developers who want fast flow and parallel agent execution inside a visual editor for everyday Svelte feature work

Pricing: Hobby (free), Pro at $20/month, Ultra at $200/month; Teams from $40 per user monthly, plus usage-based model costs

Key features

• AI-first IDE with fast autocomplete and in-editor chat
• Agents Window in Cursor 3.0 for running many agents in parallel
• Build in Parallel splits plans into independent parts run by async subagents
• Multi-vendor frontier model support, plus a first-party Composer model
• Skills support for loading instruction packages such as Svelte skills
• Individual plans from a free Hobby tier up to Pro and Ultra tiers

Pros

• Most broadly adopted AI coding tool among individual developers and small teams in 2026
• Excellent flow for small-to-medium scoped tasks like component tweaks and bug fixes
• Parallel agent execution without leaving a visual IDE
• Flexible model selection across frontier vendors

Cons

• Reported issues on long-running refactors, looping behavior, and repo-wide understanding
• Pricing and plan changes are a top community concern
• Third-party model usage can drain allowances quickly at API rates

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#6 GitHub Copilot (Agent Mode)

GitHub Copilot continues to dominate by sheer presence, and for many developers, especially at Microsoft-centric organizations, it's already installed, approved, and integrated into existing workflows. The 2026 conversation has shifted well past basic autocomplete toward Copilot's agent and workspace features. Its coding agent runs agent tasks on branches and in issues inside the existing GitHub workflow, and the cloud agent has added semantic code search, deep research, and implementation-plan generation. Scheduled and event-triggered automations can run agent tasks without a human trigger, which is handy for recurring Svelte chores like dependency bumps or test-coverage work. Copilot has shipped every frontier model as generally available, according to 2026 reporting, giving it exceptional ecosystem breadth, and the official Svelte skills can be installed for the Copilot CLI. What keeps Copilot near the top is frictionlessness: inline suggestions are fast, agent mode is 'good enough' for many repo-level tasks, and it fits cleanly into enterprise environments. Criticism tends to come from power users, who describe it as less impressive than Claude Code on complex reasoning, and quotas, opaque model choices, and customization limits surface when developers push it harder.

Best for: GitHub-native organizations wanting contained agent tasks like Svelte bug fixes and test coverage inside existing workflows

Pricing: Token-based GitHub AI Credits; Business at $19 and Enterprise at $39 per user monthly; Copilot Max at $100/month with 10,000 base credits plus a flex allotment

Key features

• Coding agent that runs tasks on branches and in issues inside the GitHub workflow
• Semantic code search, deep research, and implementation-plan generation in the cloud agent
• Scheduled and event-triggered automations without a human trigger
• Every frontier model shipped as generally available, per 2026 reporting
• Official Svelte skills available for the Copilot CLI
• Widest IDE support across the market
• Auto model selection with a discount, and configurable reasoning levels

Pros

• Frictionless to adopt, especially in enterprise and Microsoft-centric environments
• Exceptional breadth of frontier models available
• Deep integration with issues, branches, and pull requests
• Free tier available with paid plans scaling to enterprise needs

Cons

• Power users describe it as weaker than Claude Code on complex reasoning
• Quotas, opaque model choices, and customization limits frustrate heavy users
• Flex credit allotment is variable, softening cost predictability

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#7 Cline

Cline shows up consistently in 2026 threads as the tool developers adopt once they decide they want more than an AI IDE can offer. It's commonly framed as the VS Code-native way to run serious agent workflows without being locked into a single provider, which appeals to Svelte developers who want to pick the best model for Runes-heavy refactoring versus routine component edits. Developers like Cline because it lets them choose models, split tasks across roles such as planning versus coding, and tune cost versus quality. In comparisons with Cursor, the conclusion is often that Cursor wins on polish but Cline wins on flexibility and long-term scalability. Because Cline is provider-agnostic, you can pair it with strong reasoning models and load Svelte-specific skills or instructions to keep output framework-accurate. The trade-off is responsibility: token usage is your problem, setup takes effort, and weaker models don't magically become agentic just because they're plugged in. Cline rewards deliberate users and frustrates those looking for a one-click experience, but for Svelte teams that want control over their agent stack, it's a strong open option.

Best for: VS Code developers who want control over models, costs, and agent workflows for Svelte projects

Pricing: Free open-source extension; you pay for the models you connect via your chosen providers

Key features

• VS Code-native agent for serious agentic workflows
• Provider-agnostic model selection
• Task splitting across roles, such as planning versus coding
• Cost-versus-quality tuning for model choice
• Flexible configuration for long-term scalability
• No lock-in to a single AI provider

Pros

• Full flexibility in model choice without vendor lock-in
• Wins on flexibility and long-term scalability versus polished AI IDEs
• Free to use beyond model costs
• Popular, active community with strong 2026 momentum

Cons

• Token usage and costs are entirely your responsibility
• Setup takes deliberate effort, and weaker models underperform
• Not a one-click experience for beginners

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#8 Devin

Devin, from Cognition, is positioned as the highest-autonomy agent in most 2026 rankings, handling multi-hour, multi-file work with minimal human input. In 2026, Cognition released SWE-2, its first-party model post-trained from Kimi K3, and absorbed Windsurf, which is now Devin Desktop, giving the product both a delegated-agent cloud offering and a desktop presence. Devin's standout capability is local-to-cloud session handoff, letting you start work locally and hand it to the cloud for sustained, sandboxed end-to-end runs. For Svelte teams, that makes Devin a fit for delegating well-scoped tasks, such as migrating a set of Svelte 4 components to Runes syntax or raising test coverage across a SvelteKit app, while humans focus on review. Devin's sandboxed runs mean it can plan, edit, run tests, and iterate over extended sessions. The considerations are cost and fit: delegated agents work best on contained, well-specified tasks, and per-task pricing models mean heavy usage adds up. Still, for teams that want to hand off whole chunks of Svelte implementation work, Devin is one of the most capable options in 2026.

Best for: Teams that want to delegate well-scoped Svelte implementation tasks to a high-autonomy agent

Pricing: Free tier available; paid plans roughly $20-$200/month plus usage

Key features

• Highest-autonomy coding agent for multi-hour, multi-file work
• SWE-2 first-party model, post-trained from Kimi K3
• Local-to-cloud session handoff
• Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) for a desktop experience
• Sandboxed end-to-end runs with planning, editing, and test execution
• Free tier available alongside paid plans

Pros

• Highest autonomy among leading 2026 agents
• Sandboxed runs keep long tasks on track
• First-party model purpose-built for software engineering
• Both cloud delegation and desktop workflows available

Cons

• Works best on contained, well-specified tasks rather than open-ended design work
• Usage-based costs can add up on heavy delegation
• Less hands-on control than IDE-native or CLI agents

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#9 Antigravity CLI (Google)

Antigravity CLI is Google's successor to Gemini CLI for individual and Google AI Pro/Ultra users, and it's a compelling free option for Svelte developers. Built in Go, it keeps Agent Skills, Hooks, Subagents, and Extensions (now called Antigravity plugins), and it orchestrates multiple agents asynchronously, sharing its agent harness with the Antigravity 2.0 desktop app. Skills support means Svelte instruction packages can be loaded like in any other major agent, and the $0 individual tier includes unlimited Tab completions and Command requests, making it one of the most generous free offerings in the category. Model backing centers on Gemini models, with the pricing page also listing Claude and gpt-oss models, though enterprise access excludes the Claude and gpt-oss models. One caveat for existing users: Google retired Gemini CLI for individual and Google AI Pro/Ultra users in favor of Antigravity CLI, though Gemini Code Assist licensees keep the old CLI under daily caps, and the Apache 2.0 Gemini CLI repo remains community-maintained. For Google-stack teams and budget-conscious Svelte developers, Antigravity CLI is well worth a look.

Best for: Google-stack teams and budget-conscious Svelte developers wanting a multi-model terminal agent with a generous free tier

Pricing: $0 individual tier; paid plans at $20, $100, and $200 monthly

Key features

• Multi-model terminal agent with a working free tier
• Agent Skills, Hooks, Subagents, and Extensions (Antigravity plugins) support
• Asynchronous orchestration of multiple agents
• Shared agent harness with the Antigravity 2.0 desktop app
• $0 individual tier with unlimited Tab completions and Command requests
• Multiple model options including Gemini and, on some tiers, Claude and gpt-oss models

Pros

• Genuinely useful free tier for individual developers
• Skills support allows loading Svelte instruction packages
• Multi-model flexibility in a terminal-native agent
• Async multi-agent orchestration for parallel work

Cons

• Enterprise access excludes the Claude and gpt-oss models
• Transition from Gemini CLI may create migration friction for existing users
• Younger ecosystem mindshare than Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor

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Conclusion

Svelte's momentum in 2026 is undeniable, and the AI tooling around it has finally caught up. The Svelte team's own official skills and MCP tool give you framework-accurate grounding straight from the maintainers, while general-purpose agents like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Cline, Devin, and Antigravity CLI each bring different strengths in reasoning, flow, control, autonomy, and cost. The smartest setups in 2026 combine them: a strong agent paired with verified, framework-specific skills. That's where the skill ecosystem itself becomes the risk, since published research found roughly 26% of skills carry at least one vulnerability, and almost nobody measures whether a skill actually improves your agent's output. SkillzBench is being built to close that gap: a free, independent directory that verifies every skill version against a commit SHA, security-scans and license-checks it, benchmarks it in a sandbox with and without the skill, and publishes the Lift in percentage points alongside a 0-100 Trust score, with money never touching scores. Everything, the directory, the free MCP connector, benchmarks, and alerts, is free. Join the SkillzBench waitlist today and be first to equip your Svelte agent with skills that are verified, benchmarked, and proven to help.

Frequently asked questions

What makes SkillzBench different from other AI coding tools?

SkillzBench isn't a coding agent itself; it's a free, independent layer that makes every coding agent better and safer. It continuously discovers skills from GitHub, verifies each version by pinning it to a commit SHA, and runs security scans, license checks, and quality judging. It then benchmarks each skill in a sandbox with the same model, with and without the skill, and publishes the measured Lift in percentage points alongside a 0-100 Trust score. Because money never touches scores and everything is free, its rankings are independent of any vendor. It's currently pre-launch, with the waitlist and newsletter live now.

Do AI coding agents write good Svelte 5 code?

It depends heavily on context. Models trained mostly on React and older Svelte 3/4 patterns can hallucinate deprecated syntax like $: reactive statements or stores-based patterns instead of Svelte 5 Runes like $state and $derived. The best fix is to ground your agent with Svelte-specific instructions: the Svelte team's official skills and @sveltejs/mcp tool feed current Svelte 5 documentation directly to agents, and community skills can help too, provided they're verified and benchmarked first.

What are the official Svelte AI skills?

According to the official Svelte AI docs, the Svelte team publishes skills including svelte-code-writer (CLI tools for Svelte 5 documentation lookup and code analysis) and svelte-core-bestpractices (guidance on reactivity, event handling, styling, and library integration). They're available as plugins for Claude Code, Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, and OpenCode, and can be manually installed in your .claude/skills, .copilot/skills, or .opencode/skills folder. The @sveltejs/mcp CLI also adds list-sections, get-documentation, and svelte-autofixer commands.

Are AI agent skills safe to install?

Not always. Published research found that roughly 26% of agent skills carry at least one vulnerability, and because skills are instruction packages that your agent follows, a malicious or low-quality skill can steer your coding agent toward dangerous behavior. Before installing any skill, check whether it's been security-scanned, license-checked, and pinned to a specific commit. SkillzBench is being built to do exactly this verification and benchmarking work for you, for free.

Which AI coding agent is best for Svelte in 2026?

There's no single best agent for everyone. Developer consensus in 2026 favors Claude Code for deep reasoning and large-repo refactors, Codex for deterministic multi-step follow-through, Cursor for in-editor flow, Copilot for GitHub-native teams, Cline for model flexibility, Devin for delegated autonomy, and Antigravity CLI for a generous free tier. Whichever you choose, pairing it with verified Svelte-specific skills will do more for output quality than switching agents alone.

How much do AI coding agents cost in 2026?

Pricing spans a wide range. GitHub Copilot runs from a free tier to $100/month for Copilot Max, Cursor from a free Hobby tier to $200/month Ultra, Codex starts with ChatGPT Plus at $20/month plus token costs, Claude Code uses token or subscription pricing with models ranging roughly from $2/$10 to $5/$25 per million tokens, Devin offers a free tier with paid plans around $20-$200/month plus usage, and Antigravity CLI has a $0 individual tier with paid plans at $20, $100, and $200 monthly. The official Svelte skills and SkillzBench's directory, MCP connector, and alerts are all free.

Can I use the same skills across different coding agents?

Yes, in many cases. The SKILL.md format started at Anthropic and now works across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI/Antigravity, and other agents, though install paths vary per agent. The official Svelte skills, for example, ship as plugins for Claude Code, Codex CLI, Copilot CLI, and OpenCode, with manual installation also supported. SkillzBench's free MCP connector is being built to connect any agent to the skills you choose, with per-agent loadouts so each agent only sees the skills and tools you selected for it.