{
  "id": 12949201,
  "title": "SkillsMP vs SkillGild: an index of everything, or a catalog you can install",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/skillsmp-vs-skillgild-an-index-of-everything-or-a-catalog-you-can",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-08T20:36:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/skillgild/skillsmp-vs-skillgild-an-index-of-everything-or-a-catalog-you-can-install-39f5"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "SkillsMP and SkillGild are two distinct services for discovering and installing agent skills, but they serve different purposes. SkillsMP is an open map of the agent skills ecosystem, collecting SKILL.md files from public GitHub repositories and providing a searchable index. It contains over 3 million SKILL.md files and lists tens of skills, each with its own source repository. SkillGild, on the other hand, is a reviewed marketplace with hosted and community skills. It has a much smaller catalog, with only a handful of skills that have been reviewed and checked for authorship, licensing, and source information. SkillGild also offers hosted skills that run on their servers, with a free monthly allowance for usage. The main difference between the two is the level of review and review process. SkillsMP is a free index that does not vet the skills it collects, leaving the responsibility of reviewing the code and licenses up to the user. SkillGild, however, reviews each skill before listing it, ensuring that the author and repository are verified, and the license is clear. This review process provides users with more confidence in the safety and suitability of the skills they install from SkillGild. In terms of installation, SkillsMP does not provide a specific installation method, directing users to the source repository to copy the skill folder into their agent's skills directory. SkillGild, however, offers a one-command install process using its CLI tool, skillgild install, which handles the correct folder path and installation directory for each agent. Additionally, SkillGild provides hosted skills that run on their servers, keeping private prompts and server-side tools off the user's machine and allowing creators to improve their tools without a reinstall. Both services are built to be queried by agents, with SkillsMP publishing a REST API and SkillGild's MCP server serving the catalog and running hosted skills.",
  "summary": "Short answer: these are not the same kind of product, and the usual \"which is cheaper\" question does not apply. SkillsMP is a free index: it collects SKILL.md files from public GitHub repositories and helps you find them, then sends you to the original repository. SkillGild is a reviewed catalog: far fewer skills, but each one has a checked author, license and source, a one-command install for…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}