Agent Skills vs MCP vs Plugins: What Each Is and When to Use It
An agent skill is a SKILL.md folder an agent loads on demand; MCP is a live protocol to tools and data; a plugin bundles both. What to use when.
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How to Install Any Agent Skill With npx skills add (and Verify It First)
npx skills add installs a skill folder into every agent directory it detects. The exact syntax, the 79 agent paths, and the check to run before you install.
How to let people use a skill in a browser
Turn a skill into a browser app in two API calls: compose the skills into one prompt, then design a frontend for the goal. Apps are private until you publish.
How to run a Claude Code skill on any machine
One command installs a registry skill on every machine you use, into each agent's own directory, verified against the publisher's SHA-256 tree hash.
How to share a skill with a teammate who doesn't code
Create a share link on a saved version, append ?md, and one GET returns the whole SKILL.md plus provenance and install commands. No account, no install.
Best Platforms to Sell AI Agent Skills [2026]
Where to sell AI agent skills in 2026: SkillSafe (metered runs, 0% on your markup), skills.sh (reach), GitHub (source), Gumroad-style stores (10% + $0.50).
How to Monetize a Claude Code Skill
Save the skill, pass the scan, ship it as a hosted app, set a markup of 0-100% per run and keep all of it. Worked numbers, plus the cash-out rules.
How to Turn a Claude Code Skill Into a Web App
Save the skill, give your agent one deploy prompt, get a live app at your-slug.skillsafe.ai. No server, no auth code, no billing integration. Five steps.
From Skill to App: Give Your Skill to People Who Don't Run Claude Code
Deploy any SkillSafe skill as a hosted app at your-slug.skillsafe.ai: sign-in, credit billing, storage and models included. No servers, no Stripe, no auth code.
Vercel's Skills API Turns Agent Skills Into Infrastructure
Vercel's skills.sh API exposes 600,000+ agent skills to any tool holding an OIDC token. Pin the content hash, not the name, before you let an agent install one.
Introducing the AI SkillSafe Desktop App for AI Coding Artifacts
AI SkillSafe is a macOS, Windows and Linux app that browses, edits, converts and verifies the skills, agents and commands your AI tools read from disk.
ToxicSkills: What the First Large-Scale Agent Skill Audit Found
Snyk scanned 3,984 AI agent skills: 36.82% had a security flaw, 13.4% a critical one, 76 carried confirmed malware and 8 were still live at publication.
Show, Don't Just Ship: Why Every Skill Needs a Demo
A demo is a replayable agent session pinned to one skill version. 2,625 exist across 30,433 SkillSafe skills. How to record, upload and pin one.
Self-Improving Skills: How SkillSafe Skills Get Better With Use
Skills can rewrite themselves from real usage: a forked sub-agent runs, the main agent observes, edits the file, and saves a new immutable version.