mattpocock/skills + Follow

What it actually is

This is a curated collection of "skills" (structured markdown instruction sets, per the SKILL.md convention referenced in the README) for AI coding agents — Claude Code, Codex, and others — authored by Matt Pocock from his personal .claude directory. It's installed via npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills, which lets a developer pick individual skills (e.g. /grill-me, /grill-with-docs, /setup-matt-pocock-skills) and wire them into their agent of choice. The repository is predominantly Shell, reflecting its nature as an installer/config bundle rather than an application.

Why it's growing

The star count (170,773) and a single day's gain of 1,679 stars far outweigh what's visible in the commit history or release notes — there are only four tagged releases (v1.0.0 through v1.1.0, all within roughly three weeks of each other in June–July 2026) and the commit log shows incremental skill additions rather than a major feature launch. The growth is better explained by external distribution: the README references an author newsletter with "~60,000 devs" and a dedicated skills.sh installer/badge service, suggesting promotion outside the repository (newsletter, social, or aggregator sites like skills.sh) is driving traffic rather than any single in-repo event.