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The Top 50 AI Coding Skills for 2026 (Ranked, with Install Commands)

The 50 most-installed AI coding skills on skills-hub.ai right now, ranked and grouped by SDLC phase. One install command per skill. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Windsurf, Copilot, Cline, Antigravity, Kiro.

50highest-install skills curated from the 4,900+ catalog
By Skills-Hub Team · Curated from real install counts14 min read
Top 502026AI coding skills

The skills-hub.ai catalog has 4,900+ skills synced daily from 100+ official sources. These 50 are the ones engineers actually install, curated from real install counts and grouped by what they do. Every one is one command to install, free, MIT, and works in every major AI coding tool via the open SKILL.md standard.

Methodology

The ranking is install-count weighted with a small editorial adjustment for category balance, we don't want all 50 entries to be variants of "code review" just because that's the most-installed category. Each entry has a stable slug; the install command is literal and copy-pasteable.

One command to install any of them
npx @skills-hub-ai/cli install <slug>

# add --target <tool> to pin to a specific AI tool
# (claude-code | cursor | codex | windsurf | copilot | cline | kiro | antigravity)
# default: detect and install to every supported AI tool on this machine

50

Curated skills

from a catalog of 4,900+

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AI tools supported

one source, every tool

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MIT-licensed, no usage caps

Code review (1, 8)

  • 1

    code-reviewnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install code-review

    Thorough code review, correctness, security, performance, tests. Top install across every AI tool.

  • 2

    reviewnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install review

    PR review with severity-ranked findings; surfaces issues before a human reviewer ever opens the diff.

  • 3

    api-reviewnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install api-review

    REST API design audit, naming, HTTP semantics, status codes, versioning, internal consistency.

  • 4

    code-smellnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install code-smell

    Martin Fowler's code-smell catalog applied at file + class level. God classes, long methods, feature envy, primitive obsession.

  • 5

    session-reviewnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install session-review

    Audit everything built in the current session. Catches drift, skipped edge cases, half-done work before commit.

  • 6

    arch-reviewnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install arch-review

    Architecture-decision review against project conventions. Catches drift before it compounds.

  • 7

    cto-reviewnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install cto-review

    CTO-perspective technical strategy review, architecture decisions, scaling, build-vs-buy, team alignment.

  • 8

    database-reviewnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install database-review

    Schema, query, and data-access-layer review. Catches N+1, missing indexes, denormalization fights.

Testing (9, 18)

  • 9

    unit-testnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install unit-test

    Generate unit tests with edge cases, error paths, boundary values. Auto-detects Vitest, Jest, pytest, Go test, RSpec, JUnit.

  • 10

    integration-testnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install integration-test

    Full integration suites, DB + cache + queue + external mocks, with proper test isolation.

  • 11

    e2enpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install e2e

    End-to-end test generation with Playwright / Cypress / WebdriverIO. Real user flows, not synthetic clicks.

  • 12

    load-testnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install load-test

    k6 / Locust / Artillery load tests with realistic user-flow patterns and proper ramp-up curves.

  • 13

    visual-regressionnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install visual-regression

    Baseline screenshot generation across breakpoints. Catches CSS regressions before deploy.

  • 14

    contract-testnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install contract-test

    Consumer-driven contract tests with Pact / OpenAPI Spectral. Catches breaking API changes early.

  • 15

    accessibility-testnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install accessibility-test

    WCAG 2.1 AA scans with axe-core + Lighthouse CI. Outputs severity-rated findings + fix code.

  • 16

    mobile-testnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install mobile-test

    Full mobile suite, unit, widget, integration, snapshot, accessibility, platform-specific. Flutter, React Native, native.

  • 17

    qanpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install qa

    Full-stack QA audit before release. Functional + visual + performance + accessibility + security in one pass.

  • 18

    manual-test-plannpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install manual-test-plan

    Generate human-runnable test plans from feature specs. Edge cases, error states, user journeys.

Security (19, 25)

  • 19

    securenpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install secure

    Full-stack security posture, 0-100 risk score, dependency vulns, secrets, OWASP, encryption.

  • 20

    owaspnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install owasp

    OWASP 2021 Top 10 audit with severity-ranked, file-level findings + fix code.

  • 21

    pentestnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install pentest

    Static-analysis penetration test with proof-of-concept payloads. SQL/NoSQL injection, SSRF, broken JWT, leaked secrets.

  • 22

    hipaanpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install hipaa

    Deep HIPAA Security Rule audit mapping code findings to 45 CFR sections. Administrative + technical safeguards.

  • 23

    gdprnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install gdpr

    GDPR + CCPA/CPRA privacy audit. Inventories PII fields, DSAR workflows, consent flows.

  • 24

    soc2npx @skills-hub-ai/cli install soc2

    SOC 2 Type II readiness across all five TSC criteria. Maps code to controls.

  • 25

    dependency-scannpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install dependency-scan

    CVE scan across every package manager in your repo. Auto-fixes safe patches; generates SBOM.

Deployment (26, 32)

  • 26

    dockernpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install docker

    Production-grade multi-stage Dockerfiles with non-root users, layer caching, health checks.

  • 27

    k8snpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install k8s

    Kubernetes manifests, Deployments + HPA + PDB + NetworkPolicy + proper probes and security contexts.

  • 28

    github-actionsnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install github-actions

    Stack-aware CI/CD workflows, PR checks, deploy pipelines for Vercel / AWS / GCP / Azure / self-hosted.

  • 29

    terraformnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install terraform

    Modular Terraform for AWS / GCP / Azure, VPC, compute, DB, cache, CDN, monitoring with sensible defaults.

  • 30

    full-deploynpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install full-deploy

    End-to-end: containerize → CI/CD → deploy → DNS → monitoring. One skill for the boring infrastructure.

  • 31

    mobile-publishnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install mobile-publish

    iOS App Store + Google Play publishing, Fastlane match, App Store Connect API, TestFlight, AAB optimization.

  • 32

    releasenpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install release

    Semantic-release + changesets for monorepos. Versioning, changelog, npm publish, GitHub release in one flow.

Docs + onboarding (33, 38)

  • 33

    readmenpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install readme

    README + API docs + changelogs from your codebase. Parses conventional commits, groups changes by version.

  • 34

    api-docsnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install api-docs

    OpenAPI 3.1 generation from Express / Fastify / NestJS / Django / FastAPI / Flask / Rails / Spring / Go / .NET.

  • 35

    diagramnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install diagram

    Mermaid C4 context + container + sequence + ER diagrams generated from your actual code.

  • 36

    excalidrawnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install excalidraw

    Hand-drawn-style Excalidraw architecture diagrams (.excalidraw JSON). Great for slide decks.

  • 37

    onboardingnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install onboarding

    Developer onboarding guide from your codebase. Tech stack, build commands, env vars, common gotchas.

  • 38

    changelognpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install changelog

    Generate or update CHANGELOG.md from git history. Conventional Commits parser; grouped Added / Fixed / Changed / Breaking.

Build + scaffold (39, 44)

  • 39

    nextjsnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install nextjs

    Next.js 15 app scaffold, App Router, Server Components, Prisma DB, auth, full dashboard from a design.

  • 40

    api-scaffoldnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install api-scaffold

    Production-ready REST API with routes / controllers / services / repository pattern. Stack-detected.

  • 41

    design-to-codenpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install design-to-code

    Design → production code. Extracts tokens + components, makes layouts responsive, dark mode, accessible.

  • 42

    responsivenpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install responsive

    Audit and fix responsive issues across every breakpoint. Catches fixed widths that cause mobile overflow.

  • 43

    dark-modenpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install dark-mode

    Complete dark mode for any frontend. Auto-detects theme system; produces theme-aware tokens.

  • 44

    design-systemnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install design-system

    Extract a design system from existing UI, every hardcoded color, font size, spacing, radius, shadow gets formalized.

Productivity + polish (45, 50)

  • 45

    bugfixnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install bugfix

    Autonomous bug fix, reproduce, isolate root cause, propose minimal patch, add regression test before declaring done.

  • 46

    debugnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install debug

    Systematic debugging walk-through. Stack traces, log triage, hypothesis testing, not 'try this random fix'.

  • 47

    refactor-safenpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install refactor-safe

    Refactor with test safety net. Won't proceed without passing tests; produces clean per-commit diffs.

  • 48

    polishnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install polish

    Final-pass polish, typography, spacing, micro-interactions, error states, empty states, loading states.

  • 49

    tech-debt-sprintnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install tech-debt-sprint

    Inventory + execute a tech-debt sprint. TODOs, outdated deps, missing tests, god objects, dead code.

  • 50

    cleanup-sprintnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install cleanup-sprint

    Lint warnings, dead code, outdated patterns, import organization. Spring cleaning for codebases.

Bonus: 5 compositions that chain these together

Compositions are skills that orchestrate other skills into a pipeline (see agent teams). Installing one pulls every child skill automatically.

  • ★

    ship-itnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install ship-it

    spec → implement → test → review → ship. The full feature lifecycle.

  • ★

    ship-to-productionnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install ship-to-production

    Tests + security audit + perf + accessibility + docs + PR + deploy in sequence.

  • ★

    secure-shipnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install secure-ship

    OWASP pre-scan → build → post-build security review. Ship with security baked in.

  • ★

    full-stack-quality-wallnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install full-stack-quality-wall

    Unit + integration + load + OWASP + accessibility + perf + SEO. The ultimate quality gate.

  • ★

    preflightnpx @skills-hub-ai/cli install preflight

    Pre-deploy verification, git status + build + tests + migrations + commit conventions. READY or NOT READY.

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More skills waiting in the catalog

These 50 are the most-installed. Browse the full catalog for the rest, every category, every tool, every workflow.

Install one, install ten, install the compositions and let an agent team run the pipeline on your codebase tonight. The marginal cost of trying one is zero (it's a single npx command); the upside is one less recurring chore you have to do by hand.

Related reading: The state of AI coding in 2026, Claude Code subagents, The 11 best AI coding tools ranked, browse all 4,900+ skills.

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