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Addy Osmani Agent Skills

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Apply explicit specification, testing, review and release criteria to AI-assisted engineering work.

Starting price
MIT licence, USD 0
Free access
Open engineering workflows
Billing unit
Model and tooling costs separate
Platform
Skill-capable coding assistants
Verified
26 Oct 2026

Overview

What you provide

  • A specification or code change, project constraints and the selected skill.

What you get

  • Structured plans, implementation steps, reviews and verification records.

Choosing this tool

Use this collection when a team wants named commands and reusable engineering criteria rather than one large project prompt. Existing projects can adopt verification and review first. Superpowers provides a cohesive staged workflow; Ponytail concentrates on implementation restraint and simplification.

A decision worked through

A team can begin with code review on an existing pull request before enabling build and ship workflows. Check the supplementary references are installed: upstream documents that installing an individual skill omits repository-level shared checklists.

Addy Osmani Agent Skills: alternatives and trade-offs

Compare Addy Osmani Agent Skills on the documented workflow and cost boundary below; this is an official-source comparison, not a hands-on benchmark.

ProductPrice / unitFree allowanceInput → outputKey limit
Addy Osmani Agent SkillsRead profileOfficial source ↗MIT; infrastructure extraFull skill collectionSpec or diff → engineering checksSingle-skill installs can omit references
SuperpowersRead profileOfficial source ↗MIT; host usage extraFull sourceRequest → staged implementationRequires a compatible agent
PonytailRead profileOfficial source ↗MIT; agent billed separatelyRepository skillCode change → smaller reviewed solutionHost adapters have different commands

Setup & workflow

  1. List the available skills before choosing a scope.
  2. Install the collection or supply missing references for individual skills.
  3. Run review or test on an existing change before adopting the full lifecycle.
Requirements & installation
  • A skill-capable assistant and access to the repository references needed by the selected workflow.
npx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills --list

Limits & review

  • Workflow commands can overlap built-in assistant commands; namespaced invocation may be required. Individual-skill installation has a documented shared-reference gap.

Your part

  • Choose the workflows to enable and inspect evidence before accepting a release.
Sources & verification3

This profile is based on official sources, not a hands-on product test.

Vendor descriptions and demos document advertised features. Editorial guidance is based on these sources.