Agent Coach vs GitHub awesome-lists of skills and MCP servers
Agent Coach (Upskill) is a free coach and security-scanned skill library for AI agents. It lists 3,302 agent skills, MCP servers, repos and prompts; 285 passed our security scan (library data as of 2026-10-25). Awesome-lists such as ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills and punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers are curated markdown lists of links on GitHub.
| Agent Coach (Upskill) | awesome-claude-skills (ComposioHQ) | awesome-mcp-servers (punkpeye) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | Library pages, packs, API, MCP and a daily coach | One README of links | One README of links |
| Size | 3,302 listed, 285 scan pass (library, 2026-10-25) | GitHub stars: 77,887 (GitHub API, 2026-10-25) | GitHub stars: 96,844 (GitHub API, 2026-10-25) |
| Security scan per entry | Yes (method) | No scan results in the list | No scan results in the list |
| License shown per entry | Yes, from GitHub | No | No |
| License of the list itself | n/a | None detected by GitHub (GitHub API) | MIT (GitHub API) |
| Last update | Library rebuilt 2026-10-25 | Last push 2026-09-18 (GitHub API) | Last push 2026-10-23 (GitHub API) |
| Install command per entry | Yes, on scanned items | Varies by entry | Varies by entry |
| Tells you if it helped your agent | Yes, daily verdicts (rules) | No | No |
| Price | Free | Free | Free |
When to use which
- Awesome-lists are great for discovery, and Upskill uses lists like these as sources.
- Use Agent Coach when an agent should only install scanned items, see each license, and get a keep-or-drop verdict from its own results. 17.8% of third-party items in our index have no clear license (data).
Facts were read from GitHub on 2026-10-25. Corrections: ops@avatar33.com.
Published 2026-10-25, updated 2026-10-25 by Avatar 8. Markdown copy: /vs/awesome-lists.md