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24 alternatives to Skills Over Paper

A vetting pipeline for remote developers

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Skills Over Paper launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Hire remote developers vetted for tech & soft skills

    2023 · its alternatives →

  2. 2FT

    2021 · cloudbite.attejuvonen.fi · its alternatives →

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    skills.sh▲322

    The Open Agent Skills Ecosystem

    Jan 2026 · skills.sh · its alternatives →

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    skillsync▲313

    Discover hidden talent in your codebase

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Skillkit▲252

    The package manager for AI agent skills

    Feb 2026 · agenstskills.com · its alternatives →

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    Skilldocs▲192

    I got fed up with Notion, so I built my dream document editor. It's all markdowned so it's easy to view skills or other agent-related documents. It's got the collaboration features I love from Figma (shared cursory and the ability to follow) and Google Docs (comments, realtime editing). Then you can export the diff and comments to an agent. I've been really liking it for talking over skill documents live on a call. I'm curious if this resonates with other people. More generally, I feel like notion is less and less relevant in an age where documents have a very different purpose and Markdown…

    26d ago · skilldocs.dev · its alternatives →

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    Candidates' skills testing on autopilot

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Publish agent-generated HTML behind company auth

    May 2026 · display.dev · its alternatives →

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    Hexis▲169

    Git-backed skills, tools & context for AI agents

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Skilled▲76

    Dashboard to find agent skills you no longer need

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Analytical skills for data agents running on Supabase

    Apr 2026 · dreambase.com · its alternatives →

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    Security-scored directory for AI skills and agent tools

    Feb 2026 · skillshield.io · its alternatives →

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    At my work they provided a single Claude subscription for everyone on the team. To be honest I like kiro better as it provides a way better SDD management. But the company can't provide it and I can't afford it yet. Turns out I had the skill creator skill in my claude instance so I made use of it to create this Skill. I made it fully by using Claude but I wanted to make it open source, so I asked it to help me make tests and preparations for it, even a CI to run python tests. Well, we got this results with it: - Phase 2A: 67 static assertions (Python script, runs in CI) - Phase 2B: 15…

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sklm▲60

    Centralize, scope, and sync skills for every AI agent

    Jun 2026 · auran0s.github.io · its alternatives →

  15. 15SM

    I work as an engineer at the Dutch government. We have hundreds of technical standards that developers should follow when building government software: API design rules, messaging protocols, authentication profiles, accessibility requirements. The problem is that most developers don't know these standards exist until someone reviews their code (if at all). Skills are Markdown files that inject domain knowledge into AI coding tools. When a developer starts building an API, the tool automatically loads the relevant standard. No plugins to write, no code. Just structured knowledge in Markdown.…

    Feb 2026 · anneschuth.nl · its alternatives →

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    Detect Security Threats in Agent Skills

    Jan 2026 · skillgaurd.up.railway.app · its alternatives →

  17. 17S2

    Hi all, author here. SX started as a CLI to let developers share skills across AI clients without having to rely on git for storage. This allowed sharing at the Repo/Team/Org and Personal level. However, the more we spoke to users the more we realized that non-technical users were actually using skills more and more but they had no way to share. And there was no way you were going to get your legal team to install and learn git. SX 2.0 is targeting non-technical teams by adding a native Mac, Windows and Linux app. Our vault format was reworked so it can be used directly as a claude…

    Jul 2026 · sleuth-io.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN — I'm Scott. Skillscript is a small language I built to write what I want my local agent to actually do, in a form I can read and version, instead of hoping the model gets it right each time. The itch started with something small. I wanted my NanoClaw agent to run my morning brief the same way every day. Check overnight tickets, summarize the deploy pipeline, flag anything urgent. Every session, it would re-figure out how to do this from scratch, drift a little, and cost tokens for what's basically a fixed procedure. I could put it in a system prompt or an MD skill file, but those are…

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Discover and install AI skills, like Docker Hub for agents.

    Jan 2026 · skillregistry.io · its alternatives →

  21. 21SO
  22. 22SS
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    Agentic AI Skills Platform

    May 2026 · skillmarkdown.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source skill registry for enterprise AI agents

    Jun 2026 · skill.xfyun.cn · its alternatives →

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