openai / skills
Python · GitHub Trending 7 Sep 2026 · 46 stars today
Four words, and two of them are a signature

The description says nothing. The owner field says everything.

Skills Catalog for Codex. Nothing in that line argues for itself, because the argument sits one field higher up: the org is the same one that ships the client. This is the first row on this board where the vendor and the skill author are the same party.

$ git clone skills
github.com/openai/skills
Where the warranty comes fromRead from the trending row
owner
openaiThe organisation that publishes Codex. A first-party catalog needs no author to vouch for it.
the claim
noun
CatalogA listing, not a library. The word suggests an index of what exists rather than an opinionated selection.
stated
target
CodexOne named client. Every other skill repo on this board lists three or more.
stated
stars today
46The lowest daily gain in today's top ten, which makes the ranking a statement about total interest rather than about today.
read 7 Sep
what a reader has to trustthe org, not the sentence no skill count published

One client is a narrow promise

Naming only Codex avoids the compatibility claim every other skill repo has to make. It also means the catalog is worth nothing to anyone on a different client.

Catalog is a modest word

A curated pack takes editorial responsibility for what it includes. A catalog takes responsibility for being complete, which is a different job with a different failure mode.

What is not on this page

No skill names, no count, no format spec, no contribution rule. The trending description is four words and lists none of it.

Concept mock, not affiliated with the project. The complete GitHub Trending description on 7 September 2026 is "Skills Catalog for Codex", read at rank 5 with 46 stars today and language Python. Every value in the panel comes from that row. No skill entries, counts, or catalog contents are represented here, because that row publishes none.