Anthropic Skills vs Claude Plugins Official
Anthropic Skills is listed under Skills, Claude Plugins Official under Plugins. Shared focus: official. Each name links to the product's own site.
| Category | Skills | Plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Open source |
| Public code | Yes | Yes |
| Tags | anthropic, agent-skills, examples, official | claude-code, marketplace, official, directory |
| Website | github.com | github.com |
What Anthropic Skills does
Anthropic's public skills repo. It holds example skills for documents, design, development and enterprise tasks, plus the skill spec and a template. Works with Claude Code, Claude.ai and the API.
What Claude Plugins Official does
Official directory of Claude Code plugins managed by Anthropic. It lists plugins that you can add to Claude Code through its plugin marketplace, with a review process for submissions.
Other options
See all Skills, or alternatives to Anthropic Skills and Claude Plugins Official.