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openai/skills Catalog — What to Install on Codex in July 2026

The official openai/skills repo is the new default starting point: skill-installer, Figma implement, gh-fix-ci, Sentry, Notion, Playwright, and security packs — plus modern .agents/skills paths.

Through mid-2026 the Agent Skills ecosystem exploded — Anthropic’s reference skills, community hubs, and OpenAI’s own openai/skills catalog (20k+ stars). If you last installed Skills by copying random GitHub folders, it is time for a refresh.

Why the official catalog matters now

  • .system skillsskill-installer, skill-creator, openai-docs, plugin-creator, imagegen ship with the catalog story.
  • .curated skills — reviewed installables for Figma, GitHub CI, Sentry, Linear, Vercel, Notion, Playwright, PDF, security.
  • Plugins by default — mid-2026 Codex moved remote plugins toward stable defaults; Skills remain the authoring format, plugins the distribution unit.
  • Shared paths — prefer .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/ so the same SKILL.md works across Codex, Cursor, and Claude Code.

Install in minutes

  1. Open Codex CLI / TUI and run $skill-installer pdf (or gh-fix-ci, sentry, …).
  2. Or clone openai/skills and copy a folder from skills/.curated/ into .agents/skills/<name>/.
  3. Restart the session so Codex rescans skill metadata (progressive disclosure loads the full SKILL.md only when used).
  4. Test on a small task before wiring the skill into a weekly pipeline.

Our July 2026 shortlist

  • skill-installer / skill-creator — expand and author skills without hunting repos.
  • figma-implement-design — design → working UI inside the agent loop.
  • gh-fix-ci — diagnose and repair failing Actions from the session.
  • sentry — production stack traces → targeted fixes.
  • notion-* — capture research and meeting knowledge where the team already works.
  • vercel-deploy / playwright — ship and verify web deliverables Codex builds.

Where to browse next

We rebuilt the Skills page around this catalog — official picks first, then reports, data, Figma/web, engineering, workflow, and quality. For non-dev setup basics see Skills without coding; for review rules see AGENTS.md Code Review.

Fresh Skills beat long pasted prompts. Start with the official installer, keep playbooks in .agents/skills, and let Codex load only what the task needs.

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