[External Plugin]: skilldb

Plugin name

skilldb

Short description

Find and compare reusable AI agent skills using public catalog metadata, short previews, and source links. The plugin combines a focused discovery workflow with SkillDB's anonymous, read-only catalog MCP server.

GitHub repository

latentsmurf/skilldb-plugins

Plugin path inside the repository

copilot/skilldb

Ref to review

No response

Commit SHA to review

b9d4da827896e3e4e4a94dc309f6360f930cd95b

Version

0.1.0

License identifier

MIT

Author name

SkillDB

Author URL

https://skilldb.dev

Homepage URL

https://skilldb.dev/mcp

Keywords

skills, agents, catalog, discovery

Additional notes for reviewers

Publisher affiliation: submitted by the SkillDB maintainer. This is an external plugin submission, not a request to copy hosted catalog content into Awesome Copilot.

The Agent Plugins 1.0 package has six files: plugin.json, mcp.json, README.md, LICENSE, the SkillDB logo, and one find-skills/SKILL.md. It contains no executables, hooks, credentials, or third-party skill bodies. No SkillDB account or API key is needed. The remote server exposes public search and short previews only; it does not install skills or access private/team data.

The added value is a source-linked catalog discovery workflow, rather than generic coding instructions. The workflow requires using returned IDs, showing evidence and limitations, treating catalog text as untrusted reference material, and honestly reporting unavailable tools or empty results. It sends only task-relevant keywords and selected public IDs to https://skilldb.dev/api/mcp/catalog. Operational request logging and data handling are documented in the package README and https://skilldb.dev/privacy.

Validation on October 5, 2026:

Both JSON files pass their official Agent Plugins 1.0 schemas; exact six-file package inventory checked.
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.92 installed this package successfully and reported one skill enabled, including a reinstall after final shared-instruction alignment.
A live Copilot discovery prompt could not complete: the test account's organization policy disabled third-party MCP servers and denied Copilot CLI access. We did not bypass that policy and do not claim a successful end-to-end Copilot conversation.
Gemini CLI 0.62.0, using the same public endpoint and discovery skill, installed the companion extension and reported the live MCP server Connected. Authenticated Gemini model behavior and the VS Code UI have not been verified.

Copilot currently warns that direct repository/local installs will be replaced by marketplace-only installs in a future release; a reviewed marketplace entry is the intended distribution route. No directory approval is claimed.

Submission checklist

The plugin lives in a public GitHub repository.
The ref and/or sha I provided is immutable (release tag and/or full 40-character commit SHA), not a branch.
This submission follows this repository's contribution, security, and responsible AI policies.
This plugin is not already listed in the Awesome Copilot marketplace.

Follow-up validation after publication

The published GitHub subfolder also installed successfully with Copilot CLI 1.0.92. Gemini CLI 0.62.0 installed the public repository pinned to the submitted SHA, and its MCP status reported the catalog server Connected. The previously disclosed account-policy/authentication limits remain unchanged.

The initial intake run https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/actions/runs/37367923585 could not acquire a GitHub-hosted runner. Its evaluate-submission check was cancelled before any validation steps ran; the annotation states: "The job was not acquired by Runner of type hosted even after multiple attempts." This update provides the completed public-install evidence and lets the normal edited-issue intake retry. The submitted plugin SHA and metadata are unchanged.

✅ External plugin intake passed

This submission passed automated intake validation and quality checks and is ready for maintainer review.

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Plugin: skilldb
Repository: https://github.com/latentsmurf/skilldb-plugins
SHA: b9d4da827896e3e4e4a94dc309f6360f930cd95b

Reviewer signals

These are non-blocking heuristics for maintainer review; they are not evidence of misconduct or low quality.

Signal	Result
Repository age	0 day(s)
Repository activity	repository is 0 day(s) old; 0 stars; 0 watchers; 0 forks
Repository counts	0 stars · 0 watchers · 0 forks · 0 open issues/PRs
Homepage heuristics	⚠️ pricing

Quality gate summary

Legend: ✅ pass · ⚠️ warning · 🛑 fail

Gate	Status
spec compliance (non-blocking)	✅ pass
vally lint	✅ pass
install smoke test	✅ pass
version match	✅ pass
ref/sha consistency	⚪ not_run
canvas structure	⚪ not_run

spec compliance: pass
vally lint: pass
install smoke test: pass
version match: pass
ref/sha consistency: not_run
canvas structure: not_run
overall: pass

spec compliance output (✅ pass)

Agent Plugins v1.0.0 manifest checks passed for plugin.json.

vally lint output (✅ pass)

✅ find-skills (2/2 checks passed)
    ✓ [spec-compliance] All 1 skill(s) are spec-compliant.
        ✓ spec-compliance: All spec checks passed.
    ✓ [valid-refs] All file references across 1 skill(s) are valid.
        ✓ valid-refs: All file references resolve to existing files within the skill directory.

1 skill(s) linted, 1 passed

install smoke test output (✅ pass)

Install smoke test succeeded. Verified /tmp/external-plugin-quality-nRGGlB/copilot-home/.copilot/installed-plugins/external-plugin-intake/skilldb/plugin.json.

Version match output

- b9d4da827896e3e4e4a94dc309f6360f930cd95b: matched version "0.1.0" at "copilot/skilldb/plugin.json".

Ref/SHA consistency output

Ref/SHA consistency gate skipped because one of source.ref or source.sha was not provided.

Canvas structure output

Canvas structure gate skipped because plugin is not tagged with "canvas".

Canonical external.json payload

{
  "name": "skilldb",
  "description": "Find and compare reusable AI agent skills using public catalog metadata, short previews, and source links. The plugin combines a focused discovery workflow with SkillDB's anonymous, read-only catalog MCP server.",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "author": {
    "name": "SkillDB",
    "url": "https://skilldb.dev"
  },
  "repository": "https://github.com/latentsmurf/skilldb-plugins",
  "homepage": "https://skilldb.dev/mcp",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "skills",
    "agents",
    "catalog",
    "discovery"
  ],
  "source": {
    "source": "github",
    "repo": "latentsmurf/skilldb-plugins",
    "path": "copilot/skilldb",
    "sha": "b9d4da827896e3e4e4a94dc309f6360f930cd95b"
  }
}

/reject This is primarily a marketing push for an external service.

❌ External plugin rejected

A maintainer rejected skilldb, and the submission issue has been closed.

Reason

This is primarily a marketing push for an external service.

This issue is now closed and /rerun-intake will no longer reopen it. If you address the feedback, please open a new external plugin submission issue.

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