aelf-skills
aelf-skills is a client-agnostic hub for discovering, downloading, bootstrapping, and indexing an “aelf agent skill” ecosystem. It provides a machine-readable skills catalog (skills-catalog.json), a bootstrap.sh CLI for fetching/installing selected skills, and health/security checks plus routing documentation for multiple agent clients.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Security boundary is explicitly stated: bootstrap does not execute setup commands; it downloads and optionally installs dependencies and runs health checks. There is a security:audit step to detect risky setup-command patterns. However, the documentation does not clearly specify how secrets are handled during bootstrap/install, nor does it describe TLS/transport guarantees for downloads beyond typical HTTPS assumptions. Since activation may involve executing per-skill installCommand, the primary risk is supply-chain/trust management for third-party skill repositories and commands.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You want a single catalog + bootstrap workflow to standardize how multiple agent clients (OpenClaw/Codex/Cursor/Claude Code/IronClaw) obtain and activate AElf skills.
Avoid When
You need a managed hosted service with authenticated HTTP APIs, or you cannot run local bootstrap/install steps safely in your environment.
Use Cases
- • Automated discovery and bootstrap of AElf-related agent skill repositories/packages
- • Capability indexing and client-specific activation routing via a stable catalog schema
- • Running health checks and security audits for downloaded/installed skills
- • Providing AI agents a consistent, structured “install contract” (clientInstall) for skills
Not For
- • Serving as a runtime API for on-chain operations (the hub focuses on distribution/bootstrap, not contract execution logic)
- • Replacing each individual skill repository’s client integration logic
- • A hosted service with network endpoints (appears to be a local/CLI/tooling package)
Interface
Authentication
No auth requirements are described for using the hub itself; it operates as a local CLI/tooling package. Skill install commands may have their own auth needs, but those are not specified here.
Pricing
No hosted pricing model is described; appears to be distributed as an npm package/CLI.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Bootstrap/install may execute or rely on per-skill install commands (clientInstall). Agents should ensure trust boundaries before running installCommand locally.
- ⚠ GitHub repo URLs are treated as discovery sources, not final install artifacts (routing/activation uses skills-catalog.json contracts).
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-30.