skill-up

Name: skill-up Review
Item: skill-up
Rating: 3.0
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Usable

Works inClaude Code

Usable Scanned — metadata only

Enables systematic assessment and improvement of AI agent capabilities, reducing deployment risk and ensuring skill quality before production use.

An evaluation and evolution tool for Agent Skills.

Evaluate how well your AI agent handles specific coding tasks and identify improvement gaps.
Generate test cases to systematically assess agent skill performance across different scenarios.
Track agent skill improvements over time as you refine prompts and training data.

191 starsApache-2.0 (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Enables systematic assessment and improvement of AI agent capabilities, reducing deployment risk and ensuring skill quality before production use.

Best for

Engineering teams building or integrating autonomous agents who need measurable skill validation and iterative refinement.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/alibaba/skill-up

By alibaba

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

claude plugins install alibaba/skill-up

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

Auto-generated from the tool's public listing — not hands-on verified. Cross-check against the source repo's README before running.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me evaluate how well my AI agent handles specific coding tasks and identify improvement gaps

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars191Last updated2026-07-27LicenseApache-2.0 (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-07-27 · scanner v1

Community Pulse New

No community discussions found yet. This doesn't mean the tool isn't good — it may be new or serve a niche use case.

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 191 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license Apache-2.0.

Things to check

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

3/5

Versatility

3/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.00 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedJul 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 191 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license Apache-2.0.

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