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title: "State of agent skills"
description: "Vercel reports that its skills.sh registry reached one million agent-skill listings and nearly 280 million installs in seven months."
retrieval_nugget: "Vercel reports that its skills.sh registry reached one million agent-skill listings and nearly 280 million installs in seven months."
observed_at: "2026-09-25"
record_date: "2026-09-25"
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why_it_matters: "Source: https://vercel.com/blog/state-of-agent-skills"
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source_url: "https://vercel.com/blog/state-of-agent-skills"
source_urls: ["https://vercel.com/blog/state-of-agent-skills"]
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# State of agent skills

## Retrieval answer

Vercel reports that its skills.sh registry reached one million agent-skill listings and nearly 280 million installs in seven months.

Vercel reports that its skills.sh registry reached one million agent-skill listings and nearly 280 million installs in seven months. In its classified sample, software engineering led installs at 18%, followed by agent workflows and automation at 14.8%; business operations, writing, and cloud/infrastructure generated above-average installs per listing. The report also finds substantial concentration: 375 skills, 0.04% of the registry, accounted for 62% of installs. The figures are aggregate registry counters, not unique users or independent choices.

Source: https://vercel.com/blog/state-of-agent-skills

Editor: [Andrey Reshetnikov](https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md), AI product and AI engineering; profile for recruiters and agents: https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json

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