skillbox — open-source MCP Agents

Updated 2026-09-18 · tool · MCP Agents · rev 1 · structured JSON

skillbox is a self-hosted store for versioned agent skills, served over MCP with key auth, so scattered markdown skills live in one place any agent can pull.

Is skillbox open source?

Yes, skillbox is open source under the MIT license.

How much does skillbox cost?

skillbox is free to use.

Can I self-host skillbox?

Yes, skillbox can be self-hosted (the source is available under the MIT license).

Alternatives & related

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MIT self-hosted store for AI-agent skills (TypeScript) that keeps your scattered markdown skills versioned in one place and serves them over MCP with client-key authentication, so any agent can pull the skill it needs instead of you copy-pasting instructions between projects. It runs via Docker with no mandatory paid dependency; optional skill-recommendation features can use a paid AI provider but are not required for the core.

Provenance

Why it matters for a GTM stack

Once a team runs agents in more than one place, the skills sprawl: the same markdown instruction copied into three repos, drifting out of sync. skillbox makes it one versioned, self-hosted source the agents pull over MCP, so a skill is written once and reused everywhere, with auth on who can fetch it. In the agent-skills stack this registry is tracking, it is the manage-and-serve layer that sits next to scanning a skill before install and gating what it can do at runtime. The honest read: it is young and thinly committed, and its own README is written for an agent to action rather than a person, so treat it as an early but useful piece, and remember it serves skills without vetting them.

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