Skillsmith: MCP server, setup and security

What Skillsmith does

According to its repository: “Share agent skills across your team, scan them for risk, and track what's actually used.”

An MCP server gives an AI agent extra tools it calls during the conversation: the agent reads their description, decides to use them and gets the result back. Skillsmith is listed under Other integrations, a category of 194 servers in the directory, where it ranks #90 by stars.

Topics declared by the repository: agent-skills, agentic-ai, agentic-systems, agentic-workflow, skills.

Installing and connecting Skillsmith

Distribution modes declared in the official MCP registry:

• npm package (Node.js, usually started with npx)

Like any MCP server, you declare it in your client's configuration (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Codex…): a name, the command that starts it or its URL, and any environment variables. The client then starts it and lists its tools. Project language: TypeScript.

Security: what to check

An MCP server runs code with the rights you give it, and the model reads its tool descriptions: a malicious or compromised server can hijack the agent. Read the code, or pick a maintained and widely used server, before connecting it.

Points found for Skillsmith:

• No licence: without a licence the code is not legally reusable, even if it is public. Avoid it in a company setting without the author's agreement.

Good practice: grant only the rights needed (least privilege), require human approval for irreversible actions, and run the AI agent security check.

Project activity and maintenance

Created on January 11, 2026, the smith-horn/skillsmith repository has 77 stars and 18 forks, with 38 open issues. It has more stars than 61% of the servers in the directory. It received changes this month. Version published in the registry: 0.8.0 (October 12, 2026).

Stars measure attention, not quality: a recent, heavily promoted project can collect them fast, while a useful but niche server will have few.