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Rules, skills and config tools for coding agents

Tools that give coding agents shared rules, skills and settings, so Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and others follow the same conventions in every repo. Of the 391 tools on our writing code page, 19 fit this narrower job. By pricing: 15 open source, 4 free or freemium. The most-starred open repos here are CC Switch (145,685 stars), Pi (116,073 stars), HyperFrames (66,201 stars). Most come from the coding (6), games (2), MCP servers (2) categories.

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CC Switch

NewcodingOpen source

Desktop manager for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, OpenClaw and other coding agents that switches API providers in one click and manages MCP servers, skills and prompts.

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Pi

NewcodingOpen source

Minimal, extensible open-source terminal coding agent and agent toolkit from Earendil, with a multi-provider LLM API, TypeScript SDK, RPC mode and installable extensions, skills and themes.

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HyperFrames

Newfilm & TV productionOpen source

HeyGen's open-source framework that renders HTML, CSS and animations into deterministic MP4 videos, usable from a CLI or by coding agents through skills.

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LibreChat

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Self-hosted, multi-user AI chat platform with agents, MCP, skills, code interpreter and support for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, AWS, Azure and many more providers.

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skills.sh

Newagent infraOpen source

Vercel Labs' open-source CLI (npx skills) and directory for finding, installing and sharing agent skills across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode and 75+ other coding agents.

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Universal Modder

NewgamesOpen source

Skills, tools and a shared knowledge base that let Claude Code and other coding agents mod PC games you own, from engine recon to in-game testing.

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Gentle AI

codingOpen source

Configures the coding agents you already use with shared rules, skills and settings.

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Voyager

gamesOpen source

Research agent that explores Minecraft on its own, writing and reusing code skills to learn as it goes.

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Agents CLI

NewframeworksOpen source

Google's CLI and skills that teach coding assistants to build, evaluate and deploy agents on Google Cloud and the Gemini platform.

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Observal

NewMCP serversOpen source

Self-hosted registry and insight engine for sharing coding-agent skills, MCP servers and agents across a team.

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OpenScience

NewresearchOpen source

Research agent workbench that reads the literature, writes and runs code and experiments and logs every step, with skills and connectors for databases like PubMed, UniProt and arXiv.

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Paper2Agent

NewresearchOpen source

Multi-agent system that turns a research paper and its code into a working MCP server and agent skills you can query and run.

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shadcn/lint

NewcodingOpen source

Linter for Tailwind design systems from shadcn that turns your design rules into checks coding agents can run and fix against.

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Ruler

codingOpen source

Applies one set of rules to all your coding agents.

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Zero

NewcodingOpen source

An open-source terminal coding agent written in Go that works with 30+ model providers, supports MCP, skills and subagents, and keeps all sessions on your own disk.

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Telekinesis Agentic Skill Library

NewvisionFreemium

Python library of 250+ perception, vision and robotics skills plus a Physical AI agent that turns natural-language prompts into reviewable robot code.

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Ultralytics Agents

NewvisionFreemium

Visual canvas in Ultralytics Platform that chains YOLO models, vision-language models, conditions and actions like Slack alerts, plus official agent skills that let coding agents train, tune and export YOLO models.

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LaunchDarkly MCP

NewMCP serversFreemium

LaunchDarkly's official MCP server, so agents can create, update and clean up feature flags, AI configs and targeting rules from the IDE or chat.

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BetterClaw

no-code buildersFreemium

Build and deploy AI agents without code on 28+ model providers or local LLMs, with 120+ app connectors, any MCP server and unlimited skills, running in Telegram, Slack, Discord and Gmail.

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GitHub repos (18)

RepoGitHub starsLicenceLast push
CC Switch ↗145,685MIT2026-10-21
Pi ↗116,073MIT2026-10-21
HyperFrames ↗66,201Apache License 2.02026-10-21
LibreChat ↗45,910MIT2026-10-17
skills.sh ↗35,459MIT2026-10-19
Universal Modder ↗8,422—2026-10-21
Gentle AI ↗7,813MIT2026-10-20
Voyager ↗7,268MIT2023-07-27
Agents CLI ↗6,137Apache License 2.02026-10-20
Observal ↗4,517—2026-10-19
OpenScience ↗4,043Apache License 2.02026-10-20
Paper2Agent ↗3,830MIT2026-09-17
shadcn/lint ↗3,225—2026-10-19
Ruler ↗2,946MIT2026-10-21
Zero ↗1,738—2026-10-21

Top 15 of 18 by stars. Stars and licence come from each repo, checked when the listing was last verified.

FAQ

What are the best AI tools for writing code focused on rules, skills and config?

We list 19. The first three by GitHub stars and featured status are CC Switch: Desktop manager for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, OpenClaw and other coding agents that switches API providers in one click and manages MCP servers, skills and prompts.; Pi: Minimal, extensible open-source terminal coding agent and agent toolkit from Earendil, with a multi-provider LLM API, TypeScript SDK, RPC mode and installable extensions, skills and themes.; HyperFrames: HeyGen's open-source framework that renders HTML, CSS and animations into deterministic MP4 videos, usable from a CLI or by coding agents through skills.

Are there free or open-source options?

Yes: 15 open source, 4 free or freemium. Pricing is as each maker states it.

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