Best plugins for Idea (2026)
composiohq-awesome-claude-skills is the best plugin for the Idea phase - 74.5k GitHub stars. Strong alternatives: k-dense-ai-claude-scientific-skills and dailydotdev-daily.
107 plugins for developers in plugins, ranked by GitHub stars. Every pick links to install commands and trust signals.
Ranked by Skillselion · adoption from the skills.sh registry & GitHub · data refreshed October 25, 2026.
The top 10 plugins for idea
| # | Plugin | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | composiohq-awesome-claude-skillscollectionComposioHQ · ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skillsTop pick A curated list of awesome Claude Skills, resources, and tools for customizing Claude AI workflows | 74.5k |
| 2 | k-dense-ai-claude-scientific-skillscollectionK-Dense-AI · K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills A set of ready to use Agent Skills for research, science, engineering, analysis, finance and writing. | 43k |
| 3 | dailydotdev-dailycollectiondailydotdev · dailydotdev/daily daily.dev is a professional network for developers to learn, collaborate, and grow together 👩🏽💻 👨💻 | 20.1k |
| 4 | orchestra-research-ai-research-skillscollectionOrchestra-Research · Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs Comprehensive open-source library of AI research and engineering skills for any AI model. Package the skills and your claude code/codex/gemini agent will be an AI research agent with full horsepower. Maintained by Orchestra Research. | 12.3k |
| 5 | exa-labs-exa-mcp-servercollectionexa-labs · exa-labs/exa-mcp-server Exa MCP for web search and web crawling! | 5k |
| 6 | davepoon-buildwithclaudecollectiondavepoon · davepoon/buildwithclaude A single hub to find Claude Skills, Agents, Commands, Hooks, Plugins, and Marketplace collections to extend Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Agent SDK and OpenClaw | 3.4k |
| 7 | perplexityai-modelcontextprotocolcollectionperplexityai · perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol The official MCP server implementation for the Perplexity API Platform | 2.5k |
| 8 | wondelai-skillscollectionwondelai · wondelai/skills Agent skills for Claude Code and agentskills.io-compatible agents | 2.1k |
| 9 | composiohq-awesome-claude-pluginscollectioncomposio-community · composio-community/awesome-claude-plugins A curated list of Plugins that let you extend Claude Code with custom commands, agents, hooks, and MCP servers through the plugin system. | 1.9k |
| 10 | tjboudreaux-cc-thinking-skillscollectiontjboudreaux · tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills 18 mental models and critical thinking frameworks for Claude Code - First Principles, Bayesian, Systems Thinking, OODA, Pre-Mortem, and more | 1.3k |
Why these plugins rank for idea
1. composiohq-awesome-claude-skills
composiohq-awesome-claude-skills ranks #1 of the 107 plugins for Idea by adoption, with 74.5k GitHub stars. It a curated list of awesome Claude Skills, resources, and tools for customizing Claude AI workflows.
2. k-dense-ai-claude-scientific-skills
k-dense-ai-claude-scientific-skills ranks #2 of the 107 plugins for Idea by adoption, with 43k GitHub stars. It a set of ready to use Agent Skills for research, science, engineering, analysis, finance and writing.
3. dailydotdev-daily
dailydotdev-daily ranks #3 of the 107 plugins for Idea by adoption, with 20.1k GitHub stars. It daily.dev is a professional network for developers to learn, collaborate, and grow together 👩🏽💻 👨💻.
4. orchestra-research-ai-research-skills
orchestra-research-ai-research-skills ranks #4 of the 107 plugins for Idea by adoption, with 12.3k GitHub stars. It comprehensive open-source library of AI research and engineering skills for any AI model. Package the skills and your claude code/codex/gemini agent will be an AI research agent with full horsepower. Maintained by Orchestra Research.
5. exa-labs-exa-mcp-server
exa-labs-exa-mcp-server ranks #5 of the 107 plugins for Idea by adoption, with 5k GitHub stars. It exa MCP for web search and web crawling!.
Common questions
What is the best plugin for the Idea phase?
composiohq-awesome-claude-skills is the top-ranked plugin for Idea, with 74.5k GitHub stars - A curated list of awesome Claude Skills, resources, and tools for customizing Claude AI workflows.
What are the best alternatives to composiohq-awesome-claude-skills for idea?
Strong alternatives ranked just behind composiohq-awesome-claude-skills are k-dense-ai-claude-scientific-skills and dailydotdev-daily. All 107 options are compared in the table above, ranked by real adoption.
How do I install composiohq-awesome-claude-skills?
Run: /plugin install composiohq-awesome-claude-skills@ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills
How are these plugins ranked?
By GitHub stars across the 107 plugins tagged to the Idea phase - none of these plugins report installs yet. Data from GitHub.
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