Jakub Krehel on the Adoption and Quality of AI Skills

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Jakub Krehel notes that his skills have reached over 160,000 installations, sharing his perspective on utility and quality within the skill ecosystem.

Key points

  1. Krehel states that his skills have surpassed 160,000 installations.
  2. He originally created them for personal use to avoid re-explaining preferences across different projects.
  3. He acknowledges that skills frequently receive criticism due to an abundance of low-quality offerings.
  4. His aim is to build practical skills that help users execute tasks better and learn in the process.

Why it matters

As the ecosystem of AI skills grows, distinguishing high-utility tooling from poor implementations remains a challenge. Standardising context across projects addresses a common friction point in daily development workflows.

Analysis

Krehel's post highlights the motivation behind creating modular workflow skills: eliminating repetitive setup across different project environments. His commentary also validates user frustration with poorly crafted prompts and extensions, emphasising practical utility over sheer volume.

Original post

Jakub Krehel

@jakubkrehel · 3 September 2026

It’s incredible that my skills have been installed more than 160,000 times. I originally built them for myself. I had a pretty good idea of how I wanted to do certain things, but whenever I hopped between projects, I had to explain them over and over again. Skills often get t.co/XKxq51m0db

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  • @aljoschaboy @jakubkrehel Hey Jakub, I just played around with your skills and really like them! Have you thought about a skill which is focused on structure, e.g. what belongs into a modal, when to use a table, crowded pages which could be split into more focused pages?
  • @hanaholcikova @jakubkrehel 👏👏👏
  • @GreysonSofia @jakubkrehel 🖤🙏🏽
  • @LukeGainzz @jakubkrehel I love everything you had in that video honestly. I’m such a good Ui fan
  • @lukefernandezio @jakubkrehel Some of the best, for sure!

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