feat: list skills on all catalogs, aggregators, and directories

[jongio]

Get jongio/skills listed on every relevant skills catalog, aggregator, and directory to maximize discoverability.

Background

The discovery landscape has three parallel tracks:

1. Copilot-native — GitHub's own channels (awesome-copilot, copilot-plugins, MCP Registry)
2. MCP ecosystem — the growing network of MCP server directories
3. General AI/dev-tool aggregators — broader launch platforms

This repo already has marketplace.json and plugin.json for the Copilot CLI plugin system, and uses the SKILL.md format via vercel-labs/skills. The goal is to submit to every platform where our skills can be discovered.

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Tier 1 — Official GitHub Channels (Highest Priority)

• github/awesome-copilot — PR to add our skills/plugin. Pre-registered in Copilot CLI, 36k+ stars, has VS Code browser extension. Submit skills under skills/, plugins via plugin.json. Run npm run skill:validate and npm run plugin:validate before PR. (repo) (web)
• github/copilot-plugins — PR to add as external plugin reference. Official Copilot CLI plugin marketplace. Fork → PR via CONTRIBUTING.md. (repo)
• GitHub MCP Registry (github.com/mcp) — Monitor for self-publish tooling. Curated hub backed by GitHub repos, VS Code one-click install. Self-publish route via OSS MCP Community Registry. (url)

Tier 2 — MCP Ecosystem Registries

• Official MCP Community Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io) — Use mcp-publisher CLI: add mcpName to package.json, publish to npm, mcp-publisher init → mcp-publisher login github → mcp-publisher publish server.json. Feeds into GitHub MCP Registry. (repo)
• microsoft/skills — If any skills overlap with Azure/Foundry domain, PR to add. 175+ skills, CLA required. (repo)

Tier 3 — Third-Party MCP Directories

• Smithery (smithery.ai) — Publish via smithery.ai/new or smithery mcp publish. Requires Streamable HTTP transport. Complete vendor verification after publishing. (url)
• PulseMCP (pulsemcp.com) — Preferred path: publish to Official MCP Registry first (auto-ingested weekly). Or submit directly at pulsemcp.com/submit. (url)
• mcp.so — Submit GitHub repo URL, auto-fetches metadata. Listings go live within ~24h. (submit)
• Glama (glama.ai) — Auto-crawls GitHub. May need to claim ownership for listing control. 57k+ servers indexed. (url)
• mcp.directory — Submit at mcp.directory/submit. (url)
• mcptoplist.com — MCP server rankings directory. (url)
• mcplist.ai — MCP server directory. (url)

Tier 4 — Skills-Specific & Cross-Agent

• skills.sh — "The Open Agent Skills Ecosystem". Cross-agent (Copilot, Claude, Cursor, and 20+ others). Submit SKILL.md-based skills for directory inclusion. (url)
• ClaudePluginHub (claudepluginhub.com) — Claude Code plugin directory. Copilot supports Claude plugin format. Submit at claudepluginhub.com/submit-plugin. (url)

Tier 5 — IDE Channels

• VS Code Marketplace — If a VS Code extension wrapping the skills is built, publish via vsce. Requires publisher account, logo, screenshots, privacy policy. (url)

Tier 6 — Community Awesome Lists

• punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers / mcpservers.org — Fork → PR with entry in correct alphabetical section. One entry per PR. (repo)
• Azure/awesome-azd — If MCP templates are created, PR with mcp tag. (repo)

Tier 7 — General AI Tool Aggregators & Launch Platforms

• OpenTools.ai — 2,500+ AI tools directory. Submit tool listing. (url)
• EveryDev.ai — 3,200+ AI tools, community ratings. Submit for review. (url)
• DevHunt — Dev tools launch platform with voting. Submit launch announcement. (url)
• Product Hunt — Launch announcement for initial awareness
• DEV.to — Technical writeup / announcement post
• Reddit — Posts in r/GithubCopilot, r/ClaudeAI, r/mcp
• Hacker News — Show HN post

Notes

• GitHub App-based Copilot Extensions were deprecated Nov 2025 — do NOT target that path
• awesome-copilot is pre-registered in Copilot CLI — users can copilot plugin install <name>@awesome-copilot without adding the marketplace
• Many MCP directories auto-ingest from the Official MCP Registry — publishing there first cascades to PulseMCP, Glama, etc.
• The SKILL.md format is cross-agent compatible with all major AI coding agents