Two agent skills hit GitHub trending the same week. Skills are becoming the new packages, and the dependency graph nobody is managing will bite by Q4.
Two new agent skills, mvanhorn/last30days-skill and NousResearch/hermes-agent, recently gained significant traction on GitHub, both hitting the trending list in the same week. These skills represent a shift towards composable, publishable agent functionalities, mirroring early trends in the JavaScript package ecosystem. The author warns that this rapid development, particularly the lack of a standardized dependency management system, could lead to significant supply chain risks for agent applications by the end of the year. AI
IMPACT This trend highlights a potential shift towards modular agent development, raising concerns about dependency management and supply chain security in AI applications.