[8.5.0] - 2026-03-21 - "Installer Safety and Maintainer Automation"
Installable skill library update for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, and related AI coding assistants.
Start here:
- Install:
npx antigravity-awesome-skills - Choose your tool: README -> Choose Your Tool
- Best skills by tool: README -> Best Skills By Tool
- Bundles: docs/users/bundles.md
- Workflows: docs/users/workflows.md
This release captures everything that landed after v8.4.0: a safety fix for the installer migration path, two new in-repo bdistill skills, broader maintainer automation for metadata/release hygiene, refreshed generated artifacts for the 1,306+ skill catalog, and a new README community section for five OpenClaw skills.
New Skills
- bdistill-behavioral-xray - self-probe an AI model across refusal, reasoning, formatting, grounding, persona, and tool-use dimensions, then generate a visual HTML report (PR #366)
- bdistill-knowledge-extraction - extract structured domain knowledge in-session or from local Ollama models into searchable/exportable reference datasets (PR #366)
Improvements
- Installer migration safety: Replaced the destructive legacy migration path in
tools/bin/install.jswith a safety-backup flow so rerunning installs no longer wipes unrelated user skills from the target directory (PR #368, fixes issue #367). - Catalog growth and generated sync: Imported the external marketing, SEO, Obsidian, and Anthropic-adjacent maintainer batch, then refreshed
README.md,CATALOG.md,skills_index.json,data/catalog.json, bundles, and tracked web assets somainnow reflects1,306+indexed skills. - Maintainer automation: Added docs/package metadata sync, GitHub About sync, contributor sync, release-state sync, repo-state audits, and a frozen validation warning budget so maintainers can keep release artifacts and repo claims aligned with less manual drift.
- Security and workflow hardening: Tightened skill tooling file handling, clarified install/PR guidance, and kept CI/release automation aligned with the active source-only PR policy and repo hygiene workflows.
- Community discovery: Added a README community section linking five OpenClaw/Claude Code skills from FullStackCrew so users can discover adjacent external tooling from the main repository landing page (PR #370).
Who should care
- Claude Code users get a safer installer migration path and two new bdistill skills for model behavior analysis and knowledge extraction.
- Cursor users benefit from the same new skills plus the refreshed docs/catalog metadata that improve browsing and install guidance.
- Codex CLI users benefit from the maintainer automation and security hardening that keep registry artifacts, docs, and release metadata in sync.
- Gemini CLI users benefit from the synced user docs, updated bundles/workflows metadata, and the safer shared installer maintenance path.
Credits
- @Champbreed for the installer migration safety fix in PR #368
- @FrancyJGLisboa for the new
bdistill-behavioral-xrayandbdistill-knowledge-extractionskills in PR #366 - @fullstackcrew-alpha for the OpenClaw community discovery links added in PR #370
Upgrade now: git pull origin main to fetch the latest skills.