Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
A post on simonwillison.net is cited by 33 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 8 October 2026).
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33blogs citing
| Period | Blogs | Links |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 33 | 36 |
| Last 90 days | 3 | 3 |
| Last 30 days | 0 | 0 |
| Last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First cited | 15 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|
| Latest citation | 7 Sept 2026 |
| Anchor phrases | 5 |
| Called by its title | 5 of 33 blogs |
| External links | 15 |
| Words captured | 2,020 |
0 this week (still settling) · peak 8
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| Week of | Value |
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| 13 Oct 2025 | 4 |
| 20 Oct 2025 | 4 |
| 27 Oct 2025 | 8 |
| 3 Nov 2025 | 3 |
| 10 Nov 2025 | 0 |
| 17 Nov 2025 | 1 |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 2 |
| 1 Dec 2025 | 0 |
| 8 Dec 2025 | 2 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | 1 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | 0 |
| 29 Dec 2025 | 0 |
| 5 Jan 2026 | 2 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | 1 |
| 19 Jan 2026 | 0 |
| 26 Jan 2026 | 1 |
| 2 Feb 2026 | 0 |
| 9 Feb 2026 | 0 |
| 16 Feb 2026 | 0 |
| 23 Feb 2026 | 0 |
| 2 Mar 2026 | 1 |
| 9 Mar 2026 | 0 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | 0 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | 0 |
| 30 Mar 2026 | 1 |
| 6 Apr 2026 | 0 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | 0 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | 0 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | 0 |
| 4 May 2026 | 0 |
| 11 May 2026 | 0 |
| 18 May 2026 | 0 |
| 25 May 2026 | 0 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 2 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 7 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 14 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 21 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.
Who cited it
Cited by 33 blogs across 3 subjects: technology 21, business and economics 1, ideas and humanities 1, unclassified 10.
- Technology21
- Business and economics1
- Ideas and humanities1
- Unclassified10
How it is described
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- claude skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than mcp5 blogs
- simon willison5 blogs
- skills4 blogs
- claude skills2 blogs
- simon willison agrees1 blog
Cited by 33 blogs in 36 posts
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