What is TrikHub?
TrikHub is an open-source registry and framework for distributing secure, optimized AI agent skills (called Triks).
The Problems
Some of the classic problems of utilizing community code within AI agents:
1. Security
AI agents are vulnerable to prompt injection when external data contains malicious instructions that hijack the agent’s behavior. Traditional defenses (filtering, sandboxing) don’t work reliably.
2. Cost & Efficiency
When agents rely on dozens of micro-tools, API documentation, often conflicting multiple solutiosn for the same problem, they waste tokens figuring things out through trial and error. A simple task like “download the latest video from this YouTube channel” might require the agent to:
- Discover the right APIs
- Read documentation
- Handle authentication
- Debug failures
- Retry with different approaches
This exploratory process is slow and expensive.
The Solutions
Optimized Skills
Instead of micro-tools, Triks are meant to be complete solutions to specific problems. Someone who knows how to download YouTube videos creates a Trik with the optimal flow - tested, refined, and token-efficient. Your agent just calls it.
Just as there is an app, or a saas to solve something, there should also be a plug & play opensource agent.
Security by Design
Every Trik enforces Type-Directed Privilege Separation:
- Agent sees: Structured data only (numbers, enums, IDs)
- User sees: Full content (bypasses the agent entirely)
The agent makes decisions on safe, typed data. Untrusted content never reaches its context.
Open Source Distribution
Like npm for AI Skills:
trik install @creator/youtube-downloader- Auditable - Inspect any trik’s code before using it
- Forkable - Clone, modify, improve, republish
- Community-driven - Anyone can create and share triks
- No vendor lock-in - Self-host the registry if needed
The true power of open source applied to AI capabilities.
Get Started
Next Steps
- What are Triks? - Understand the trik format
- Browse Triks - Discover available triks