Daily AI Pulse

July 18, 2026. Archived briefing: what moved across AI news, the model leaderboard, GitHub repos, and funding on this day.

8 movers 6 rising repos generated 21:07 UTC
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Leaderboard MoversFull rankings →
GPT-5.4▲ +7
#22 · OpenAI403B
GPT-5.6 Luna▲ +5
#33 · OpenAI244B
GPT-5.6 Terra▲ +5
#47 · OpenAI126B
Nemotron 3 Super (free)▼ -4
#31 · Nvidia285B
GLM 4.7▼ -4
#60 · Z.ai73B
Step 3.7 Flash▼ -3
#13 · stepfun894B
Kimi K3NEW
#54 · moonshotai84B
GPT-5 NanoNEW
#59 · OpenAI74B
Movement compares stored daily leaderboard snapshots, 2026-07-17 vs 2026-07-18, top 60 by OpenRouter token volume.
Rising ReposAll repos →
mattpocock/skills
Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory.
Shell · 176,101 stars
+1,903
Graphify-Labs/graphify
AI coding assistant skill (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and more). Turn any folder of code, SQL schemas, R scripts, shell scripts, docs, pa
Python · 90,227 stars
+1,219
Nutlope/hallmark
Anti-AI-slop design skill for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
CSS · 11,990 stars
+1,150
codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x
Master programming by recreating your favorite technologies from scratch.
Markdown · 527,317 stars
+1,046
OpenCut-app/OpenCut
The open-source CapCut alternative
TypeScript · 74,835 stars
+861
Shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps
100+ AI Agent & RAG apps you can actually run — clone, customize, ship.
Python · 123,592 stars
+747
Star growth measured between stored snapshots, 2026-07-17 vs 2026-07-18.
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