Explore AI Agent Skills & Claude Prompts
Discover open-source agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT, and any tool that uses SKILL.md.
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42crunch-audit
by 42Crunch-AIRun a 42Crunch API Security Audit and fix SQG-blocking issues in an OpenAPI Specification file. Use this skill whenever the user wants to audit an OAS file for security issues, fix SQG-blocking issues, score an API, apply data dictionary enrichment, or remediate audit findings. Triggers on phrases like "run audit", "audit only", "fix audit issues", "SQG audit", "42crunch audit", "audit score", or any request focused on static OAS analysis and remediation without running a live scan.
42crunch-setup
by 42Crunch-AISet up the 42Crunch environment so that audit and scan skills can run without friction. Use this skill whenever the user wants to configure 42Crunch for the first time, install or update the 42c-ast binary, configure an API key, or troubleshoot missing credentials or binary errors. Triggers on phrases like "setup 42crunch", "configure 42crunch", "install 42c-ast", "update 42c-ast", "set api key", "42crunch not working", "binary not found", or any request to prepare the environment before running an audit or scan.
42crunch-scan
by 42Crunch-AIRun a 42Crunch live conformance and authorization scan against an API and fix SQG-blocking scan findings. Use this skill whenever the user wants to run a conformance test, authorization scan, BOLA test, BFLA test, generate or configure a scan config, or fix scan-reported issues. Triggers on phrases like "run scan", "scan only", "conformance test", "BOLA test", "BFLA test", "42crunch scan", "scan config", or any request focused on live API testing without running a static audit. Use 42crunch-api-security-testing when the user wants both audit and scan together.
42crunch-api-security-testing
by 42Crunch-AIRun both a 42Crunch Audit and a live Scan together in a single pipeline. Use this skill when the user wants to run audit and scan together, complete the full security pipeline, or when the request is ambiguous about which phase to run. Triggers on phrases like "run audit and scan", "full 42crunch pipeline", "full security check", "audit then scan", "42crunch", or "SQG". Do NOT use this skill if the user explicitly requests only an audit (use 42crunch-audit) or only a scan (use 42crunch-scan).
42crunch-scan
by 42Crunch-AIRun a 42Crunch live conformance and authorization scan against an API and fix SQG-blocking scan findings. Use this skill whenever the user wants to run a conformance test, authorization scan, BOLA test, BFLA test, generate or configure a scan config, or fix scan-reported issues. Triggers on phrases like "run scan", "scan only", "conformance test", "BOLA test", "BFLA test", "42crunch scan", "scan config", or any request focused on live API testing without running a static audit. Use 42crunch-api-security-testing when the user wants both audit and scan together.
42crunch-setup
by 42Crunch-AISet up the 42Crunch environment so that audit and scan skills can run without friction. Use this skill whenever the user wants to configure 42Crunch for the first time, install or update the 42c-ast binary, configure an API key, or troubleshoot missing credentials or binary errors. Triggers on phrases like "setup 42crunch", "configure 42crunch", "install 42c-ast", "update 42c-ast", "set api key", "42crunch not working", "binary not found", or any request to prepare the environment before running an audit or scan.
42crunch-audit
by 42Crunch-AIRun a 42Crunch API Security Audit and fix SQG-blocking issues in an OpenAPI Specification file. Use this skill whenever the user wants to audit an OAS file for security issues, fix SQG-blocking issues, score an API, apply data dictionary enrichment, or remediate audit findings. Triggers on phrases like "run audit", "audit only", "fix audit issues", "SQG audit", "42crunch audit", "audit score", or any request focused on static OAS analysis and remediation without running a live scan.
Browse Agent Skills by Occupation
23 major groups · 867 SOC occupations
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Explore the agent skills ecosystem by occupation and creator
SkillMD is not just a keyword search box. It is an open map that organizes public skills by occupation, creator, and repository, helping you see which workflows, judgment criteria, and domain habits people are writing for AI agents.
Then follow creators and GitHub repositories back to the source: compare the skills a team maintains, whether the repo is active, and how the README frames the work before you open, install, or reuse anything.
Use it three ways: learn an unfamiliar field by occupation, study how creators organize skills, then use source context to decide what is worth opening or reusing.
01 Map a field
Browse 23 occupation groups and 867 SOC roles to learn what skills exist in adjacent domains and how they break down real work.
02 Follow creators
Use creator and repository pages to inspect maintained skill collections, recent updates, and source context before trusting a result.
03 Search with sources
Search 1.7M+ collected skills, then use occupation tags, creators, and GitHub source context to decide what is worth opening.
Start with the occupation map, then follow creators and repositories back to real code. SkillMD helps explain why a skill is worth opening, not only what it is named.
Standardizing Agent Capabilities with SKILL.md and Model Context Protocol (MCP)
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, LLM agents (Large Language Model agents) have transitioned from simple text predictors to autonomous problem solvers. To orchestrate complex, multi-step agentic workflows, developers require a standardized format to specify agent capabilities, prompt instructions, system rules, and database bindings. This is where SKILL.md and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) have emerged as standard developer paradigms. SkillMD serves as the central directory for indexing, exploring, and sharing these critical agent configurations.
Our open-source registry currently tracks over 1.7 million collected SKILL.md configurations and system prompts. By compiling agent configurations from active developers on GitHub, we bridge the gap between prompt engineering research and production execution. Whether you are building agents with Anthropic's Claude Code, OpenAI's GPT-4, Google's Gemini, or local models using Ollama and LlamaIndex, standardized skill definitions ensure your agents behave predictably across different runtime environments.
What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)?
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open-source standard designed to connect LLMs to data sources, developer tools, and external environments. MCP establishes a bidirectional communication channel between client applications (like Cursor, Claude Desktop, or custom agent systems) and servers hosting data or capabilities. Standardizing instructions via SKILL.md enables LLMs to query databases, read local files, execute terminal commands, and integrate third-party APIs. SkillMD allows you to find ready-to-run MCP servers and prompt instructions for various occupations and technical tasks.
The Structure of a Professional SKILL.md File
A valid SKILL.md configuration is designed to be easily read by humans and parsed by LLMs. It contains precise system instructions, trigger conditions, required parameters, and execution examples. Below is the typical architectural blueprint of a professional agent skill:
- Metadata & Core Scope: Declares the name of the skill, author details, target models, and a description of the capability.
- Triggers & Intent Detection: Details semantic triggers that help the agent decide when to invoke this skill.
- System Prompts: Explicit system-level instructions that direct the agent's behavior, personality, safety guardrails, and formatting preferences.
- Capabilities & Tools: Lists the files, databases, or APIs the agent must access to complete the tasks.
- Few-Shot Examples: Demonstrates real inputs and outputs, helping the model generalize behavior through in-context learning.
Optimizing Agent Workflows for Modern LLMs
Writing effective agent skills requires deep knowledge of prompt engineering. With the release of advanced reasoning models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet, ChatGPT o1, and DeepSeek-V3, prompt templates must focus on structured thinking. Developers are encouraged to use XML tags (e.g., <thought>, <context>, and <rules>) to isolate execution boundaries. Standardized prompts prevent agents from suffering from context drift, ensuring that long-running tasks remain aligned with the initial system parameters.
Exploring by SOC Occupations and Creator Profiles
What makes SkillMD unique is its taxonomy. Instead of simple text search, we parse and organize files according to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. This means you can discover skills written for Computer and Mathematical roles, Business and Financial operations, Legal, Design, and and Educational Instruction fields. By tracking creator profiles, developers can study how different teams organize their custom instructions, compare version updates, and fork public configs for specialized enterprise use cases.
SkillMD operates as a high-performance index running on a fast Go backend and a highly responsive Astro SSR frontend. All search queries execute in milliseconds, featuring smart debouncing to prevent multiple API requests while keeping user data secure. Join our community of developers to standardize your AI agent instructions and optimize your LLM prompting workflows today.
Frequently Asked Questions
A practical guide to agent skills: what they are, how to inspect them, and how SkillMD helps you explore the ecosystem.