Explore AI Agent Skills & Claude Prompts
Discover open-source agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT, and any tool that uses SKILL.md.
Enter through keywords, occupations, creators, and GitHub sources to see what kinds of skills are emerging across domains.
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skillessai-writing
by BrikerManHelp produce written content by researching topics and gathering references. Use when user needs to write articles, emails, documentation, reports, or any content requiring research. Triggers: write, draft, compose, create content, report, article, blog, documentation, summarize, brief, memo.
skillessai
by BrikerManMeta skill for Skilless toolkit — manage, diagnose, and update the skilless CLI tools and AI skills. Use when user asks about skilless status, needs to verify installation, check tool availability, or run doctor/debug commands.
skillessai-research
by BrikerManFetch internet content or conduct deep multi-source research. Quick access: search the web, read pages, extract video transcripts/subtitles from YouTube/TikTok/Twitter/Twitch/Vimeo/Bilibili/1700+ sites via yt-dlp, convert and compress media via FFmpeg. Deep research: collect multi-source data, cross-check facts, produce structured reports. Triggers: 下载, 获取, 提取, 下载字幕, 下载视频, 转换, 压缩, read web, fetch, search, research, investigate, YouTube, Bilibili, TikTok, Twitter, Twitch, Vimeo, Dailymotion, media, convert, compress, 抓取.
skillessai-brainstorming
by BrikerManHelp turn ideas into fully formed plans through collaborative dialogue. Use before starting any project - product features, business ideas, creative projects, or process improvements.
bm-health
by BrikerManPersonal health management: body metrics tracking, diet logging, exercise logging, sleep logging, trend analysis. Use when user wants to log or check weight, diet, exercise, sleep, body metrics, 体重, 饮食, 运动, 睡眠, 卡路里, 跑步, 健身.
bm-life-journal
by BrikerManLife journaling: diary, weekly reviews, monthly reflections, life event records, growth tracking. Use when user wants to write journal, diary, weekly review, monthly reflection, life events, milestones, 日记, 周报, 月报, 复盘, 回顾, 感恩, 反思. Three-part structure.
bm-skill-improvement
by BrikerManSkill self-improvement and creation: evaluate existing skill quality, identify issues, propose improvements, iterate updates. Can also create new skills — brainstorm to refine requirements before creation. Use when user wants to improve, update, optimize, create skills, 优化 skill, 改进 skill, 更新 skill, 创建 skill, 新建 skill, skill 质量. Called by butler agent.
bm-systematic-troubleshooting
by BrikerManSystematic root cause troubleshooting: 4-phase method (Reproduce → Isolate → Hypothesize → Verify). Use when something is broken, wrong, slow, weird, unexpected, intermittent, 出错, 报错, bug, 问题, 不对, 慢, 卡, 怪, 排查, 定位, debug, troubleshoot. Applicable to code bugs, product anomalies, process errors, data issues — any scenario where 'things are not happening as expected'.
bm-verification
by BrikerManSelf-verification before completion: before claiming done, must list checklist, run through it, and check results. Use before claiming a task is complete, finished, ready, done, 完成, 搞定, 做完, 跑通, ready, done, finish, complete. Prevents false completions, self-deception, and submitting broken deliverables.
bm-voice-of-user
by BrikerManChallenge product/spec/feature from user perspective: play different personas walking through flows, list friction points, give improvement suggestions in user language (not technical jargon). Use when designing or reviewing a product, feature, spec, UI, UX, flow, copy, 产品, 设计, 评审, 用户体验, UX, 易用性, 流程, 文案, review feature, design review, user perspective. Fills the 'user perspective' gap.
bm-wellness
by BrikerManPhysical and mental health care: preliminary symptom assessment, medication tracking, mood check-in, psychological self-help tools, stress management, emotional support, crisis intervention. Use when user mentions symptoms, illness, medication, mood, anxiety, stress, emotional support, mental health, 不舒服, 症状, 吃药, 情绪, 焦虑, 压力, 心理, 难过, 失眠. Includes safety red lines — never replaces professional medical care.
bm-communication
by BrikerManCommunication expert: conversation preparation, roleplay, copy polishing, relationship analysis, conflict resolution. Based on Nonviolent Communication (NVC) framework. Use when user needs help with conversation prep, roleplay, message drafting, relationship advice, conflict resolution, 沟通, 对话, 怎么说, 怎么聊, 角色扮演, 关系, 冲突, 拒绝, 道歉, 表白, 加薪, 请假, 话术. Includes tone adjuster and scenario template library.
Browse Agent Skills by Occupation
23 major groups · 867 SOC occupations
Browse by Category
Explore agent skills organized by their primary use case
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.