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action-and-motion-understanding

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Use this skill when the user asks 'how many times did [action] happen?', 'what is the player doing?', 'where did the ball go?', 'is this a complex move?', 'what happens next?', or 'compare these two athletes'. It is triggered for tasks assessing high-frequency sports dynamics, counting rapid repetitive actions (like rally counts), identifying specific kinetic stroke techniques, predicting immediate athletic outcomes, and ranking technical difficulty based on observed action units.

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open-domain-data-discovery-and-table-selection

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Use this skill when the user wants questions that make the agent first figure out *which table matters* before doing the math. Trigger it for requests such as “make it search the right sheet first,” “make it find the relevant table from a pile of files,” “make the question depend on the correct spreadsheet,” or “make it choose the right data source before answering.” Also trigger it when the task should feel like open-domain analytics over many tables, not direct computation over a table that is already handed to the agent. Plain-language examples: “Ask something where the answer is hidden in one of many datasets,” “make it pick the right table by itself,” “make it search through messy tabular data first.”

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open-domain-data-discovery-and-table-selection

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Use this skill when the user wants questions that make the agent first figure out *which table matters* before doing the math. Trigger it for requests such as “make it search the right sheet first,” “make it find the relevant table from a pile of files,” “make the question depend on the correct spreadsheet,” or “make it choose the right data source before answering.” Also trigger it when the task should feel like open-domain analytics over many tables, not direct computation over a table that is already handed to the agent. Plain-language examples: “Ask something where the answer is hidden in one of many datasets,” “make it pick the right table by itself,” “make it search through messy tabular data first.”

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capacity-constrained-transport-coordination

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Use this when the user wants planning data about moving several items with limited carrying ability, two hands, one hoist, or tight transport capacity. Trigger it for requests like 'make tasks where the robot can only carry a little at a time', 'give me move-things-between-rooms problems', 'create loading and unloading plans with bottlenecks', or 'make planning tasks where one carrier choice blocks another.'

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capacity-constrained-transport-coordination

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Use this when the user wants planning data about moving several items with limited carrying ability, two hands, one hoist, or tight transport capacity. Trigger it for requests like 'make tasks where the robot can only carry a little at a time', 'give me move-things-between-rooms problems', 'create loading and unloading plans with bottlenecks', or 'make planning tasks where one carrier choice blocks another.'

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hierarchical-semantic-navigation-planning

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Use this when the user provides long-horizon navigation instructions in 3D environments that require following a sequence of landmarks, extracting map coordinates, or navigating based on functional zones and user-lifestyle demands. Trigger it for requests like 'follow the route from the bank to the park', 'I am a graphic designer, find a tidy spot for me to work', 'go to the study and organize my documents', or 'guide the drone over the damaged buildings in the satellite image'.

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depth-and-dimensional-measurement

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Trigger this skill when the user asks for questions about how far something is, how big it is, which point is closer, how tall a desk is, or whether an embodied agent can estimate physical size from what it sees. Plain-language triggers include: 'near or far,' 'how deep is that point,' 'how tall is the object,' 'measure the desk,' and 'questions about exact size instead of just naming things.'

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causal-and-counterfactual-video-reasoning

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Use this skill when the user asks questions like 'is this a crime?', 'is there an anomaly here?', 'is this person acting suspicious?', 'why did the fight break out?', 'is this area safe?', 'classify this dangerous event', or 'pinpoint the exact moment the robbery started'. Trigger it when the agent must distinguish between normal behavior and anomalous/illegal activities, deduce the hidden motives of actors in a conflict, or evaluate the causal progression of crimes and accidents in surveillance or open-world videos.

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analytic-dataset-construction

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Use this skill when the user wants the agent to *set up the right analysis table* before doing any statistics. Trigger it for requests such as “make it build the dataset first,” “make it pick variables, weights, and filters,” “calculate rolling aggregates/windows,” “find streaks of behavior,” or “make the real work be dataset setup.” Plain-language examples: “Ask something where the agent must prepare the analysis frame,” “make it decide who is in scope,” “analyze the data in batches of time,” or “make it choose the right columns and units before computing.”

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empathetic-validation-and-active-listening

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Use this skill when a user requires emotional support, feels distressed, or needs an expert to help them collaboratively make sense of a complex personal situation (like medical symptoms or life challenges) before jumping to solutions. It is triggered by requests involving emotional venting, counseling needs, or diagnostic confusion where the user might say 'I'm upset,' 'why do I feel this way,' 'can you make sense of these symptoms?', or 'help me figure out what's wrong.' Everyday examples include: 'I'm so stressed about my job loss,' 'help me understand my anxiety about public speaking,' and 'I've been feeling weird lately, why do my test results look like this?'

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depth-and-dimensional-measurement

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Trigger this skill when the user asks for questions about how far something is, how big it is, which point is closer, how tall a desk is, or whether an embodied agent can estimate physical size from what it sees. Plain-language triggers include: 'near or far,' 'how deep is that point,' 'how tall is the object,' 'measure the desk,' and 'questions about exact size instead of just naming things.'

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stateful-online-sequential-grounding-and-replanning

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Trigger this skill when the agent is assigned a multi-step mission where later steps depend on information discovered in earlier steps, or when testing if the agent knows how far it has progressed through an instruction sequence. Plain-language triggers include: 'follow these steps one by one', 'go to the first place then the second', 'which step am I currently on?', 'how much of the task is done?', 'remember where the items were', and 'fix the plan if you can't find the next object'.

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SKILLMD / CREATORS AND OCCUPATION CATEGORIES

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.

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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.

SEO KNOWLEDGE HUB & TECHNICAL OVERVIEW

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A practical guide to agent skills: what they are, how to inspect them, and how SkillMD helps you explore the ecosystem.