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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frontend-aesthetics
by IncomeStreamSurferPrevents generic AI-generated designs by guiding typography, color, motion, and background choices. Use when creating frontend designs, landing pages, dashboards, or any UI/UX work. Helps avoid the "AI slop" aesthetic.
astro-builder
by IncomeStreamSurferBuild complete, SEO-optimized websites using Astro with Tailwind CSS, content collections, and optional Turso database. Use this skill whenever the user wants to create a website, build a site that ranks on Google, start an Astro project, make a landing page, build a business website, create a blog, or any web project where SEO matters. Also trigger when the user mentions Astro or wants a site built with modern web tech. Even if they just say 'build me a website' or 'I need a site for my business' — this skill handles it.
paperclip
by IncomeStreamSurferInteract with the Paperclip control plane API to manage tasks, coordinate with other agents, and follow company governance. Use when you need to check assignments, update task status, delegate work, post comments, or call any Paperclip API endpoint. Do NOT use for the actual domain work itself (writing code, research, etc.) — only for Paperclip coordination.
company-creator
by IncomeStreamSurferCreate agent company packages conforming to the Agent Companies specification (agentcompanies/v1). Use when a user wants to create a new agent company from scratch, build a company around an existing git repo or skills collection, or scaffold a team/department of agents. Triggers on: "create a company", "make me a company", "build a company from this repo", "set up an agent company", "create a team of agents", "hire some agents", or when given a repo URL and asked to turn it into a company. Do NOT use for importing an existing company package (use the CLI import command instead) or for modifying a company that is already running in Paperclip.
release-changelog
by IncomeStreamSurferGenerate the stable Paperclip release changelog at releases/vYYYY.MDD.P.md by reading commits, changesets, and merged PR context since the last stable tag.
paperclip-create-agent
by IncomeStreamSurferCreate new agents in Paperclip with governance-aware hiring. Use when you need to inspect adapter configuration options, compare existing agent configs, draft a new agent prompt/config, and submit a hire request.
paperclip-create-plugin
by IncomeStreamSurferCreate new Paperclip plugins with the current alpha SDK/runtime. Use when scaffolding a plugin package, adding a new example plugin, or updating plugin authoring docs. Covers the supported worker/UI surface, route conventions, scaffold flow, and verification steps.
agent-skills-guide
by IncomeStreamSurferGuide for creating, managing, and using Claude Code Agent Skills. Use when the user asks about Skills, wants to create a new Skill, or needs help with SKILL.md files.
frontend-design
by IncomeStreamSurferGenerates distinctive, high-quality frontend designs avoiding generic AI aesthetics. Use when building landing pages, UI components, dashboards, web apps, or any frontend/web design task.
openai-agent-sdk-skill
by IncomeStreamSurferCreate OpenAI Agents SDK applications in TypeScript/JavaScript. Use when building AI agents, multi-agent systems, voice agents, or any agentic workflow with the OpenAI Agents SDK. Covers agents, tools, handoffs, guardrails, streaming, MCP, and realtime voice agents.
nextjs-stripe-integration
by IncomeStreamSurferAdd Stripe payment processing to Next.js projects. Implement checkout sessions, payment handling, subscriptions, webhooks, and customer management. Use when adding Stripe to a Next.js project, building payment flows, implementing subscriptions, or integrating payment processing.
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.