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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the-rewrite-room
by Jamie-BitFlightUse when auditing docs vs code drift, syncing docs after changes, optimizing CLAUDE.md or SKILL.md for AI consumption, validating GLFM and Markdown, or summarizing files/URLs/images — routes each task to the correct specialist agent via /rwr:audit, /rwr:optimize, or /rwr:author
semantic-code-search
by Jamie-BitFlightUse when searching a codebase by behavior, intent, or natural language description rather than exact identifiers. Activates the CocoIndex Code MCP server for semantic code search — finding implementations without knowing exact names, exploring unfamiliar codebases, or locating code by concept.
dot-dash
by Jamie-BitFlightUse when starting, stopping, or checking the dot-dash live session dashboard — a real-time browser UI that monitors all active Claude Code sessions, streams transcripts, and supports prompt injection
codemod-runner
by Jamie-BitFlightExecute large-scale automated code transformations safely and idempotently. Use when renaming symbols across a codebase, migrating API call-sites, enforcing new patterns at scale, or applying structural edits to many files at once. Triggers on: 'codemod', 'mass rename', 'migrate all usages', 'transform codebase', 'apply pattern at scale', AST-based refactoring, or any task requiring consistent edits across 10 or more files.
dh-meta-docs
by Jamie-BitFlightDevelopment harness plugin documentation index. Use when looking up SAM pipeline, backlog lifecycle, SDLC layers, task file format, plan artifacts, quality gates, or dispatch schema documentation.
rtfp
by Jamie-BitFlightScan Claude Code session transcripts to find the strongest user reactions to assistant instruction-following failures, reconstruct the triggering assistant output, and render a shareable terminal-style PNG artifact. Use when you want to surface and share a moment where the assistant completely missed what was asked — captures what they were doing, what Claude said, and how the user reacted. Triggers on: "rtfp", "read the fucking prompt", "find my worst AI moment", "make a rage screenshot from this session".
rtfp
by Jamie-BitFlightRead The Fucking Prompt — finds the strongest user reaction to an AI instruction-following failure in a chosen session, reconstructs what the assistant did wrong, and renders a shareable terminal-style PNG. Use when asked to find rage moments, generate a rage receipt, or capture a frustration incident from a session.
rt-ica
by Jamie-BitFlightUse before creating plans, delegating to agents, or defining acceptance criteria — performs Reverse Thinking Information Completeness Assessment (RT-ICA) to surface missing prerequisites and block planning until all required inputs are verified. Activates on specs, PRDs, tickets, RFCs, architecture designs, and multi-step engineering tasks. Integrates with CoVe-style planning pipelines.
bash-51-features
by Jamie-BitFlightBash 5.1 release features and improvements with practical examples. Use when working with Bash 5.1 features, epoch time variables, redirection enhancements, or when user asks about Bash 5.1 changes, new features, or version-specific capabilities.
bash-52-features
by Jamie-BitFlightBash 5.2 release features and improvements with practical examples. Use when working with Bash 5.2 features, variable handling enhancements, readline improvements, or when user asks about Bash 5.2 changes, new features, or version-specific capabilities.
bash-53-features
by Jamie-BitFlightBash 5.3 release features and improvements with practical examples. Use when working with Bash 5.3 features, new command substitution, GLOBSORT, loadable builtins, or when user asks about Bash 5.3 changes, new features, or version-specific capabilities.
create-backlog-item
by Jamie-BitFlightCreates a new backlog item and routes through the work-backlog-item create workflow. Use when the user asks to add a backlog item, log a task, capture a feature request, or track a work item.
Browse Agent Skills by Occupation
23 major groups · 867 SOC occupations
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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.