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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magi-code-philosophy
by SandAI-orgCore engineering philosophies for the Magi Attention codebase. Use when writing, reviewing, or modifying any code in this project. Covers config consistency, static-analysis-friendly readability, and test coverage requirements. Any deviation from these philosophies must be strictly commented with justification.
debug-test-failures
by SandAI-orgSystematic approach to debug failing tests. Use when a user reports test failures, regression bugs, or assertion mismatches. Core method: reproduce the failure, then use git history to determine whether the failure is caused by a recent commit or by the user's uncommitted changes.
docs-manager
by SandAI-orgManage user documents and knowledge in `<AgentWorkspaceRoot>/docs`, including recording, organizing, searching, and maintaining notes, journals, and reference material over time. Use when the task involves textual knowledge.
video-creator
by SandAI-orgManage the video creation DSL in `<AgentWorkspaceRoot>/creation` for scene-by-scene and shot-by-shot planning and generation workflows. Use when the user requests video creation work.
html-ppt-creator
by SandAI-orgBuild high-quality HTML presentations with the App module in `<AgentWorkspaceRoot>/app`, suitable for pitches, reports, and presentations. Help users converge on a style quickly by showing visual directions first and iterating on content afterward.
task-manager
by SandAI-orgManage long-running or asynchronous global tasks, including creating, starting, stopping, deleting, checking status, and troubleshooting output. Use for work such as code generation or multi-step scripts that cannot be completed quickly in the current turn.
skill-management
by SandAI-orgManage Kian's installed Skills, including installing a skill from a GitHub repository, listing installed skills, enabling or disabling visibility, and uninstalling non-builtin skills. Use this when the task is to change which Skills an agent can use.
self-management
by SandAI-orgManage Kian's own configuration and runtime behavior, including app preferences, workspace settings, models and providers, shortcuts, chat channels, and MCP servers. Use this when changing Kian itself rather than project files.
programer
by SandAI-orgDelegate programming tasks to Claude Code in a specified code directory for implementation, fixes, refactors, and troubleshooting. Use when coding work needs to be handed off to an external coding agent.
app-creator
by SandAI-orgDevelop and maintain frontend apps in `<AgentWorkspaceRoot>/app` such as tools, mini-games, landing pages, and interactive experiences. Use when the user asks to create, iterate on, or fix an app or page.
browser
by SandAI-orgUse the built-in background browser for interactive web tasks, including opening pages, inspecting the DOM, filling forms, clicking through multi-step flows, and verifying page state. Use this when real browser interaction is required instead of only fetching static text.
cronjob-scheduler
by SandAI-orgManage global scheduled tasks and execution records, including creating, updating, deleting, viewing, and troubleshooting schedules. Use when the user mentions cron, scheduled jobs, or timed execution. Only 5-field minute-level cron expressions are supported.
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.