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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Connect 381,784 public skills to your own search, analytics, or agent workflow with the REST API.
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academic-researcher
by ShubhamsabooAcademic research assistant for literature reviews, paper analysis, and scholarly writing. Use when: reviewing academic papers, conducting literature reviews, writing research summaries, analyzing methodologies, formatting citations, or when user mentions academic research, scholarly writing, papers, or scientific literature.
code-reviewer
by ShubhamsabooReviews code for security vulnerabilities, performance issues, and best practices. Use when reviewing code, performing security audits, checking for code quality, reviewing pull requests.
content-creator
by ShubhamsabooCreates engaging content for blogs, social media, and marketing materials with audience focus. Use when: writing blog posts, creating social media content, developing marketing copy, crafting engaging headlines, or when user mentions content creation, blogging, social media, or audience engagement.
code-reviewer
by ShubhamsabooThorough code review with focus on security, performance, and best practices. Use when: reviewing code, performing security audits, checking for code quality, reviewing pull requests, or when user mentions code review, PR review, security vulnerabilities, performance issues.
content-writer
by ShubhamsabooWrites marketing copy for landing pages, emails, and social media posts. Use when creating promotional content, sales copy, or brand messaging.
decision-helper
by ShubhamsabooStructured decision-making frameworks for evaluating options and making informed choices. Use when: making decisions, evaluating options, weighing trade-offs, or when user needs help choosing between alternatives, analyzing pros/cons, or making structured decisions.
deep-research
by ShubhamsabooComprehensive research assistant that synthesizes information from multiple sources with citations. Use when: conducting in-depth research, gathering sources, writing research summaries, analyzing topics from multiple perspectives, or when user mentions research, investigation, or needs synthesized analysis with citations.
data-analyst
by ShubhamsabooSQL, pandas, and statistical analysis expertise for data exploration and insights. Use when: analyzing data, writing SQL queries, using pandas, performing statistical analysis, or when user mentions data analysis, SQL, pandas, statistics, or needs help exploring datasets.
debugger
by ShubhamsabooSystematic debugging and root cause analysis for identifying and fixing software issues. Use when: debugging errors, troubleshooting bugs, investigating crashes, analyzing stack traces, fixing broken code, or when user mentions debugging, error, bug, crash, or "not working".
editor
by ShubhamsabooProfessional editing and proofreading for clarity, grammar, style, and readability improvements. Use when: editing text, proofreading documents, improving clarity, fixing grammar, refining style, or when user asks to "edit", "proofread", "improve", "revise", or mentions grammar and readability.
email-drafter
by ShubhamsabooProfessional email composition for business communication across various contexts. Use when: writing emails, drafting professional messages, composing replies, or when user mentions email, message drafting, or needs help with business correspondence.
fullstack-developer
by ShubhamsabooModern web development expertise covering React, Node.js, databases, and full-stack architecture. Use when: building web applications, developing APIs, creating frontends, setting up databases, deploying web apps, or when user mentions React, Next.js, Express, REST API, GraphQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or full-stack development.
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.