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tl-import
by ThoughtLeaders-ioImport a list of channels, brands, uploads (videos), or sponsorships into a ThoughtLeaders report — either an existing report (caller supplies `campaign_id` or a TL report URL) or a fresh new one (skill creates a minimal container, then populates). Superuser-only. **Trigger on explicit intent to import the listed entities into a report**, NOT on the mere presence of a list (a user can paste a list and want analysis, comparison, or similar-channel discovery — those go to `tl-cli:tl`). The deciding question is: *would the user be satisfied if those exact entities ended up as the report's contents, no transformation?* If yes, this is the skill. Phrasings: "import these channels into report 1234", "add brands to campaign 5678", "exclude these channels from report Z", "bulk-add these videos to report X", "create a new report with these channels: <list>", "make a campaign containing these brands: <list>".
tl-top-partnerships
by ThoughtLeaders-ioExternal brand-user performance report. Ranks a brand's sponsorships by effective CPM once the sponsored videos went live, and compares live eCPM against the sold-date projection. Use whenever a brand user asks "which of my sponsorships performed best", "top partnerships this year", "best ROI deals", "effective CPM on my deals", "which sponsorships overperformed", "/top-partnerships", or any variation of "show me my best-performing sponsorships". This is the brand-side equivalent of internal performance reporting — fire it eagerly any time a brand wants to look back at their booked deals through a performance lens, even if they don't say the words "CPM" or "eCPM".
tl-channel-authenticity
by ThoughtLeaders-ioDetect non-organic views / fake engagement / bot comments on a YouTube channel before booking (or after delivering) a sponsorship. Use when asked to vet a channel, check if views/comments are real, investigate suspicious engagement, audit a sponsorship delivery, or whenever someone shares a YouTube channel/handle/URL and asks "is this real / safe to buy an ad on". Triggers: "fake views", "bot comments", "non-organic", "is this channel legit", "vet this channel", "engagement looks off", "audit this sponsorship".
tl-views-guarantee
by ThoughtLeaders-ioCalculate the optimal views guarantee (VG) for a multi-video sponsorship buy with a YouTube creator. Given a channel ID or name, returns "video bundle size / views guarantee / likelihood to hit" based on bootstrap simulation of the channel's recent video performance (view counts measured at video age ~30 days). Use when someone asks "what VG should I push for with [creator]", "how many videos should I buy from [creator]", "calculate VG for [channel]", "what's a safe guarantee for [channel]", or anything involving setting views guarantees in a sponsorship deal. Triggers on "VG", "views guarantee", "views minimum", and any request to size a multi-video buy.
tl
by ThoughtLeaders-ioQuery and analyze YouTube sponsorship data using the `tl` CLI. Use this skill for finding channels, brands and sponsorships, and for data exploration, including counts, metrics, trends, time-series, distributions, single-record drill-downs, revenue / pipeline-weighting math, view-curve analysis, cross-source business questions. Examples: "How many deals did we close last quarter?", "What's the weighted pipeline by sales owner?", "Show me the view curve for video X", "Find mentions of Surfshark in transcripts", "Investigate this video", "Find channels...", "Find brands...".
tl-save-report
by ThoughtLeaders-ioSave the results of an in-chat data-exploration session as a TL report. Triggers when the user wants to persist a channels / brands / videos (uploads) / sponsorships list or filtered set they've been working with — phrases like "save this as a report", "save the list", "turn this into a campaign", "persist this", "make a report from what you found", "save the result", "I want to come back to this".
tl-keyword-research
by ThoughtLeaders-ioBroaden and rank a set of content-search keywords. Invoke when the user wants to find videos or channels by content keywords (topics, concepts, niches) — not by ID or exact name. Takes one or more seed keywords (or an NL phrase), proposes related candidates, probes Elasticsearch for each one against the `title` / `summary` / `transcript` fields, and returns a strict JSON object `{"keywords":[{"keyword","count"},...]}` sorted descending by document count. The output is meant to feed the next step (typically a `tl db es` content search with the surviving high-count keywords).
Browse Agent Skills by Occupation
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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
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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.