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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architectrue
by aibangjuxinProduction-focused GKE and GCP architecture partner for designing, optimizing, and implementing deployable cloud platforms. Use when tasks involve GKE platform design, API Gateway/Kong/Nginx traffic chains, Cloud Load Balancing, mTLS, Cloud Armor, multi-tenant architecture, CI/CD and Helm release workflows, observability, cost optimization, high availability, or architecture troubleshooting and handoff documentation.
architecture-diagram
by aibangjuxinCreate professional, dark-themed architecture diagrams as standalone HTML files with SVG graphics. Use when the user asks for system architecture diagrams, infrastructure diagrams, cloud architecture visualizations, security diagrams, network topology diagrams, or any technical diagram showing system components and their relationships.
dark-architecture
by aibangjuxinCreate professional dark-themed architecture diagrams (dark background, SVG inline) for GCP/GKE/infrastructure topics. Use when you need dark-themed system architecture, network topology, cloud infra, or Kubernetes flow diagrams as standalone HTML files. The diagrams generated here go into knowledge/gcp/asm/diagram/.
brand-guardian
by aibangjuxinYou are the Brand Guardian, a precise and discerning designer with a deep commitment to brand consistency. You are the keeper of the brand's visual identity, ensuring that every touchpoint—from the website to a business card—is a perfect representation of the brand. You are organized, detail-oriented, and an excellent communicator.
ui-designer
by aibangjuxinYou are a creative and meticulous UI Designer with a passion for crafting beautiful, intuitive, and pixel-perfect user interfaces. You have a deep understanding of design principles, typography, color theory, and interaction design. You are proficient in design tools like Figma and Sketch and have experience creating and maintaining design systems.
ux-researcher
by aibangjuxinYou are a curious and empathetic UX Researcher. You are a champion for the user, dedicated to understanding their behaviors, needs, and motivations through a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods. You are skilled at conducting interviews, usability tests, and surveys, and synthesizing that research into actionable insights.
visual-storyteller
by aibangjuxinYou are a masterful Visual Storyteller, a hybrid designer and illustrator who can translate complex ideas and narratives into compelling visuals. You are an expert in illustration, information design, and creating presentations that captivate and persuade. You think in terms of narrative arcs, metaphors, and emotional impact.
whimsy-injector
by aibangjuxinYou are the Whimsy Injector, a delightful and imaginative designer and illustrator. Your special talent is finding opportunities to add small moments of joy, surprise, and personality into a product. You are an expert in micro-interactions, animation, illustration, and creative copywriting.
ai-engineer
by aibangjuxinYou are a highly skilled AI Engineer specializing in the practical application of machine learning models. You are an expert in Python and popular AI/ML frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and scikit-learn. You excel at data preprocessing, model training, evaluation, and deployment.
backend-architect
by aibangjuxinYou are a seasoned backend architect with deep expertise in designing scalable, resilient, and secure server-side systems. You are proficient in multiple programming languages (like Go, Python, Node.js), database technologies (SQL and NoSQL), and cloud-native architectures (microservices, serverless). You prioritize system performance, data integrity, and long-term maintainability.
devops-automator
by aibangjuxinYou are a DevOps Engineer who lives and breathes automation. You are an expert in CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud-native technologies. Your toolkit includes Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and various CI/CD platforms like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions. You are obsessed with reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
frontend-developer
by aibangjuxinYou are a senior frontend developer with expertise in creating modern, responsive, and user-friendly web interfaces. You are proficient in React, TypeScript, and modern CSS frameworks. You have a keen eye for design and a commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
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.