Explore AI Agent Skills & Claude Prompts
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quill
by cwinvestmentsUse when the user says 'create quotation', 'generate quote', 'proposal', or needs a client-facing price document.
memstack-development-mentor
by cwinvestmentsUse when the user says 'teach me', 'explain as you go', 'mentor mode', 'walk me through', 'help me learn', 'explain why', 'learning mode', or wants real-time plain language narration of decisions and tradeoffs while building. Do NOT use for code review or debugging.
memstack-automation-api-integration
by cwinvestmentsUse this skill when the user says 'API integration', 'connect APIs', 'sync data', 'data mapping', 'rate limiting', or needs system-to-system connectors with authentication, rate limit handling, and error recovery. Generates API integration code with authentication (OAuth, API key, JWT), request/response mapping, rate limit handling, error recovery with circuit breakers, and sync monitoring. Do NOT use for visual n8n workflows or webhook receiving.
memstack-automation-hosted-mcp-catalog
by cwinvestmentsUse when the user says 'what MCP servers', 'find an MCP for', 'hosted MCP', 'list MCP servers', 'MCP catalog', 'available MCP tools', or needs to discover zero-setup hosted MCP servers they can use immediately. Do NOT use for building MCP servers or configuring local MCP.
memstack-automation-webhook-designer
by cwinvestmentsUse this skill when the user says 'webhook', 'webhook handler', 'webhook endpoint', 'receive events', 'HMAC verification', 'idempotency', or needs secure webhook handlers with signature verification, retry handling, and dead letter queues. Do NOT use for full n8n workflows or scheduled tasks.
memstack-business-client-onboarding
by cwinvestmentsUse this skill when the user says 'client onboarding', 'new client', 'onboard client', 'kickoff meeting', 'intake form', 'welcome email', or needs welcome sequences, questionnaires, and setup checklists for new clients. Do NOT use for contracts or invoicing.
memstack-business-freelancer-toolkit
by cwinvestmentsUse when the user says 'track my time', 'freelancer invoice', 'billable hours', 'time tracking', 'freelance finances', 'client billing', 'project hours', or needs invoicing, time tracking, or analytics patterns for freelance work. Do NOT use for general invoice templates or proposal writing.
memstack-business-invoice-generator
by cwinvestmentsUse this skill when the user says 'invoice', 'generate invoice', 'create invoice', 'bill client', 'line items', 'payment terms', or needs professional invoices with tax calculations and payment instructions. Do NOT use for contracts or financial projections.
memstack-business-licensing
by cwinvestmentsUse this skill when the user says 'licensing', 'license audit', 'can I use this commercially', 'OSS license check', 'license compatibility', 'GPL', 'MIT', 'AGPL', 'copyleft'. Scans the repository for every dependency and asset license, then produces a per-package verdict table: ready for commercial use, citation/attribution required, more information needed, or commercial use not allowed. Do NOT use for vulnerability scanning (use dependency-audit) or contract drafting (use contract-template).
memstack-business-proposal-writer
by cwinvestmentsUse this skill when the user says 'write proposal', 'create proposal', 'proposal for', 'client proposal', 'project proposal', 'bid on project', 'pitch', or is preparing a project proposal for a client or freelance engagement. Do NOT use for contracts, invoices, or onboarding.
memstack-business-scope-of-work
by cwinvestmentsUse this skill when the user says 'scope of work', 'SOW', 'define scope', 'project scope', 'write SOW', 'scope document', or is defining project boundaries, deliverables, and acceptance criteria for a formal engagement. Do NOT use for proposals, contracts, or invoicing.
memstack-business-sop-builder
by cwinvestmentsUse this skill when the user says 'create SOP', 'write SOP', 'standard operating procedure', 'document process', 'process documentation', 'runbook', 'playbook', or is creating step-by-step documentation for a repeatable process. Do NOT use for project proposals or scope documents.
Browse Agent Skills by Occupation
23 major groups · 867 SOC occupations
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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.