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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didactic-notes
by dboskDocument pedagogical design decisions in educational materials using the didactic LaTeX package and \ltnote command. Use proactively when (1) writing or editing educational LaTeX materials with pedagogical content, (2) adding or revising variation-theory annotations such as "What varies" or "What stays invariant", (3) explaining design trade-offs or choices in educational materials, (4) documenting why specific examples or exercises are sequenced in a particular way (including the order in which a literate program explains its parts, e.g. why function A is presented before function B), or (5) moving pedagogical reasoning out of student-facing prose and into instructor notes. Invoke when user mentions didactic notes, \ltnote, pedagogical reasoning, learning theory notes, educational design documentation, or asks to move pedagogical reasoning to instructor notes. CRITICAL: \ltnote captures reasoning about how the teaching material itself is written and sequenced (variation/invariance labels, why this example, w
variation-theory
by dboskApply variation theory of learning to structure content using contrast, generalization, and fusion patterns. Variation must target the critical aspects of the learning objective. Use proactively when (1) writing educational materials, explanations, tutorials, or lecture slides, (2) designing or reviewing examples in documentation, READMEs, or literate programs (.nw files), especially when multiple examples illustrate alternative approaches to the same task, (3) structuring code examples, CLI usage examples, or API examples where the reader should notice what differs between alternatives, (4) user mentions variation theory, learning theory, pedagogy, contrast, invariance, or critical aspects. Also activate when asked to elaborate, make concrete, or add examples to existing content. Works alongside literate-programming and didactic-notes skills; in educational LaTeX or .nw materials, keep variation-analysis labels in \ltnote{} rather than student-facing prose.
nytid-todo
by dboskManages work items via nytid todo subcommands as worker dan-claude. Relevant when the user asks to check, start, or complete tasks, view task details, add progress notes, create subtasks, reprioritize items, or import/sync GitHub issues. Also triggered by "what should I work on next?", "show my tasks", "mark that done", "what's in progress?", or mentions of nytid, todo, or work items.
honor-aid-check
by dboskBefore giving or accepting help on a KTH assignment, check whether the help is within the assignment's permitted-aids and collaboration policy.
honor-audit
by dboskAudit a draft KTH submission for honor-code risk — copied content, missing citations, undisclosed AI use, group-attribution gaps, attendance-record issues.
honor-defense-prep
by dboskPrepare a student to orally present and defend every part of their own submission, satisfying Rule 3 (oral competency) of the KTH EECS Code of Honour.
honor-disclose
by dboskGenerate an honest, structured disclosure block for a KTH submission — what was the student's own work, what help was used (people, sources, AI), and where each contribution appears.
honor-policy-draft
by dbosk(Teacher-side) Draft an unambiguous permitted-aids and collaboration policy for a KTH assignment, including explicit handling of generative AI.
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.