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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dpla-hub-info
by dplaShow key i3.conf config for a hub (provider, harvest.type, harvest.endpoint, schedule, email, setlist). Use when user asks for hub config, harvest type/endpoint, who gets emails, schedule months, or OAI setlist details.
pre-ingest-email
by dplaWorkflow for generating and sending DPLA monthly pre-ingest emails to hub partners via AWS SES. Use this skill whenever someone asks to: send the monthly ingest email, prepare the DPLA pre-ingest notice, generate the hub email for a given month, preview the pre-ingest email, or do anything involving the pre-ingest email pipeline. Trigger even if the user just says something like "time to send the ingest email" or "it's email day" — context from the project makes the intent clear.
dpla-monthly-emails
by dplaGenerate/preview/draft/send the monthly pre-scheduling summary email to hub contacts scheduled for a month (from i3.conf schedule.months). Use when user asks to send the scheduling email, monthly scheduling email, notify hubs for a month, or pre-scheduling email.
dpla-takedown
by dplaRemove DPLA items from the live site and search index in response to takedown requests. Use when the user says take down, delete, remove item(s) from dp.la, or action a takedown request. Accepts DPLA IDs directly or criteria (hub, institution, collection) to generate an ID list. Includes mandatory pre-flight verification, search-before-delete on Elasticsearch, and post-deletion confirmation with count delta verification.
dpla-monitor-ingest-remap
by dplaMonitor a running IngestRemap (remap.sh / ingest.sh step 2) or orchestrator remap stages. Use when user asks whether mapping/enrichment/jsonl is done yet, to monitor remap progress, or to check which stage is currently running.
dpla-oai-harvest-watch
by dplaWatch an OAI harvest log and report set-by-set progress + ETA (for hubs using harvest.setlist). Use when user asks to watch OAI harvest progress, track sets, or estimate completion.
dpla-staged-report
by dplaReport which hubs have new JSONL staged in S3 for a given month, and optionally post the report to Slack. Use when user asks what hubs are staged/ready for indexing or /ingest staged.
dpla-community-webs-ingest
by dplaRun Community Webs ingest from SQLite DB. Use when the user says harvest community-webs, run community-webs ingest, export community webs, or process community webs DB.
dpla-ingest-debug
by dplaDebug and fix DPLA hub ingestion failures (harvest/mapping/enrichment/jsonl/s3-sync/anomaly). Use when user asks why a hub failed, to debug an ingest failure, check an escalation report, or retry a failed hub/stage.
dpla-ingest-status
by dplaShow all active and completed ingests in one consolidated view. Use when user asks status of the ingests, ingest status, which hubs are running, show active ingests, or ingest progress.
dpla-monitor-ingest-remap
by dplaMonitor a running IngestRemap (remap.sh / ingest.sh step 2) or orchestrator remap stages. Use when user asks whether mapping/enrichment/jsonl is done yet, to monitor remap progress, or to check which stage is currently running.
dpla-monthly-emails
by dplaGenerate/preview/draft/send the monthly pre-scheduling summary email to hub contacts scheduled for a month (from i3.conf schedule.months). Use when user asks to send the scheduling email, monthly scheduling email, notify hubs for a month, or pre-scheduling email.
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.