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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Connect 381,784 public skills to your own search, analytics, or agent workflow with the REST API.
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gepa-fast-agent
by fast-agent-aiBuild, review, or refactor GEPA optimization loops that use fast-agent. Use when Codex needs to design GEPA evaluators, Actionable Side Information, Pareto/frontier metrics, FastAgentReflectionLM, FastAgentBatchEvaluator, BatchRunner, EvalRun/CandidateRun artifact layouts, Trackio monitoring, or refactor OpenClaw/Birch-style prompt, policy, skill, batch, or artifact-generation optimizers.
hf-space-deployer
by fast-agent-aiDeploy fast-agent MCP Servers to Hugging Face Spaces using Docker. Use when the user wants to deploy an "agent card" as an MCP Server. Includes templates and CLI commands for deploying agent cards with custom tools to HF Spaces.
hf-static-space-deployer
by fast-agent-aiDeploy general static websites and frontend apps to Hugging Face Spaces using `sdk: static`. Use when the user wants to host HTML/CSS/JS sites or built SPA frontends (React, Vite, Svelte, Vue, etc.) on Spaces for convenient sharing. Include setup for README YAML metadata (`app_file`, optional `app_build_command`), deployment via `hf` CLI or Python API, GitHub Actions sync, and static-Space troubleshooting.
lsp-setup
by fast-agent-aiLSP-enable a Python, TypeScript, or Rust repository for fast-agent development. Use when creating or refreshing agent cards with LSP function tools, configuring ty, typescript-language-server, or rust-analyzer integration, or scoping repo-local code navigation safely.
session-investigator
by fast-agent-aiInvestigate fast-agent session and history files to diagnose issues. Use when a session ended unexpectedly, when debugging tool loops, when correlating sub-agent traces with main sessions, or when analyzing conversation flow and timing. Covers session.json metadata, history JSON format, message structure, tool call/result correlation, and common failure patterns.
fast-agent-automation
by fast-agent-aiAutomate fast-agent runs from CLI, Docker, and Hugging Face Jobs. Use when users need repeatable non-interactive execution (`fast-agent go --message` / `--prompt-file`), deterministic artifact handling (`--results`), multi-model fan-out, containerization with uv, or scheduled/cloud execution with hf jobs and secrets management.
compaction-strategies
by fast-agent-aiImplement hook-based history compaction in fast-agent (rolling window, context threshold truncation, tool-result clearing, summary prompt compaction). Use when adding or extending compaction hooks and wiring them into agent cards.
birchline-html
by fast-agent-aiCreate polished standalone single-file HTML engineering artifacts in the Birchline design language. Use for session summaries, module/process explainers, implementation plans, design direction comparisons, PR/change writeups, findings-first code reviews, incident/status reports, slide decks, flow diagrams, and compact numeric/data briefs where the output should be a beautiful local HTML document with embedded CSS and no external assets.
agent-card-hooks
by fast-agent-aiGuide for implementing fast-agent hooks and user-invoked command actions. Use when adding hook functions to agent cards or Python code for tasks like history compaction, saving sessions, modifying tool calls, managing agent lifecycle, or adding explicit slash-command add-ins with PluginCommandActionContext.
Browse Agent Skills by Occupation
23 major groups · 867 SOC occupations
Browse by Category
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.