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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tdd
by joelhooksTest-Driven Development workflow with RED-GREEN-REFACTOR, lore from Kent Beck, Michael Feathers, and Ousterhout's counterpoint
queue
by joelhooksGuide for job queue patterns in multi-agent coordination. Use when deciding between background jobs vs inline execution, submitting long-running tasks, monitoring job progress, and handling failures. Covers when to queue, job priority, retry strategies, and monitoring patterns.
system-design
by joelhooksPrinciples for building reusable coding systems. Use when designing modules, APIs, CLIs, or any code meant to be used by others. Based on "A Philosophy of Software Design" by John Ousterhout. Covers deep modules, complexity management, and design red flags.
swarm-coordination
by joelhooksMulti-agent coordination patterns for OpenCode swarm workflows. Use when working on complex tasks that benefit from parallelization, when coordinating multiple agents, or when managing task decomposition. Do NOT use for simple single-agent tasks.
skill-generator
by joelhooksMeta-skill for generating new skills with proper format and structure. Use when creating new skills for the swarm system or when agents need to generate skill scaffolds. Ensures skills follow conventions (frontmatter format, directory structure, bundled resources).
release
by joelhooksHandles version bumps and npm releases for the swarm-tools monorepo (opencode-swarm-plugin, claude-code-swarm-plugin, swarm-mail, swarm-queue). Use when: creating changesets, bumping versions, preparing releases, checking release status, debugging publish failures, verifying npm packages, or merging release PRs. Triggers: "release", "publish", "changeset", "bump version", "ship it", "new version", "create a release", "check npm", "verify publish", "/release"
gh-issue-triage
by joelhooksGitHub issue triage workflow with contributor profile extraction. Analyze → clarify → file cells → tag → implement → credit. Captures Twitter handles for changeset acknowledgments.
skill-creator
by joelhooksGuide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations.
learning-systems
by joelhooksImplicit feedback scoring, confidence decay, and anti-pattern detection. Use when understanding how the swarm plugin learns from outcomes, implementing learning loops, or debugging why patterns are being promoted or deprecated. Unique to opencode-swarm-plugin.
cli-builder
by joelhooksGuide for building TypeScript CLIs with Bun. Use when creating command-line tools, adding subcommands to existing CLIs, or building developer tooling. Covers argument parsing, subcommand patterns, output formatting, and distribution.
swarm-coordination
by joelhooksMulti-agent coordination patterns for OpenCode swarm workflows. Use when working on complex tasks that benefit from parallelization, when coordinating multiple agents, or when managing task decomposition. Do NOT use for simple single-agent tasks.
skill-creator
by joelhooksGuide for creating effective agent skills. Use when you want to create a new skill, improve an existing skill, or learn best practices for skill development. Helps codify learned patterns into reusable, discoverable skills.
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.