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corporate-ma
by judicialmindCorporate transactions and M&A legal practice skill. Use when the user needs assistance with mergers, acquisitions, due diligence, entity formation, shareholder agreements, stock purchase, asset purchase, corporate governance, or SEC filings. Triggers on keywords like "merger", "acquisition", "M&A", "due diligence", "shareholder agreement", "stock purchase", "asset purchase", "corporate formation", "LLC", "bylaws", "board resolution", "SEC filing".
environmental-law
by judicialmindEnvironmental law skill for environmental regulations and compliance. Use when the user needs assistance with EPA compliance, environmental permits, contamination, CERCLA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, NEPA, or ESG matters. Triggers on keywords like "environmental", "EPA", "pollution", "contamination", "hazardous waste", "CERCLA", "Superfund", "Clean Air", "Clean Water", "NEPA", "remediation", "permit", "ESG".
regulatory-compliance
by judicialmindMulti-sector regulatory compliance skill for industry-specific regulations. Use when the user needs assistance with regulatory frameworks, compliance programs, regulatory investigations, or industry-specific requirements across sectors. Triggers on keywords like "regulatory", "compliance program", "regulated industry", "agency", "enforcement", "regulatory investigation", "consent decree", "compliance audit", "regulatory risk".
international-arbitration
by judicialmindInternational arbitration and cross-border disputes skill. Use when the user needs assistance with international arbitration, ICC, LCIA, SIAC, investment arbitration, treaty claims, arbitration clauses, or enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. Triggers on keywords like "international arbitration", "ICC", "LCIA", "SIAC", "ICSID", "New York Convention", "arbitration clause", "investment treaty", "BIT", "enforcement", "arbitral award".
brief-writing
by judicialmindLegal brief writing skill for appellate and motion practice. Use when the user needs assistance with brief structure, legal writing, appellate practice, persuasive writing, or citations. Triggers on keywords like "brief", "appellate", "appeal", "argument", "persuasive writing", "legal writing", "motion brief", "reply brief", "amicus", "oral argument".
court-filings
by judicialmindCourt filing procedures skill for document preparation and submission. Use when the user needs assistance with ECF filing, court formatting rules, service requirements, filing deadlines, or court document preparation. Triggers on keywords like "court filing", "ECF", "CM/ECF", "file", "serve", "service", "filing deadline", "court rules", "local rules", "certificate of service".
document-drafting
by judicialmindLegal document drafting and generation skill. Use when the user needs to create legal documents, draft correspondence, prepare memos, write demand letters, or generate legal forms. Triggers on keywords like "draft", "letter", "memo", "memorandum", "legal document", "template", "demand letter", "engagement letter", "legal writing", "correspondence", "legal form".
legal-research
by judicialmindLegal research and case law analysis skill. Use when the user needs to find case law, analyze statutes, search legal precedents, verify citations, or conduct comprehensive legal research. Triggers on keywords like "case law", "legal research", "precedent", "statute", "citation", "find cases", "Shepardize", "KeyCite", "legal authority".
immigration
by judicialmindImmigration law skill for visa applications, compliance, and immigration proceedings. Use when the user needs assistance with work visas, green cards, naturalization, employer compliance, or removal defense. Triggers on keywords like "immigration", "visa", "H-1B", "green card", "I-9", "USCIS", "deportation", "asylum", "work authorization", "PERM", "EB-5", "naturalization".
uk-commonwealth
by judicialmindUK and Commonwealth law skill for English law and common law jurisdictions. Use when the user needs assistance with English courts, UK legal procedures, EU law, common law principles, or Commonwealth legal systems. Triggers on keywords like "UK", "England", "English law", "High Court UK", "Supreme Court UK", "common law", "EU law", "solicitor", "barrister", "Crown Court", "Commonwealth".
intellectual-property
by judicialmindIntellectual property law skill covering patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Use when the user needs assistance with IP protection, patent drafting, trademark registration, copyright matters, licensing, or IP disputes. Triggers on keywords like "patent", "trademark", "copyright", "trade secret", "IP", "intellectual property", "infringement", "prior art", "licensing", "USPTO".
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.