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ljg-paper-river
by lijigang论文倒读法：给一篇论文，递归找出它批判和改进的前序论文（最多5层），再找它之后的最新进展，从源头正向讲述问题演化史。以问题为轴，费曼式讲解每篇论文看到的问题和解法创新。Use when user shares a paper and wants to understand its intellectual lineage, citation chain, problem evolution, or says '倒读', '论文溯源', '论文脉络', 'paper river', 'paper connects', 'trace back', '这篇论文的来龙去脉', '论文演化'. Also trigger when user wants to understand how a research problem evolved across multiple papers.
ljg-word
by lijigangDeep-dive English word mastery tool. Deconstructs a single English word into core semantics and epiphany. Use when user asks to explain/master a specific English word.
ljg-word-flow
by lijigangWord flow: deep-dive word analysis + infograph card in one go. Takes one or more English words, runs ljg-word (generates deep semantics analysis) then ljg-card -i (generates infograph PNG). Use when user says '词卡', 'word card', 'word flow', or provides English words wanting both analysis and visual card.
ljg-roundtable
by lijigangStructured roundtable discussion framework with a truth-seeking moderator who invites representative figures for dialectical debate on any topic. Use when user says "圆桌讨论", "圆桌", "roundtable", "辩论", or wants to explore a topic through multi-perspective structured debate.
ljg-relationship
by lijigangRelationship analyst combining structural diagnostics (5-layer framework) with psychoanalytic depth (transference, unconscious patterns, resistance). Guides users through dialogue to "see" the real structure of their relationship issues. Use when user says "关系分析", "分析关系", "relationship", "人际关系", or describes a specific relationship problem they want to understand.
ljg-plain
by lijigangCognitive atom: Plain (白). Rewrites any content so a smart 12-year-old groks it. Structure-free — form follows content. Use when user says '白话说', '说人话', '解释一下', 'plain', 'grok'.
ljg-paper
by lijigangPaper reader for non-academics. Reads a paper and tells it back as one continuous story — the life of the paper's core proposition (命题), told on a seven-beat spine (主角 / 困境 / 旧路 / 转折 / 解法 / 结局 / 内核): born in a bind on a base-rate ruler, crystallized as a bold conjecture, argued through mechanism and evidence, distilled into a new way of seeing, then walked out of the paper — life-tested and cashed into falsifiable predictions (检验). Output opens with a scannable 速读 card (一句话 / 大想法 / 只记三件事) that compresses the whole story three ways for the time-poor reader and the six-months-later self, then tells the full story. The job is storytelling that makes the paper land, not academic critique. Use when user shares an arxiv link, paper URL, PDF, or asks to analyze a research paper. Trigger words: '读论文', '讲论文', '把这篇讲给我听', '分析论文', 'paper', or when user shares an academic paper.
ljg-invest
by lijigang投资分析, 生成一份深度投资分析报告。不做传统投资分析——核心判断是项目是否是一台「秩序创造机器」。Use when user says '投资报告', '投资分析', '分析这个项目', '写投资报告', 'investment report', 'invest analysis', or provides entrepreneur conversation records wanting investment evaluation. Also trigger when user pastes or references meeting notes, pitch decks, or founder interviews and asks for analysis.
ljg-card
by lijigangContent caster (铸). Transforms content into PNG visuals. Seven molds: -l (default) long reading card, -i infograph, -m multi-card reading cards (1080x1440), -v editorial sketchnote (problem→failure→pivot→insight→naming, magazine + archive layout), -c comic (manga-style B&W), -w whiteboard (marker-style board layout), -b big-fonts attachment card (1080x1440, weathered 碑刻 style for 小红书). Output to ~/Downloads/. Use when user says '铸', 'cast', '做成图', '做成卡片', '做成信息图', '做成海报', '视觉笔记', 'sketchnote', '杂志', 'editorial', '漫画', 'comic', 'manga', '白板', 'whiteboard', '大字', '附件图', 'big fonts', '小红书卡片'. Replaces ljg-cards and ljg-infograph.
ljg-book
by lijigang拆一本书，以「问题」为轴心走一条线。五件事：作者在答什么问题（问题），这个问题之前各流派/社会共识怎么答（零点），作者带来什么独特洞见——公式/理论框架/模型/概念四选一——相对共识挪动了什么（位移/delta），落成哪句结论（落点），最后萃一个 takeaway 作为精神内核（行囊）。收尾画一张 ASCII 参考系图（千脑智能式）：各流派、旧共识、作者钉到同一张图的位置上，delta 是图上一段看得见的距离，再走两步做预测——看懂这本书在认知史里挪动了哪一步，还能拿它预测书外的新事。Use when user says '拆书', '拆这本', '分析这本书', '这本书在讲什么', '上帝之眼看这本书', '压缩一本书', 'book', or shares a book name wanting structural analysis. NOT FOR 章节摘要（用 Fabric extract_wisdom）、论文（用 ljg-paper）、单一观点深钻（用 ljg-think）、一个领域降秩（用 ljg-rank）.
ljg-paper-flow
by lijigangPaper workflow: read papers + cast cards in one go. Takes one or more arxiv links, paper URLs, PDFs, or paper names. For each paper, runs ljg-paper (generates org analysis) then ljg-card -v (generates visual sketchnote PNG). Use when user says '论文流', 'paper flow', '读论文并做卡片', '论文卡片', or provides multiple papers wanting both analysis and cards.
ljg-present
by lijigang演讲铸造器（Outline-Faithful）。基于 orgmode/markdown outline 层级 1:1 视觉化呈现——色块大字、ultra-bold 错位，原文不动只做美化。三档主题色 black/red/yellow（默认 black 或按 filetags 推断），可用 -r/-b/-y 显式覆盖；可用 --cyber 走黑底绿字 cyber-hacker 风。使用时用户会说：'讲这个'、'present'、'做成演讲'、'呈现一下'、'铸成演示'、'做个 slides'、'标语流'、'宣言体'、'slogan'、'manifesto'、'按 outline 美化'。输出单文件 HTML 到 ~/Downloads/。
Browse Agent Skills by Occupation
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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
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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.