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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patterns
by nklischProject code patterns and conventions. Auto-loads when implementing, designing, verifying, or reviewing code. Provides detailed pattern definitions with code examples.
sync-upstream
by nklischCompare project base prompts and model metadata against a new Claude Code release. Extracts upstream system prompt, diffs each fragment, classifies changes as intentional omission or drift, and applies approved updates. Use when user says "sync upstream", "check for drift", "new CC version", or runs /sync-upstream.
stylistic-refactor
by nklischProject stylistic refactoring rules for Bun/TypeScript CLI. Proactively scans for refactoring opportunities and produces a prioritized plan. Defines the team's preferred coding style.
structural-refactor
by nklischProject structural organization rules for Bun/TypeScript CLI. Proactively scans for organizational issues and produces a prioritized plan. Defines file, folder, and module structure preferences.
agent-reflection
by nklischEnd-of-session retrospective self-evaluation of how the agent's context, repository discovery, tools, and skills shaped the current conversation. The agent reflects, honestly, on bad or poisoned context (stale docs, misleading comments, AGENTS.md, system/developer instructions, prior summaries), wrong turns, repo-information efficiency, retries, missing capabilities, API- and skill-surface friction, context cost, and structural improvements to instructions, skills, tools, docs, comments, or dense agent entry points; then writes a prioritized report and files actionable backlog items when an agile-workflow `.work/` substrate exists. Use when the user says "agent reflection", "reflect on this session", "end of session", "session retro", "bad context", "poisoned context", "poisoned docs", "what led you wrong", "repo information efficiency", "evaluate tools", "evaluate skills", "tool/skill feedback", or invokes /agent-reflection. Optionally scope to one tool, MCP server, skill, context source, or repo workflow.
clack-prompts
by nklischReference for @clack/prompts terminal UI library. Auto-loads when importing from '@clack/prompts', or building interactive CLI prompts, spinners, select menus, confirmation dialogs, or any terminal user interaction flow. Covers text, password, confirm, select, multiselect, spinner, group flows, tasks, logging, and cancel handling.
research-orchestrator
by nklischDynamic research-engagement entry point for the .research/ substrate. Reads the engagement's dials (scope_authority, verification_rigor), sets them with the user at kickoff, discovers fan-out topology from the seed (one inline pass to N specialists), and walks the ARD decision-graph at the dialed verification depth. Use for any grounded research engagement: focused single-pass, breadth survey, multi-specialist decomposition, or program-scale. Honors the ARD SPEC invariants (anti-fabrication floor, verification stack, registration); this is one deployment of ARD on the Claude agent system.
research-discipline
by nklischThe ARD anti-fabrication discipline bundle — the six load-bearing sections (source-bound citation, substrate test, no-footnote-fabrication, per-source attestation, contradiction-handling + seek-disconfirming, composed-claim) that bind any research-authoring context in this repo's .research/ substrate. Vendored verbatim from ARD kernel/discipline.md. The research-orchestrator inlines this bundle into every authoring dispatch so the discipline reaches sub-contexts; it also auto-loads here for light-path inline authoring.
drizzle-v0
by nklischDrizzle ORM v0.45+ reference for PostgreSQL. Auto-loads when working with drizzle-orm, pgTable, schema definitions, drizzle queries, migrations, drizzle-kit.
zustand-v5
by nklischZustand v5 state management reference. Auto-loads when working with zustand stores, create, createStore, useShallow, persist, devtools, immer middleware.
citty
by nklischReference for the citty CLI framework (UnJS). Auto-loads when importing from 'citty', using defineCommand, runMain, or runCommand, or building CLI tools with argument parsing, subcommands, or lifecycle hooks. Covers defineCommand, runMain, argument definitions, subcommands, and lifecycle hooks.
motion
by nklischALWAYS invoke this skill when the user asks to design motion, animation, transitions, easing curves, spring physics, micro-interactions, or other UI kinetics. Generates motion.html and motion.css with named easing attitudes, duration scale, spring presets, interaction tokens, designed pauses, and reduced-motion variants. Runs after components and before screens or flows so downstream mocks share one kinetic language.
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.