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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check-upstream-changes
by onevcatCheck upstream (supabitapp/supacode) for new changes since the last reviewed baseline.
release
by onevcatBuild, sign, notarize, and publish a Prowl release.
prowl-cli
by onevcatUse the Prowl CLI (`prowl`) to inspect or control a running Prowl GUI app and the agent sessions it hosts. Prowl runs several coding agents in parallel, each in its own pane/tab/worktree, so reach for this whenever the user wants to act on a pane other than the current one — check on, coordinate, read from, focus, send text or keys to, open, or close another pane, tab, worktree, split, window, or sibling/neighboring agent. Covers colloquial framings that never say "prowl": "check what the agent in my other window is doing", "are any of my agents running side by side still working or idle?", "tell the agent in my left split to rerun the tests", "send npm run build to the build tab and grab the output", "open ~/proj in a fresh tab", "close that scratch tab I left open". Not for ordinary editing or building inside the Prowl source repo, and not for how-to questions about Prowl's settings, preferences, or keybindings — only when the task is to actually drive panes in the live Prowl app.
sync-docs
by onevcatKeep the agent-facing manual under docs/ in sync with the implementation. Diff-driven from a committed commit baseline; makes conservative, minimal edits only where the code has actually changed user-facing behavior. Run on demand or as part of release prep.
self-verify-prowl
by onevcatBootstrap-verify Prowl changes by launching a debug app with a dedicated PROWL_CLI_SOCKET and driving it from the current Prowl session. Use after implementing Prowl app, terminal, Active Agents, or CLI changes when Codex should validate behavior end-to-end in a separate Prowl instance, including opening worktrees, creating tabs, running commands or agent sessions, reading panes, and falling back to a single-window screenshot of the debug app when the prowl CLI is insufficient.
release
by onevcatPrepare and publish a new release — bump versions, generate changelog, tag, and push for CI to publish to npm.
argue
by onevcatRun structured multi-agent debates using argue CLI for cross-examined, high-confidence answers. Use when facing strategic decisions, ambiguous trade-offs, architecture debates, or questions where multiple perspectives improve the answer. Triggers on: argue, debate, cross-examine, second opinion, multi-agent, 'Should we X or Y?' with real stakes, consensus-building, risk analysis, or confirmation-bias mitigation.
release
by onevcatPrepare and publish a YiTong release. Use when deciding the next version, collecting commits since the previous tag, maintaining CHANGELOG.md, running final verification, creating/pushing a git tag, and creating a GitHub release with gh CLI.
chroma-release
by onevcatChroma 的发布一体化流程（SemVer 决策、生成 changelog、同步 CLI 版本、打 git tag、发布 GitHub Release）。当被要求进行新版本发布、更新 CHANGELOG.md、升级 `ca` CLI 版本号、创建 tag 或发布 GitHub Release 时使用。
transcrab
by onevcatTurn URL + 'crab' into a translated article using the local transcrab-private repo scripts.
xin
by onevcatUse xin CLI to manage JMAP email (Fastmail-first). Covers search, read, send, drafts, labels, and automation.
change-log
by onevcatGenerate a full, user-facing changelog for the current in-development app version by comparing with the previous release tag (including uncommitted changes), and update the appropriate CHANGELOG.md accordingly.
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.