Explore AI Agent Skills & Claude Prompts
Discover open-source agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT, and any tool that uses SKILL.md.
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processing-pdfs
by telagodProcesses PDF files. Extracts text and tables, fills forms, merges and splits documents, batch-processes files, converts to images, and generates PDFs programmatically. Use when working with .pdf files. Do NOT use for Word documents, spreadsheets, or presentations.
processing-docx
by telagodProcesses Word document files (.docx). Creates, edits, annotates, tracks revisions, analyzes OOXML structure, and preserves formatting for contracts, policies, academic papers, and business documents. Use when working with .docx files or Word documents. Do NOT use for PDFs, spreadsheets, presentations, or plain text files.
defending-applications
by telagodApplication security defense knowledge for builders, not pentesters. Covers Web/API/GraphQL hardening (XSS/SQLi/SSRF/IDOR/BOLA/Mass Assignment/deserialization/upload/path traversal), authentication/authorization (OAuth 2.0/OIDC/JWT/Session/Cookie/SAML/SSO), and LLM application security (prompt injection, jailbreak, RAG poisoning, agent privilege escalation, output filtering). Use when designing or reviewing application-layer defenses, fixing CVE-class bugs in your own code, hardening auth flows, or threat-modeling LLM-powered features. Do NOT use for offensive testing (see securing-systems/pentest), incident response (see securing-systems/blue-team), or infra-layer hardening (see provisioning-infrastructure).
provisioning-infrastructure
by telagodCloud-native infrastructure knowledge reference covering Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize, Operators, CRDs, GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux), and IaC (Terraform, Pulumi, CDK). Use when provisioning infrastructure, managing clusters, or working with GitOps workflows.
analyzing-changes
by telagodAnalyzes code changes, detects documentation drift, and evaluates change impact scope. Use when reviewing diffs, checking doc sync, or running pre-commit analysis. Automatically triggered after design-level changes or refactoring.
analyzing-security
by telagodScans code for security vulnerabilities, detects dangerous patterns, and ensures security decisions are documented. Use when running security scans, auditing code, or checking for OWASP issues, injection risks, or sensitive data leaks. Automatically triggered on new modules, security-related changes, or post-refactor.
analyzing-spreadsheets
by telagodProcesses Excel spreadsheet files (.xlsx, .xlsm, .csv). Creates workbooks, builds formulas, preserves formatting, analyzes tabular data, and validates financial models with zero-formula-error delivery. Use when working with spreadsheet files or tabular data analysis. Do NOT use for Word documents, PDFs, presentations, or database pipelines.
applying-ui-design-system
by telagodFrontend UI design system selector and implementation guide covering Glassmorphism, Liquid Glass (Apple-style), Neubrutalism, and Claymorphism. Use when building UI components, choosing a visual aesthetic, implementing design tokens, or auditing accessibility/contrast on themed surfaces. Provides per-style tokens, component patterns, dark mode, and a11y constraints.
architecting-security
by telagod安全架构与治理：威胁建模 (STRIDE/PASTA/LINDDUN)、零信任身份架构、IAM/SSO/MFA/PAM、合规框架 (SOC2/PCI/HIPAA/GDPR)、DLP、隐私工程、安全控制设计。Use when designing security architecture, threat modeling new systems, implementing zero-trust identity, designing IAM/SSO/PAM, building compliance evidence chains, or planning privacy-by-design.
automating-devops
by telagodDevOps knowledge reference covering Git workflows, testing strategies, DevSecOps, release pipeline orchestration (release.yml, multi-arch images, cosign integration), CI/CD pipelines, database management, observability, and performance optimization. Use when working with Git, CI/CD, release pipelines, ghcr image publishing, testing, monitoring, or infrastructure automation.
building-agent-systems
by telagodAI agent and LLM system engineering reference covering single-agent dev (ReAct, tool calling, plan-execute), multi-agent coordination (swarm, role decomposition, file locking), LLM security (prompt injection, jailbreak defense, output filtering), RAG architecture (chunking, hybrid retrieval, rerank), and prompt engineering / evaluation (RAGAS, LLM-as-Judge). Use when building AI agents, designing RAG pipelines, orchestrating multi-agent workflows, hardening LLM apps, or writing prompts.
checking-code-quality
by telagodChecks code quality metrics including complexity, duplication, naming conventions, and function length. Use when running quality gates, reviewing code smells, or checking lint rules. Automatically triggered on complex modules or post-refactor.
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.