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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pick-next-shell
by tobihagemannPick the next shell whose dependencies are satisfied and carry it through planning and implementation: expand, refine, self-improve, implement. Use when the user asks to "pick next shell", "next shell", "continue project", "what's next", "next implementation step", or "continue with the plan".
survey-patterns
by tobihagemannSurvey the codebase for analogous features, reusable utilities, and existing patterns relevant to a proposed change. Returns structured findings without writing code. Use when the user asks to "survey patterns", "find existing patterns", "look for analogous features", "check how similar things are done", "find prior art for this change", or needs pattern context before planning a change.
update-dependencies
by tobihagemannUpgrade project dependencies with breaking change research for major version updates. Use when the user asks to "update dependencies", "upgrade packages", "upgrade dependencies", "update deps", "upgrade deps", "update npm deps", "update Swift packages", "cargo update", "go get updates", "bundle update", or "pip upgrade".
code-style
by tobihagemannEnforce mirror, reuse, and symmetry principles to keep new code consistent with surrounding code. Use when writing new code in an existing codebase, adding new features, refactoring, or making any code changes.
commit-rules
by tobihagemannShared commit message rules and technical constraints referenced by /stage-commit and /commit-staged. Not typically invoked directly.
create-pr
by tobihagemannCreate a GitHub pull request with a drafted title and description. Use when the user asks to "create a PR", "create a pull request", "open a PR", or "submit a PR".
fetch-pr-comments
by tobihagemannFetch and summarize review feedback and conversation from a GitHub PR (unresolved review threads, review bodies, and PR conversation comments) without making changes. Use when the user asks to "fetch PR comments", "show PR comments", "check PR for unresolved comments", "list review comments", "what comments are on the PR", "show unresolved threads", or "summarize PR feedback".
finalize
by tobihagemannRun the post-implementation quality assurance workflow including tests, code polishing, review, and commit. Use when the user asks to "finalize implementation", "finalize changes", "wrap up implementation", "finish up", "ready to commit", or "run QA workflow".
frontend-design
by tobihagemannCreate distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. Use when the user asks to build landing pages, websites, dashboards, web components, or any frontend UI. Generates creative, polished code that avoids generic AI aesthetics.
refine-plan
by tobihagemannIteratively review and revise a planning artifact until no new findings survive evaluation. Supports plans, shells, and specs. Use when the user asks to "refine the plan", "refine the shells", "refine this spec", "iterate on the plan", "iterate on the shells", "tighten the plan", "tighten the shells", "tighten the spec", "improve the plan", "improve the shells", or "improve the spec".
review-agentic-setup
by tobihagemannDetect agentic coding infrastructure in a project: CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, installed skills, MCP servers, hooks, and cross-tool compatibility (Claude Code and Codex CLI). Returns structured findings about agentic readiness without applying changes. Use when the user asks to "review agentic setup", "check agentic setup", "agentic readiness", "is this project set up for AI coding", or "review AI coding setup".
self-improve
by tobihagemannExtract lessons from the current session and route them to the appropriate knowledge layer (project AGENTS.md, auto memory, existing skills, or new skills). Use when the user asks to "self-improve", "distill this session", "save learnings", "update CLAUDE.md with what we learned", "capture session insights", "remember this for next time", "extract lessons", "update skills from session", or "what did we learn".
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.