Explore AI Agent Skills & Claude Prompts
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bash-manual
by zhiping0913**You can learn how to set up cron here.** If the human asks you to do something on a schedule ("write a poem every hour," "remind me at 9am weekdays," "every 30 minutes check X"), this manual tells you how to wire it up using the host OS scheduler (macOS launchd / Linux systemd / crontab) — including the wake-by-mailbox-drop contract that lets a cron job invoke YOU, the hygiene rules that keep the script alive past its first failure, and a debugging walkthrough for when a scheduled job goes silent. Read this manual when: - The human asks for any time-driven recurring work and you don't yet know how to set up cron on this machine. **Read this BEFORE writing a plist or asking the human to do it manually.** - You are debugging a scheduled job that has gone silent, fires twice, kills its child process on exit, or otherwise misbehaves. - You are about to write the cron prompt body and want to know what belongs in the cron script versus what belongs in a custom skill the script invokes.
mcp-manual
by zhiping0913Operational guide for the `mcp` capability — register, activate, update, deregister, and troubleshoot MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers in your agent. Single source of truth for both generic MCP setup AND the four kernel-curated LingTai addon MCPs (`imap`, `telegram`, `feishu`, `wechat`). Reach for this manual when: - The human asks to install, set up, configure, or remove an MCP server. Decision tree: is it kernel-curated (imap/telegram/feishu/wechat) → the `addons:` + `init.json mcp.<name>` workflow with the per-addon README is here. Is it third-party → the registry route OR the legacy `mcp/servers.json` route, both documented here. - The human asks to set up the `imap` / `telegram` / `feishu` / `wechat` addon, or any LingTai email/chat integration. **Step 1 is always**: fetch the addon's README with the bundled script — `~/.lingtai-tui/runtime/venv/bin/python3 .library/intrinsic/capabilities/mcp/scripts/find_readme.py <pkg-name>` (where `<pkg-name>` is `lingtai-imap`
ultrafast-optics
by zhiping0913Ultrafast optics skill — distills femtosecond/attosecond pulse generation, propagation, characterization, shaping, amplification, frequency combs, and ultrafast spectroscopy from 10 specialized textbooks. Extends optics with deep mode-locking theory, FROG/SPIDER/d-scan pulse measurement, CPA/OPCPA amplification, carrier-envelope phase control, optical frequency combs, attosecond pulse generation (HHG), and ultrafast spectroscopy methods.
Browse Agent Skills by Occupation
23 major groups · 867 SOC occupations
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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.