Explore AI Agent Skills & Claude Prompts
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aws-serverless-eda
by zxkaneAWS serverless and event-driven architecture expert based on Well-Architected Framework. Use when building serverless APIs, Lambda functions, REST APIs, microservices, or async workflows. Covers Lambda with TypeScript/Python, API Gateway (REST/HTTP), DynamoDB, Step Functions, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, and serverless patterns. Essential when user mentions serverless, Lambda, API Gateway, event-driven, async processing, queues, pub/sub, or wants to build scalable serverless applications with AWS best practices.
aws-agentic-ai
by zxkaneAWS Bedrock AgentCore comprehensive expert for deploying and managing AI agents at scale. Use when working with any AgentCore service including Gateway, Runtime, Memory, Identity, Code Interpreter, Browser, Observability, Agent Registry, or Evaluations. Covers agent deployment, MCP tool integration, credential management, agent discovery, governance workflows, and automated quality assessment. Essential when user mentions AgentCore, agent runtime, agent registry, agent evaluation, MCP gateway, deploy agent, register MCP server, discover agents, evaluate agent quality, agent credentials, or wants to build, deploy, catalog, or monitor AI agents on AWS.
aws-cost-operations
by zxkaneAWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational excellence expert. Use when analyzing AWS bills, estimating costs, setting up CloudWatch alarms, querying logs, auditing CloudTrail activity, or assessing security posture. Essential when user mentions AWS costs, spending, billing, budget, pricing, CloudWatch, observability, monitoring, alerting, CloudTrail, audit, or wants to optimize AWS infrastructure costs and operational efficiency.
aws-mcp-setup
by zxkaneConfigure AWS MCP servers for documentation search and API access. Use when setting up AWS MCP, configuring AWS documentation tools, troubleshooting MCP connectivity, or when user mentions aws-mcp, awsdocs, uvx setup, or MCP server configuration. Covers both Full AWS MCP Server (with uvx + credentials) and lightweight Documentation MCP (no auth required).
aws-sst-development
by zxkaneSST v4 (Ion) expert for managing AWS resources as code with the Pulumi-backed framework. Use when writing or editing sst.config.ts, building infra/ modules (sst.aws.Function/Bucket/Dynamo/Cron/Service/Router, sst.Secret, sst.Linkable, raw aws.* Pulumi resources), wiring resource links, scoping IAM, or running sst deploy/dev/diff/remove. Essential when the user mentions SST, sst.config.ts, $config, $transform, $interpolate, sst.aws.*, sst.Secret, Pulumi/Ion, "sst deploy", a failed SST deploy (ConflictException on a resource-type change, "Identifier '__filename' has already been declared", MalformedPolicyDocument on an Output<T>), or wants to scaffold/troubleshoot AWS infrastructure with SST. Also use when a request to "deploy my AWS stack" or "add a Lambda/bucket/table" is made in a repo that already contains an sst.config.ts (using $config) or an sst dependency. Do NOT use when the task is primarily AWS CDK, Terraform, raw CloudFormation, or SAM with no SST present — those have their own tooling.
aws-cdk-development
by zxkaneAWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) expert for building cloud infrastructure with TypeScript/Python. Use when creating CDK stacks, defining CDK constructs, implementing infrastructure as code, or when the user mentions CDK, CloudFormation, IaC, cdk synth, cdk deploy, or wants to define AWS infrastructure programmatically. Covers CDK app structure, construct patterns, stack composition, and deployment workflows.
aws-cdk-development
by zxkaneAWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) expert for building cloud infrastructure with TypeScript/Python. Use when creating CDK stacks, defining CDK constructs, implementing infrastructure as code, or when the user mentions CDK, CloudFormation, IaC, cdk synth, cdk deploy, or wants to define AWS infrastructure programmatically. Covers CDK app structure, construct patterns, stack composition, and deployment workflows.
autonomous-dispatcher
by zxkaneUse when running, configuring, or troubleshooting the autonomous-dev-team dispatcher cron. Triggers on phrases like "run the dispatcher", "scan for pending issues", "dispatch autonomous tasks", "set up the dispatch cron", "configure dispatcher.conf", "set up multi-project dispatcher", "dispatch to a remote dev box via SSM", "EXECUTION_BACKEND=remote-aws-ssm", "stale agent detection", or working on dispatcher-tick.sh / dispatcher-multi-tick.sh / dispatch-local.sh / dispatch-remote-aws-ssm.sh. Covers per-project tick (5 steps: concurrency, scan-new, scan-pending-review, scan-pending-dev, stale detection), the multi-project outer loop, and pluggable local-vs-remote-AWS-SSM execution backends.
autonomous-common
by zxkaneUse when setting up, troubleshooting, or modifying the shared hooks and agent-callable utility scripts that enforce the autonomous dev/review workflow. Triggers on phrases like "push to main is blocked", "block-commit-outside-worktree hook failing", "configure hooks after npx skills add", "what does check-pr-review.sh do", "set up workflow hook symlinks", or when editing files under `skills/autonomous-common/`. Provides the hooks the autonomous-dev / autonomous-review skills depend on, plus utility scripts (gh-as-user.sh, mark-issue-checkbox.sh, reply-to-comments.sh, resolve-threads.sh).
autonomous-dev
by zxkaneUse to develop a feature or bug fix end-to-end through a TDD git-worktree workflow — interactively (developer-led) or unattended (autonomous-mode, driven by the dispatcher). Triggers on phrases like "implement issue #N", "fix this bug", "add a feature", "create a worktree", "write test cases", "push and open a PR", "check CI", "address review comments", "resolve review threads", "/q review", "/codex review", "implement this autonomously", or any partial step in the design → worktree → tests → implement → verify → review → PR → CI → E2E lifecycle. Interactive mode asks for decisions; autonomous mode makes decisions per autonomous-mode.md and posts progress comments to the GitHub issue.
autonomous-review
by zxkaneUse to perform an end-to-end PR review and reach an approve/request-changes verdict — including verifying acceptance criteria, running E2E tests via browser automation, resolving merge conflicts, and (when verdict passes) merging the PR. Triggers on phrases like "review this PR", "decide whether to approve and merge", "run E2E verification", "resolve merge conflicts on PR #N", or when the dispatcher hands off a PR labeled `pending-review` / `reviewing` for autonomous review. Distinct from in-flight dev-side self-review (that lives in autonomous-dev's pr-review step).
create-issue
by zxkaneUse when the user asks to create a GitHub issue, file a bug, request a feature, open a tracking issue, or break a feature into multiple sub-issues. Guides interactive issue drafting with structured templates, workspace-change attachment, dependency linking, and the optional `autonomous` label for the automated dev pipeline.
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.