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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generative-thinking
by oaustegardBreak out of a locked problem frame by picking one disciplined move — reframe, provocation (Po), random stimulus, SCAMPER, inversion, perspective shift, or constraint play — and committing to it before evaluating. Use when stuck, when options feel narrow or obvious, when iterations produce variations of the same idea, or when the user says "widen this", "break out of", "think differently", "I'm stuck", "feels too obvious", "stress-test the framing", "what am I missing". Complements challenging (which evaluates) and convening-experts (which synthesizes viewpoints); this skill generates distance, not judgment.
art-history-movements
by TibsfoxMajor art movements and their historical context for art education. Covers 12 movements from the Renaissance to contemporary art, their defining characteristics, key artists, signature works, and the intellectual/social forces that produced them. Use when analyzing artworks in historical context, understanding stylistic lineages, identifying influences across periods, or connecting studio practice to art-historical precedent.
p14a-beauty-redefinition
by gmaxxxie美感的重新定义——生成焦虑、美感六维度、美感双轴模型
p14c-beauty-selection
by gmaxxxie从生产美感到选择美感——选择力是新核心技能，Context决定输出上限
p14g-beauty-system
by gmaxxxie审美训练体系——系统化积累与校准审美标准、人机协作流程、标准进化机制
aesthetics
by diegosouzapwMaster aesthetics - philosophy of beauty, art, and aesthetic experience. Use for: beauty, art theory, taste, sublime, creativity. Triggers: 'beauty', 'beautiful', 'aesthetic', 'art', 'sublime', 'creativity', 'taste', 'artistic', 'expression', 'representation', 'aesthetic experience', 'aesthetic judgment', 'art definition', 'Kant aesthetics', 'formalism', 'expressionism'.
educator-teacher
by dylantarreUse when creating educational content, explaining concepts through animation, or when teaching animation principles to students.
script-up
by daisyu0608【Script Up · 剧本分析工具】专业剧本分析工具，整合9大经典编剧理论体系，以学习为导向，对剧本进行深度文本分析。支持逐场景16字段精细分析、人物弧光追踪、Mermaid可视化输出。适用于编剧、电影学生和教育者从经典作品中学习创作技巧。分析是为了理解，而非评判。
video-avancado
by ReadyToGo-EducationBase de conhecimento para os formatos avancados de video: Cenas Reais (stock footage + filmagem propria), Motion/Animacao (Remotion, CapCut, Canva) e Hibrido (avatar + b-roll intercalado). Consultada pelo comando /roteiro-de-video ao escolher os formatos 5, 6 ou 7.
acoustic-guitar
by clawicAcoustic guitar practice strategies, fingerpicking, strumming, and progress tracking.
educational-script-generator-with-character-constraints
by gabrielmoreiraGenerates educational scripts for shows like 'The Logo Show' or 'The Walmart Show', incorporating specific character behaviors, user-defined plot sequences, sound effects, and stage directions.
holistic-art-curriculum-goodlad-otc
by gabrielmoreiraDesigns holistic art education curricula using John Goodlad's hierarchy and the Observing-Thinking-Creating (OTC) cycle, integrating cognitive-affective-connectivist dimensions and theorists like Eisner, Noddings, and Biesta, while excluding the teacher role from A/R/Tography.
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.