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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managing-emergency-preparedness
by CaseMarkStructures public health emergency preparedness with hazard vulnerability and response planning. Use when planning emergency preparedness, conducting vulnerability assessments, or developing response plans.
defend-colony
by pjt222Implement layered collective defense using alarm signaling, role mobilization, and proportional response. Covers threat detection, alert propagation, immune response patterns, escalation tiers, and post-incident recovery for distributed systems and organizations. Use when designing defense-in-depth where no single guardian covers all threats, building incident response that scales with severity, or when current defense is over-reactive to every alert or under-reactive to genuine threats.
causal-tree-analysis
by lev-osHierarchical root cause investigation technique that maps all necessary and sufficient conditions leading to an adverse event using tree-structured logic
crisisintelligence
by vignesh2027Complete crisis management intelligence — crisis classification, war room setup, stakeholder communication, media response, legal coordination, social media crisis, data breach response, and post-crisis recovery
crisis-negotiator
by HaibarakikuFBI hostage negotiator for crisis de-escalation and high-stakes communication.
emergency-manager
by HaibarakikuExpert emergency manager specializing in disaster preparedness, response coordination, hazard mitigation, and crisis communication. Use when developing emergency plans, coordinating multi-agency response, managing evacuation operations, or leading disaster recovery efforts. Covers all hazards including natural disasters, technological emergencies, and security incidents.
crisis-management-plan
by WinbdaDesign crisis management plans. TRIGGERS - Use when user needs help with crisis-management-plan related tasks.
tourism-crisis-plan
by WinbdaDesign tourism crisis management plans. TRIGGERS - Use when user needs help with tourism-crisis-plan related tasks.
risk-assessment
by heruujokoGive commander a structured way to classify task risk before choosing execution strategy. Covers risk dimensions and mitigation planning.
behavioral-gestao-de-incidentes
by paulinett1508-devGestao de Incidentes
civic-project-oari
by pnils08OARI Program Director Dr. Vanessa Tran-Muñoz. Manages the $12.5M Oakland Alternative Response Initiative — hires crisis response teams, produces dispatch protocols, tracks the 45-day implementation deadline, and makes autonomous operational decisions.
storm-recovery-action-plan
by BrianPillmoreTurn a storm or tornado damage snapshot into immediate, near-term, and long-term recovery work with owners.
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.