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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paper-maintain
by Awesome3DGS维护 3D Gaussian Splatting Papers 仓库的论文条目、摘要页、录用归类、计数同步与一致性校验。
research-paper-writing
by taracodlabsPipeline for ML/AI research papers — lit review to LaTeX submission
research-grants
by mkurmanWrite competitive research proposals for NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, and Taiwan NSTC. Agency-specific formatting, review criteria, budget preparation, broader impacts, significance statements, innovation narratives, and compliance with submission requirements.
nsfc-abstract
by InternScience当用户明确要求"写/润色 NSFC 标书摘要""生成中文摘要和英文摘要""把中文摘要翻译成英文摘要"时使用。输出中文、英文两个版本（英文必须是中文的忠实翻译版），同时输出标题建议（1个推荐标题+5个候选标题及理由）。中文摘要默认≤400字符，英文摘要默认≤4000字符。输出方式：将结果写入工作目录下的 `NSFC-ABSTRACTS.md`。⚠️ 不适用：用户只想翻译一段与标书无关的通用文本（应直接翻译）；用户只想写立项依据/研究内容/研究基础正文（应使用对应 nsfc 系列 skill）。
rebuttal-strategist
by NeverSightPlan and write strategic rebuttals after real paper reviews arrive. Use this skill whenever the user has OpenReview reviews, reviewer comments, scores, confidence ratings, meta-reviews, author response windows, or wants to decide which experiments to run, infer reviewer intent, draft point-by-point responses, prepare follow-up discussion replies, or improve wording after reviews for ML/AI venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ACL, EMNLP, or similar conferences.
advisor-update-writer
by NeverSightWrite decision-oriented advisor, mentor, lab meeting, or research progress updates from project memory, experiment reports, papers, code changes, logs, and notes. Use this skill whenever the user needs a weekly update, advisor email, meeting note, progress memo, decision request, blocker summary, project status report, or concise research update that connects evidence, risks, options, asks, and next actions.
research-slide-deck-builder
by NeverSightDesign and write reusable research slide decks. Use for advisor updates, lab talks, reading reports, proposals, conference talks, Slidev content, and slide structure.
cn-core-paper
by xiuneng0-collabWrite, restructure, refine, or pre-submit check Chinese core-journal engineering papers. Use when the user wants help drafting a Chinese core paper, converting project/report text into journal style, unifying title/abstract/keywords/terminology, reorganizing chapters, tightening figures/tables/formulas/Word layout, removing AI-style phrasing, or producing a submission-ready manuscript for engineering-oriented Chinese journals.
paperlab-book-release-orchestration
by equinorDefine the PaperLab whole-book release workflow: audit order, blocker rules, render commands, artifact freshness checks, and release gate reporting.
paperlab-book-typesetting-release
by equinorFinal production review for PaperLab books across HTML, PDF, DOCX, and ODF. Use for responsive layout, page breaks, equation rendering, table overflow, caption style, running headers, figure placement, and release-candidate polish.
paperlab-case-thread-continuity
by equinorMaintain consistency for recurring field, facility, and design cases across PaperLab books. Use when a book uses a repeated scenario as a teaching thread and assumptions must not drift silently.
paperlab-chapter-health-dashboard
by equinorAggregate PaperLab audit outputs into chapter readiness scores and a release dashboard. Use when deciding which chapters are ready, need minor revision, need major revision, or block a release.
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.