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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tooluniverse-adverse-outcome-pathway
by mims-harvardMap environmental and industrial chemicals to adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) — molecular initiating event to organ-level toxicity. Uses AOPWiki, GHS classification, IARC carcinogen status, and LD50 data. Use for environmental/industrial chemical risk assessment, regulatory-grade hazard characterization, and AOP stressor mapping. Distinct from drug-safety analysis (use tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance for drugs).
ghg-protocol
by revfactoryGHG Protocol 상세 가이드. environmental-analyst 에이전트가 온실가스 배출량을 산출하고 보고할 때 참조. 'GHG Protocol', '탄소 배출', 'Scope 1/2/3', '탄소 발자국' 요청 시 사용. 단, 탄소 배출권 거래나 CDM 사업 수행은 범위 밖.
environmental-science
by beita6969Analyzes environmental and climate data including temperature trends, pollution monitoring, ecological modeling, carbon footprint assessment, and biodiversity metrics; trigger when users discuss climate change, ecosystems, pollutants, or sustainability assessments.
gbif-api
by wentoraiGlobal biodiversity data API for species occurrences and datasets
biogeochemical-cycles
by TibsfoxCarbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and water cycles — pools, fluxes, residence times, and anthropogenic perturbations. Covers the fast and slow carbon cycles, the Haber-Bosch disruption of the nitrogen cycle, the phosphorus bottleneck, the hydrological cycle, ocean acidification, and the planetary boundaries framework. Use when tracking chemical elements through atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere; computing pool sizes and fluxes; or evaluating anthropogenic perturbations to global cycles.
environmental-justice
by TibsfoxDistributional analysis of environmental benefits and burdens across communities. Covers the historical origins of environmental justice in the U.S. civil rights tradition, siting and exposure disparities, indigenous rights and land stewardship, climate justice at global and intergenerational scales, procedural vs. distributional vs. recognition justice, and the environmental justice screening tools used by regulators. Use when analyzing who bears environmental harm and who receives environmental benefit, or when designing interventions whose distributional consequences matter.
human-impact-assessment
by TibsfoxAssessing anthropogenic environmental impacts — pollution pathways, habitat destruction and fragmentation, land-use change, invasive species, overharvest, and extinction debt. Covers environmental impact assessment (EIA) methodology, exposure-effect relationships, population viability analysis, IPAT and ecological footprint frameworks, and strategic environmental assessment. Use when quantifying or forecasting human impacts on ecosystems, designing monitoring programs, or evaluating a proposed intervention against a baseline.
environmental-geography
by TibsfoxHuman modification of Earth's systems and the geographic dimensions of environmental change. Covers climate change science (greenhouse effect, feedback loops, projections), deforestation and land use change, desertification and soil degradation, water resource management, biodiversity loss and conservation geography, pollution and environmental justice, and sustainability frameworks. Use when reasoning about human impacts on the environment, environmental policy, conservation planning, climate adaptation, or the spatial distribution of environmental risks.
earth-life-systems
by TibsfoxEarth and life systems as contexts for scientific inquiry. Covers ecosystems, biodiversity, biogeochemical cycles, climate systems, geological processes, and human impacts -- not as content to memorize but as case studies for applying the scientific method, experimental design, data analysis, and field observation. Use when applying scientific inquiry skills to ecological, environmental, or biological questions.
environmentalist-analyst
by rysweetAnalyzes events through environmental lens using ecological principles, systems thinking, sustainability frameworks, and conservation biology to assess ecosystem health, biodiversity impacts, and long-term environmental sustainability. Provides insights on climate change, resource management, pollution, habitat conservation, and human-nature relationships. Use when: Environmental policy, climate decisions, conservation planning, resource extraction, pollution assessment. Evaluates: Ecosystem health, biodiversity, sustainability, climate impacts, carrying capacity, environmental justice.
earths-future
by brycewang-stanfordUse when targeting Earth's Future (Earth's Future) or deciding whether an Anthropocene, Earth-system-futures, or sustainability manuscript fits this AGU open-access venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
gec-conceptual-framework
by brycewang-stanfordUse when building the conceptual or analytical framework for a Global Environmental Change (GEC) manuscript. GEC values theoretically rigorous, interdisciplinary work, so the framework must connect concepts (vulnerability, governance, transitions, socio-ecological systems) to the empirical analysis. Builds the framework; it does not run the analysis.
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.