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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forage-plants
by pjt222Identify and safely gather edible and useful wild plants. Covers safety rules and deadly plant recognition, habitat reading, multi-feature identification methodology, the universal edibility test, sustainable harvesting practices, preparation methods, reaction monitoring, and building knowledge with beginner-friendly universal species. Use when supplementing food supply in a wilderness or survival setting, needing medicinal or utility plants, identifying plants around camp for safety, or in long-term scenarios where foraging extends available rations.
forage-plants
by pjt222Identify and safely gather edible and useful wild plants. Covers safety rules and deadly plant recognition, habitat reading, multi-feature identification methodology, the universal edibility test, sustainable harvesting practices, preparation methods, reaction monitoring, and building knowledge with beginner-friendly universal species. Use when supplementing food supply in a wilderness or survival setting, needing medicinal or utility plants, identifying plants around camp for safety, or in long-term scenarios where foraging extends available rations.
forage-plants
by pjt222Identify and safely gather edible and useful wild plants. Covers safety rules and deadly plant recognition, habitat reading, multi-feature identification methodology, the universal edibility test, sustainable harvesting practices, preparation methods, reaction monitoring, and building knowledge with beginner-friendly universal species. Use when supplementing food supply in a wilderness or survival setting, needing medicinal or utility plants, identifying plants around camp for safety, or in long-term scenarios where foraging extends available rations.
gold-washing
by pjt222Alluviale Goldgewinnung mittels Goldwaschen, Rinnenarbeit und Klassifizierung. Umfasst Standortanalyse (geologische Indikatoren, Gewaesserdynamik, Goldader-Lokalisierung), Waschtechnik, Waschrinnen-Betrieb und verantwortungsvolle Gewinnungspraktiken. Verwenden beim Schuerfen in einem Gebiet mit bekannten oder vermuteten alluvialen Goldvorkommen, beim Beproben eines Gewaessers auf Goldvorkommen, beim Maximieren der Ausbeute beim Freizeitgoldwaschen oder beim Bewerten des Goldpotentials eines Standorts vor groesserem Aufwand.
forage-plants
by pjt222食用および有用な野生植物を同定し安全に採取する。安全規則と致死性植物の認識、 生息地の読解、複数特徴による同定方法、汎用食用テスト、持続可能な収穫実践、 調理方法、反応モニタリング、初心者向けの汎用種による知識構築を網羅する。 野生またはサバイバル環境での食料供給の補完時、薬用または実用植物が必要な時、 キャンプ周辺の植物の安全性確認時、または採取により利用可能な食料を延長する 長期シナリオ時に使用する。
gold-washing
by pjt222パンニング、スルーシング、分級を使用した沖積金の回収。サイトリーディング （地質指標、河川力学、ペイストリークの位置）、パンニング技術、スルースボックスの 操作、責任ある採取方法を網羅する。既知または疑われる沖積金鉱床のある地域で 探鉱する時、河川を試料採取して金の存在を試験する時、レクリエーションパンニングで 回収を最大化する時、またはより多くの労力を投資する前にサイトの金の可能性を 評価する時に使用する。
gold-washing
by pjt222Alluvial gold recovery using panning, sluicing, and classification. Covers site reading (geological indicators, stream dynamics, pay streak location), panning technique, sluice box operation, and responsible extraction practices. Use when prospecting in an area with known or suspected alluvial gold deposits, sampling a stream to test for gold presence, maximizing recovery during recreational panning, or assessing a site's gold potential before investing more effort.
forage-plants
by pjt222Identify and safely gather edible and useful wild plants. Covers safety rules and deadly plant recognition, habitat reading, multi-feature identification methodology, the universal edibility test, sustainable harvesting practices, preparation methods, reaction monitoring, and building knowledge with beginner-friendly universal species. Use when supplementing food supply in a wilderness or survival setting, needing medicinal or utility plants, identifying plants around camp for safety, or in long-term scenarios where foraging extends available rations.
forage-plants
by pjt222Identify and safely gather edible and useful wild plants. Covers safety rules and deadly plant recognition, habitat reading, multi-feature identification methodology, the universal edibility test, sustainable harvesting practices, preparation methods, reaction monitoring, and building knowledge with beginner-friendly universal species. Use when supplementing food supply in a wilderness or survival setting, needing medicinal or utility plants, identifying plants around camp for safety, or in long-term scenarios where foraging extends available rations.
gold-washing
by pjt222Alluvial gold recovery using panning, sluicing, and classification. Covers site reading (geological indicators, stream dynamics, pay streak location), panning technique, sluice box operation, and responsible extraction practices. Use when prospecting in an area with known or suspected alluvial gold deposits, sampling a stream to test for gold presence, maximizing recovery during recreational panning, or assessing a site's gold potential before investing more effort.
fishing
by clawicTrack fishing spots, gear, catches, and conditions with personalized recommendations.
foraging
by underyxIdentify, harvest, and prepare wild edible plants, fungi, and other organisms encountered in outdoor environments.
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.