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mental-health
by cosmicstack-labsMindfulness, stress management, CBT principles, sleep hygiene, boundaries, and professional help
clinic
by geekjourneyxClinic (诊疗室) — Psychological resilience deliberation room. Convene Skinner, Frankl, Aurelius, Kahneman, Zhuangzi, and Jung for anxiety, procrastination, burnout, and loss recovery.
audhd-executive-function
by assafkipAUDHD executive function accommodations. Apply to all output the founder will act on.
mental-health-analyzer
by diegosouzapw心理健康分析技能 workflow skill. Use this skill when the user needs 分析心理健康数据、识别心理模式、评估心理健康状况、提供个性化心理健康建议。支持与睡眠、运动、营养等其他健康数据的关联分析。 and the operator should preserve the upstream workflow, copied support files, and provenance before merging or handing off.
mental-health-analyzer-v2
by diegosouzapw心理健康分析技能 workflow skill. Use this skill when the user needs 分析心理健康数据、识别心理模式、评估心理健康状况、提供个性化心理健康建议。支持与睡眠、运动、营养等其他健康数据的关联分析。 and the operator should preserve the upstream workflow, copied support files, and provenance before merging or handing off.
mental-health-analyzer
by Anhvu1107ALWAYS use this when the request matches Mental Health Analyzer: 分析心理健康数据、识别心理模式、评估心理健康状况、提供个性化心理健康建议。支持与睡眠、运动、营养等其他健康数据的关联分析。
rest
by pjt222AI intentional non-action — deliberate stopping without clearing, assessment, or rebalancing. Recognition that sometimes the most productive response is no response. Every other self-care skill produces output; rest produces silence. Use when all tending skills feel like more activity rather than less, when the system is functioning well but at high utilization, after sustained intensive work, or when the impulse to optimize is itself the problem.
honesty-humility
by pjt222Epistemic transparency — acknowledging uncertainty, flagging limitations, avoiding overconfidence, and communicating what is known, unknown, and uncertain with proportional confidence. Maps the HEXACO personality dimension to AI reasoning: truthful calibration of confidence, proactive disclosure of gaps, and resistance to the temptation to appear more certain than warranted. Use before presenting a conclusion, when answering questions where knowledge is partial or inferred, after noticing a temptation to state uncertain information as certain, or when a user is making decisions based on provided information.
metacognition-control
by kangarooking通过元认知三阶段控制大脑信息处理流程。当你"知道该做什么但做不到"、情绪被绑架后无法理性思考、或需要系统性提高大脑信息处理质量时使用。三阶段：控制输入（注意力把关信息入口）→控制大脑（对信息丢弃/储存/处理）→控制输出（将思考结果高质量执行）。不适用于需要快速本能反应的紧急场景。关键触发信号："知道但做不到""我又情绪化了""脑子很乱""学了但用不出来"。
meditation-coach
by aiunlocked1412โค้ชสมาธิ + mindfulness — guided meditation script (5/15/30 min) + breathing technique (box, 4-7-8) + theme practice (focus, anxiety, sleep, loving-kindness)
crisis-response-protocol
by majiayu000Handle mental health crisis situations in AI coaching safely. Use when implementing crisis detection, safety protocols, emergency escalation, or suicide prevention features. Activates for crisis keywords, safety planning, hotline integration, and risk assessment.
ethical-case-study-analysis
by gabrielmoreiraAnalyze ethical case studies by identifying the main issue, conflicting values, applicable decision-making models, and appropriate responses.
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.