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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generative-ai-guide
by brycewang-stanfordCurated guide to generative AI covering LLMs and diffusion models
grad-cas
by asgard-ai-platformApply Complex Adaptive Systems theory to analyze phenomena exhibiting emergence, self-organization, co-evolution, and edge-of-chaos dynamics. Use this skill when the user needs to understand why a system behaves unpredictably despite known components, model agent-based interactions that produce emergent outcomes, analyze fitness landscapes, or when they ask 'why does this system behave in ways no one designed', 'how do local interactions create global patterns', or 'why do small changes sometimes cause massive system shifts'.
3dgs-experiment-planner
by jaccenDesign rigorous experiments for 3DGS research papers. Recommends datasets, baselines, metrics, ablation matrices. Targets CVPR/ICCV/ECCV/SIGGRAPH/TVCG.
academic-figure-architecture-extractor-analyzer
by Azhi-ssUse this skill whenever the user wants to extract architecture diagrams from academic papers, filter out invalid images, analyze the structure and components of diagrams, automatically match suitable color schemes, or says "提取论文架构图", "架构图分析", "从PDF中提取图表", "自动分析架构图", "architecture diagram extraction", "extract figures from pdf", "analyze architecture diagram".
icml-author-response
by brycewang-stanfordUse when drafting ICML rebuttals and reviewer-author discussion replies under OpenReview double-blind constraints, where authors respond after initial reviews, reviewers may then have one additional discussion round, no revised paper can be uploaded during the period, and responses must stay anonymous. Use to triage objections by soundness, originality, significance, clarity, ethics, and reproducibility for the AC.
iclr-workflow
by brycewang-stanfordUse when planning an ICLR project timeline from topic selection through OpenReview submission, discussion, revision, decision, camera-ready, poster, video, and public artifact release. Use when sequencing milestones against the current cycle's OpenReview deadlines, budgeting time for the long public discussion phase, or assigning owners for anonymity audits and reviewer-verifiable evidence paths.
iclr-writing-style
by brycewang-stanfordUse when revising an ICLR manuscript for learning-representation framing, OpenReview readability, contribution clarity, limitations, ethics, and reviewer navigation. Use when the core representation insight is buried, when an abstract must read well as an OpenReview snippet, or when adding a "what to verify" path so reviewers can confirm the claim under permanent public review.
ieee-international-conference-on-data-mining
by brycewang-stanfordUse when targeting IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue. Encodes conference fit, framing, evidence bar, submission-cycle checks, rebuttal posture, and desk-reject risks for data mining.
ieee-international-symposium-on-mixed-and-augmented-reality
by brycewang-stanfordUse when targeting IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue. Encodes conference fit, framing, evidence bar, submission-cycle checks, rebuttal posture, and desk-reject risks for mixed and augmented reality.
ieee-international-requirements-engineering-conference
by brycewang-stanfordUse when targeting IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue. Encodes conference fit, framing, evidence bar, submission-cycle checks, rebuttal posture, and desk-reject risks for requirements engineering.
ieee-international-conference-on-data-engineering
by brycewang-stanfordUse when targeting IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue. Encodes conference fit, framing, evidence bar, submission-cycle checks, rebuttal posture, and desk-reject risks for data engineering.
ieee-international-symposium-on-high-performance-computer-architecture
by brycewang-stanfordUse when targeting IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue. Encodes conference fit, framing, evidence bar, submission-cycle checks, rebuttal posture, and desk-reject risks for computer architecture.
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.