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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calculator-skill
by raphaelmansuyUse calculator tools for exact arithmetic and unit conversion.
wise
by diegosouzapwAccess Wise (TransferWise) accounts to check balances, view recipients, and get quotes. For transaction history, use the archived CSV files. Use when the user asks about Wise balances, transactions, payments, or money transfers.
close-out
by cvanderNightly cash reconciliation, tip split, and waste logging.
idf-service
by tupe12334Fetches IDF mandatory service record from the IDF certificates portal (ishurim.prat.idf.il) to extract service start and discharge dates, calculate total service length, and determine tax credit eligibility. Run during the collect-info flow to auto-populate the military service section (Step 7c). For reserve duty (מילואים) income, use the miluim-import skill instead.
pilot-receipt
by TeoSlayerDelivery and read receipts for messages over the Pilot Protocol network. Use this skill when: 1. You need confirmation that messages were delivered 2. You want to track when recipients read your messages 3. You need audit trails for message delivery Do NOT use this skill when: - You need anonymous messaging (use pilot-chat without receipts) - You're sending fire-and-forget messages (use pilot-broadcast) - Receipt tracking adds unnecessary overhead
cercano-submit-usage
by bryancostanichUse when the user wants to submit cloud token usage data to Cercano for tracking. This sends data, not a report — use cercano_stats to view usage. Opt-in telemetry for local-vs-cloud comparison.
getting-started
by wnstnbGuided first-bank setup — credentials, exploration, sync, extraction, import
cost-budget
by ChewbaccaRoarsSet and manage spending budgets for Claude Code. Use when the user asks to set a budget, spending limit, cost cap, or says "set budget", "limit spending", "budget", "how much budget left".
cost-tracker
by ChewbaccaRoarsShow Claude Code cost tracking reports and visual dashboard. Use when the user asks about costs, spending, token usage, session costs, project costs, model comparison, how much they have spent, or wants a cost dashboard. Triggered by phrases like "show costs", "cost report", "how much", "spending", "cost tracker", "token usage", "dashboard", "cost dashboard".
concur
by vigneshbarani24Use when working with SAP Concur — Concur Expense, Concur Travel, Concur Invoice, Concur Request, expense policy configuration, receipt management, travel booking, approval workflows, integration with S/4HANA FI, audit rules, or compliance monitoring.
xlsx-creator
by Jignesh-PonamwarCreate, edit, and analyze Excel spreadsheets (.xlsx, .xlsm, .csv, .tsv files). Covers building spreadsheets with openpyxl and pandas, writing Excel formulas, applying professional formatting and color conventions, creating charts, and validating formula correctness. Use when the user wants to create an Excel file, analyze spreadsheet data, build a financial model, generate a report as XLSX, or edit an existing spreadsheet.
cashier
by HaibarakikuExpert cashier for POS operations, cash handling, payment processing, fraud prevention, and customer service.
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.