About Agent Skills MCP
Agent Skills MCP is an MCP server published by DiscreteTom in the Developer Tools category: this project implements a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes "Skills" to AI agents. Skills are specialized instruction sets and resources that help agents perform specific tasks with domain expertise. You can find detailed skills specification here: [Agent Skills Spec](https://agentskills.io/specification).
The repository has 31 stars and 7 forks, with the last commit 8 months ago. Six months or more without a commit doesn't mean the server is broken, but check the open issues before depending on it in production.
Install
git clone https://github.com/DiscreteTom/agent-skills-mcpThis server has no ConduID identity, so agent calls to it are not receipted. Pin the version you install and review the source before granting it credentials.
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agent-skills-mcp - Load Agent Skills for your agents
[!WARNING] This Python implementation is deprecated. Please use the Rust implementation instead: https://github.com/DiscreteTom/agent-skills-mcp-rs
Usage
Full CLI Usage
Usage: agent-skills-mcp [OPTIONS]
Agent Skills MCP - Load Agent Skills for your agents
╭─ Options ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --skill-folder TEXT Path to folder containing skill markdown files [env var: SKILL_FOLDER] [default: skills] │
│ --mode [tool|system_prompt] Operating mode [env var: MODE] [default: tool] │
│ --version Show version and exit │
│ --help Show this message and exit. │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
Setup
First, put your skills in ~/skills, e.g.
git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills.git ~/skills
The server recursively searches for SKILL.md files and follows symlinks, allowing flexible skill organization.
Then, add this to your MCP client configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"skills": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["agent-skills-mcp"],
"env": {
"SKILL_FOLDER": "~/skills"
}
}
}
}
Modes
system_prompt: Include skill information in MCP instructions (recommended if your agent regards MCP server instructions)tool: Register skills as MCP tools (fallback mode since many agents ignore MCP server instructions)
CHANGELOG
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