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Tutorials, Guides and Agent Skills Directories

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About Awesome Agent Skills

Awesome Agent Skills is an MCP server published by heilcheng in the Developer Tools category: tutorials, Guides and Agent Skills Directories.

The repository has 6.3K stars and 777 forks, with the last commit 2 days ago. Recent commit activity is the strongest signal that reported issues will get attention.

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README

Agent Skill Index

English | 繁體中文 | 简体中文 | 日本語 | 한국어 | Español

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🌐 Browse the live directory at agent-skill.co

Maintained by Hailey Cheng (Cheng Hei Lam) · X @haileyhmt · haileycheng@proton.me

Never heard of "agent skills" before? You're in the right place. This is a community-curated list of simple text files that teach AI assistants (like Claude, Copilot, or Codex) how to do new things on demand, without retraining. Unlike bulk-generated skill repositories, this collection focuses on real-world Agent Skills created and used by actual engineering teams. Compatible with Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini CLI, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, and more.

Quick Start (30 seconds)

Step 1: Pick a skill from the directory below (or browse at agent-skill.co)

Step 2: Load it into your AI agent:

  • Claude Code: /skills add <github-url>
  • Claude.ai: paste the raw SKILL.md URL in a new conversation
  • Codex / Copilot: follow platform docs linked in Using Skills
  • Autohand Code: use autohand --skill-install <skill-name> for cataloged skills, or copy a skill folder into ~/.autohand/skills/

Step 3: Ask your AI to use it. Just describe what you want in plain English.

That's it. No installation. No configuration. No coding required.

Table of Contents

What Are Agent Skills?

Think of Agent Skills as "how-to guides" for AI assistants. Instead of the AI needing to know everything upfront, skills let it learn new abilities on the fly, like giving someone a recipe card instead of making them memorize an entire cookbook.

Skills are simple text files (called SKILL.md) that teach an AI how to do specific tasks. When you ask the AI to do something, it finds the right skill, reads the instructions, and gets to work.

How It Works

Skills load in three stages:

  1. Browse: The AI sees a list of available skills (just names and short descriptions)
  2. Load: When a skill is needed, the AI reads the full instructions
  3. Use: The AI follows the instructions and accesses any helper files

Why This Matters

  • Faster and lighter: The AI only loads what it needs, when it needs it
  • Works everywhere: Create a skill once, use it with any compatible AI tool
  • Easy to share: Skills are just files you can copy, download, or share on GitHub

Skills are instructions, not code. The AI reads them like a human would read a guide, then follows the steps.

How to Find Skills (Recommended)

SkillsMP Marketplace

SkillsMP Marketplace

It is recommended to use the SkillsMP Marketplace, which automatically indexes all Skill projects on GitHub and organizes them by category, update time, star count, and other tags — making it the easiest way to discover and evaluate skills.

skills.sh Leaderboard by Vercel

skills.sh Leaderboard

You can also use skills.sh — Vercel's leaderboard — to intuitively view the most popular Skills repositories and individual Skill usage statistics.

npx skills CLI Tool

For specific skills, use the npx skills command-line tool to quickly discover, add, and manage skills. For detailed parameters, see vercel-labs/skills.

npx skills find [query]            # Search for related skills
npx skills add <owner/repo>        # Install skills (supports GitHub shorthand, full URL, local path)
npx skills list                    # List installed skills
npx skills check                   # Check for available updates
npx skills update                  # Upgrade all skills
npx skills remove [skill-name]     # Uninstall skills

Compatible Agents

Agent Documentation
Claude Code code.claude.com/docs/en/skills
Claude.ai support.claude.com
Codex (OpenAI) developers.openai.com
GitHub Copilot docs.github.com
VS Code code.visualstudio.com
Antigravity antigravity.google
Kiro kiro.dev
Gemini CLI geminicli.com
Junie junie.jetbrains.com
Autohand Code github.com/autohandai/code-cli

Official Skill Directories

AI Platforms & Models

Skills by Anthropic

Official built-in skills for common document types and creative workflows.

Skills by OpenAI (Codex)

Official curated skills from OpenAI's catalog.

Skills by Google Gemini

Install via google-gemini/gemini-api-dev.

Skills by Hugging Face

Official skills for ML workflows.

Skills by Replicate

Skills by fal.ai

Skills by MiniMax

Skills by Bria AI

Cloud & Infrastructure

Skills by Cloudflare

Skills by Netlify

Skills by Vercel

Skills by HashiCorp (Terraform)

Skills by Neon

Skill by ClickHouse

Skills by Supabase

Skills by Tinybird

Developer Tools & Frameworks

Skills by VoltAgent

Skills by CallStack

Skills by Expo

Skills by Remotion

Skills by DuckDB

Skills by GSAP (GreenSock)

Skills by Markstream

Install from Simon-He95/markstream-vue.

Skill Description
markstream-angular Integrate streaming Markdown into Angular apps
markstream-custom-components Add scoped renderer overrides and trusted custom tags
markstream-install Choose and install the correct framework package and peers
markstream-migration Migrate existing Markdown renderers while preserving behavior
markstream-nuxt Configure SSR-safe streaming Markdown in Nuxt 3 and Nuxt 4
markstream-react Integrate streaming Markdown into React and Next.js apps
markstream-svelte Integrate streaming Markdown into Svelte 5 apps
markstream-vue Integrate streaming Markdown into Vue 3 apps
markstream-vue2 Integrate streaming Markdown into Vue 2.6 and Vue 2.7 apps
markstream-vue2-cli Configure Vue CLI and Webpack 4-compatible Vue 2 rendering
markstream-vue2-vite Configure Vue 2 and Vite worker imports and CSS

Skills by WordPress

Skills by Figma

Skills by Ivy

  • Ivy Tendril - Open-source agentic software factory with an amazing UI that handles parallel Git worktrees for you, complete with programmatic verifications and fast review loops.

Google Ecosystem

Skills by Google Labs (Stitch)

Skills by Google Workspace CLI

Business, Productivity & Marketing

Skills by Stripe

Skills by Courier

Skills by Typefully

Skills by SocialClaw

  • ndesv21/socialclaw - Schedule and publish social media posts across 13 platforms (X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook Pages, TikTok, Discord, Telegram, YouTube, Reddit, WordPress, Pinterest) via a single workspace API key.

Skills by Surendran B

  • surendranb/writing-skills - 15 writing-style skills: 8 measurable frameworks (plain language, ASD-STE100, AP journalism, GOV.UK, business BLUF) and 7 character voices, each with a verify checklist

Skills by Composio

Skills by Authsome

  • agentrhq/authsome - Local OAuth2 and API-key credential broker for AI agents. Login once via browser PKCE or device code, encrypted vault at ~/.authsome, local proxy injects credentials at request time. 30+ providers preconfigured.

Skills by Notion

Skills by Resend

Skills by Sanity

Install from sanity-io/agent-toolkit.

Skills by Better Auth

Skills by NotFair

Open-source SEO, GEO, and paid-ads skills for marketing work. They pull from live data through the Google Ads MCP, Meta Ads MCP, Google Search Console MCP, and Google Analytics (GA4) MCP, so audits run against real numbers instead of guesses.

  • nowork-studio/seo - SEO and GEO: site analysis, keyword research, meta tags, schema markup, and content writing
  • nowork-studio/google-ads - Google Ads audits: wasted-spend detection, search-term cleanup, keyword and bid management
  • nowork-studio/meta-ads - Meta (Facebook + Instagram) Ads: ROAS analysis, creative-fatigue and audience-overlap diagnosis

Skills by HumanPen

Product Management Skills by Product on Purpose

  • product-on-purpose/pm-skills - 68 product management skills covering discovery, definition, delivery, and iteration, with 6 sub-agents and 12 workflows

Skills by SuperCLI

  • javimosch/supercli - Universal CLI router with 4,795+ agent skills (SKILL.md). Agents discover CLI tools by intent via sc skills search, inspect schemas via sc inspect, and execute with deterministic JSON output. Each plugin ships with its own skills/quickstart/SKILL.md — instant agent onboarding for 7,000+ CLI tools.

Comprehensive SaaS marketing stack skills by Corey Haines.

46 battle-tested PM skills by Dean Peters.

65 PM skills by Paweł Huryn, creator of The Product Compass.

28 engineering leadership skills by Garry Tan.

Security & Web Intelligence

Skills by Trail of Bits

Skills by Sentry

Skills by Firecrawl

133 domain-specific skills for Azure SDK and Microsoft AI Foundry.

Skills by Binance

Community Skills

  • qdrant/skills - Agent skills for Qdrant vector search, scaling, and performance
  • honeydew-ai/honeydew-ai-coding-agents-plugins - 11 skills + MCP server for building and querying a governed semantic layer over Snowflake, Databricks, and BigQuery from coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot CLI, Gemini CLI). Same trusted model serves BI tools and AI agents. Plugins are Apache 2.0.
  • YujxZJCN/teaching-skills - University teaching lifecycle for professors: course design, lessons, exams, grading (Codex: YujxZJCN/teaching-skills-codex)
  • Alisa0808/vibe-creating-skill - Rewrite rough ideas into model-ready text-to-video prompts (Seedance, Sora, Kling, Veo); bilingual EN/中文
  • NoizAI/skills - Human-like TTS skills with tested speaking styles, emotional tone, and local or cloud voice backends
  • danjdewhurst/story-skills - 16 skills for planning, tracking, and drafting fiction in markdown (worldbuilding, characters, plot, scenes, chapters, revision, continuity), plus a CLI that checks continuity
  • Qiuner/birdview - Treat architecture and constraints as the enduring work of programming, with reviewable scope, evidence, and verification in standalone HTML

Skill Quality Standards

When evaluating or contributing skills, look for:

  • Clear instructions: Steps are unambiguous and actionable
  • Appropriate scope: Skill handles one focused task, not everything
  • Working examples: Demonstrates real usage, not just theory
  • Documented trade-offs: Honest about limitations and edge cases
  • Size limit: SKILL.md under 500 lines for optimal agent performance
  • Tested: Verified to actually work with the agent it targets

Using Skills

Using Skills in Claude.ai

  1. Click the skill icon in your chat interface.
  2. Add skills from the marketplace or upload custom skills.
  3. Claude automatically activates relevant skills based on your task.

Using Skills in Google Antigravity

Antigravity supports two types of skills:

  • Workspace Skills: Project-specific skills located in /.agent/skills/
  • Global Skills: User-wide skills located in ~/.gemini/antigravity/skills

For more details, see the official documentation.

Using Skills in Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r skill-name ~/.claude/skills/

Verify skill metadata:

head ~/.claude/skills/skill-name/SKILL.md

The skill loads automatically and activates when relevant.

Using Skills in Codex

Use the built-in $skill-creator skill in Codex. Or install manually:

$skill-installer linear

Restart Codex after installing a skill to pick it up.

Using Skills in Autohand Code

Autohand Code can install cataloged skills directly:

autohand --skill-install <skill-name>
autohand --skill-install <skill-name> --project

For skills you download manually, place each complete skill folder where Autohand Code scans for skills:

~/.autohand/skills/skill-name/SKILL.md
<project>/.autohand/skills/skill-name/SKILL.md

Use the global path for skills you want across projects, or the project path when a skill should apply only to the current workspace.

Using Skills in VS Code / GitHub Copilot

Skills are stored in directories with a SKILL.md file:

  • .github/skills/ — Recommended location for all new skills
  • .claude/skills/ — Legacy location, also supported

SKILL.md structure:

  • name (required): A unique lowercase identifier using hyphens for spaces
  • description (required): What the skill does and when the agent should use it
  • Markdown body with instructions, examples, and guidelines

Using MCP Servers (Claude Desktop)

Edit your configuration file:

  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "/Users/username/Desktop"]
    }
  }
}

Creating Skills

Skills are instruction bundles that tell the agent how to perform specific tasks. They are not executable code.

Skill Structure

skill-name/
├── SKILL.md          # Required: Instructions and metadata
├── scripts/          # Optional: Helper scripts
├── templates/        # Optional: Document templates
└── resources/        # Optional: Reference files

Basic SKILL.md Template

---
name: my-skill-name
description: A clear description of what this skill does.
---

# My Skill Name

Detailed description of the skill's purpose.

## When to Use This Skill

- Use case 1
- Use case 2

## Instructions

[Detailed instructions for the agent on how to execute this skill]

## Examples

[Real-world examples]

MCP Server Example (Python)

For skills that need to connect to external data sources:

pip install fastmcp

from fastmcp import FastMCP

mcp = FastMCP("My Server")

@mcp.tool()
def hello_world(name: str = "World") -> str:
    """A simple tool that says hello."""
    return f"Hello, {name}!"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    mcp.run()

Official Tutorials and Guides

Agent Skills Specification

Claude and Anthropic

GitHub Copilot

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Trends & Capabilities (2026)

The AI agent ecosystem has dramatically shifted from reactive chat interfaces to autonomous, goal-driven systems executing end-to-end multi-step workflows — a period often called the "Agent Leap."

1. Autonomous Execution

Modern agents move past simple "prompt-response" models. They break down broad objectives into multi-step strategic plans, weighing trade-offs and executing sequences independently.

2. Multi-Agent Orchestration

Complex tasks are managed by specialized agent teams (documentation, testing, coding) coordinated by "manager" agents that synthesize deliverables and resolve conflicts.

3. Agentic IDEs

Environments like Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot have evolved into full "Agentic IDEs" where agents execute terminal commands, monitor telemetry, and manage files natively via MCP and direct filesystem access.

4. Domain-Specific Skills at Scale

Organizations are moving from general-purpose prompting to highly specialized skills for each platform and workflow — reducing hallucinations and improving reliability in production deployments.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Agent Skills?

Agent Skills are instruction files that teach AI assistants how to do specific tasks. They only load when needed, so the AI stays fast and focused.

How are Agent Skills different from fine-tuning?

Fine-tuning permanently changes how an AI thinks (expensive and hard to update). Agent Skills are just instruction files — you can update, swap, or share them anytime without touching the AI itself.

What's the difference between Agent Skills and MCP?

They work great together:

  • Agent Skills — teach the AI how to do something (workflows, best practices)
  • MCP — help the AI access things (APIs, databases, external tools)

Which AI tools support Agent Skills?

Currently supported: Claude (Claude.ai and Claude Code), GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Codex (OpenAI), Antigravity (Google), Gemini CLI, Kiro, Junie, and Autohand Code. The ecosystem is growing rapidly.

Do Agent Skills run code?

No. Skills are just text instructions — the AI reads and follows them like a recipe. If you need to run actual code, you'd use MCP servers alongside skills.

How do I create my first Agent Skill?

  1. Create a SKILL.md file with a name and description at the top
  2. Write clear, step-by-step instructions in the file
  3. Put it in your .github/skills/ or .claude/skills/ folder
  4. Test it out!

Full guide: How to create custom skills

I'm not a developer — can I still use skills?

Yes. Skills are plain-English instruction files, not code. You need an AI assistant (like Claude.ai) and nothing else. No terminal, no GitHub account, no technical background required. Just paste a skill's URL into your AI chat and start using it.

Are skills free?

Skills themselves are free text files — you can download and use any skill in this list at no cost. You do need an AI subscription (e.g., Claude Pro, GitHub Copilot) to run them, since skills are read and followed by the AI.

How do I know if a skill is safe to use?

Every skill in this list is a public GitHub repository — you can read the full instructions before loading anything. Check the repo's stars, last update date, and README. Skills are plain text: there's no executable code that can run on your machine.

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for full guidelines. Submitting with an AI agent? Have it read AGENTS.md first.

Quick summary:

  • Only public GitHub repositories that contain a SKILL.md are listed
  • Entries are merged once the repository has at least 20 stars and is older than 14 days
  • Add one line to the end of an existing category under Community Skills; change nothing else
  • Suggest skills with a pull request, not an issue
  • Directories, marketplaces, badges and promotional links are not accepted

Contact

Questions, partnership inquiries, or feedback about this project:

Citation

If you use these skill patterns in your research or project, please cite:

@misc{awesome-agent-skills,
  author = {Hailey Cheng (Cheng Hei Lam)},
  title = {Agent Skill Index},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {GitHub},
  journal = {GitHub repository},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills}}
}

License

MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.

README fetched from the repository 8 hours ago. The original is authoritative.

Questions

About Awesome Agent Skills

How do I install Awesome Agent Skills?

No package has been published for this server, so install it from source: clone the repository and follow its README.

Is Awesome Agent Skills safe to use with an AI agent?

Its trust score is 89 out of 100 (excellent). It passes 4 of the 6 static security checks run so far; the failures are listed above. It has no ConduID identity yet, so agent calls to it are not receipted.

Is Awesome Agent Skills still maintained?

Yes — the last commit was 2 days ago. The repository has 6.3K stars and 777 forks and 336 open issues.