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Agent skill directory for Claude Code, Codex, and more

This repo is a curated index of agent skills, skill directories, and guides collected from real projects. It points builders to skills they can load into compatible agents instead of trying to package the skills themselves.

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Who it's for

Builders who want a central place to discover agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and Copilot.

What it delivers

You can find and load reusable skills instead of hunting across GitHub and platform docs.

What it does

Curated skill catalog

Lists official and community skill repositories grouped by platform and use case.

Multi-agent compatibility list

Calls out support for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, and others.

Quick start instructions

Shows how to browse a skill, load it into an agent, and ask the agent to use it.

Skill discovery tools

Highlights SkillsMP, skills.sh, and the `npx skills` CLI for finding and managing skills.

Localized README files

Includes translated README versions for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish readers.

How to get it

  1. 1For specific skills, use the npx skills command-line tool to quickly discover, add, and…
    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
  2. 2For more details, see the official documentation.
    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/
    cp -r skill-name ~/.claude/skills/
  3. 3Verify skill metadata
    head ~/.claude/skills/skill-name/SKILL.md
  4. 4Use the built-in $skill-creator skill in Codex. Or install manually
    $skill-installer linear
  5. 5Skills are instruction bundles that tell the agent how to perform specific tasks. They…
    skill-name/
    ├── SKILL.md          # Required: Instructions and metadata
    ├── scripts/          # Optional: Helper scripts
    ├── templates/        # Optional: Document templates
    └── resources/        # Optional: Reference files
  6. 6For skills that need to connect to external data sources
    pip install fastmcp

README

Agent Skill Index

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

Agent Skill Index Banner

🌐 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

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

AgentDocumentation
Claude Codecode.claude.com/docs/en/skills
Claude.aisupport.claude.com
Codex (OpenAI)developers.openai.com
GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com
VS Codecode.visualstudio.com
Antigravityantigravity.google
Kirokiro.dev
Gemini CLIgeminicli.com
Juniejunie.jetbrains.com

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

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 WordPress

Skills by Figma


Google Ecosystem

Skills by Google Labs (Stitch)

Skills by Google Workspace CLI


Business, Productivity & Marketing

Skills by Stripe

Skills by Courier

Skills by Typefully

Files in the repo

Repository payload12 top-level entries
  • assets
  • website
  • .gitignore
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • LICENSE
  • README.es.md
  • README.ja.md
  • README.ko.md
  • README.md
  • README.zh-CN.md
  • README.zh-TW.md
  • vercel.json

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