The Agent Skills format is an open standard proposed by Anthropic to define
Skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude loads dynamically to improve performance on specialized tasks. Skills teach Claude how to complete specific tasks in a repeatable way, whether that’s creating documents with your company’s brand guidelines, analyzing data using your organization’s specific workflows, or automating personal tasks.
A skill is a directory containing, at minimum, a SKILL.md file:
skill-name/
├── SKILL.md # Required: metadata + instructions
├── scripts/ # Optional: executable code
├── references/ # Optional: documentation
├── assets/ # Optional: templates, resources
└── ... # Any additional files or directories
tooling
- maintaining / installing skills https://github.com/knoxgraeme/skillfish
interesting skills
- Vossify, review conversation transcripts and get feedback modeled to FBI negotiations expert https://mcpmarket.com/tools/skills/vossify-communication-coach