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A Growing Directory of 915 Open-Source Skills.

activecampaign-automation
Automate ActiveCampaign tasks via Rube MCP (Composio): manage contacts, tags, list subscriptions, automation enrollment, and tasks. Always search tools first for current schemas.
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airtable-automation
Automate Airtable tasks via Rube MCP (Composio): records, bases, tables, fields, views. Always search tools first for current schemas.
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amplitude-automation
Automate Amplitude tasks via Rube MCP (Composio): events, user activity, cohorts, user identification. Always search tools first for current schemas.
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artifacts-builder
Suite of tools for creating elaborate, multi-component claude.ai HTML artifacts using modern frontend web technologies (React, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui). Use for complex artifacts requiring state management, routing, or shadcn/ui components - not for simple single-file HTML/JSX artifacts.
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asana-automation
Automate Asana tasks via Rube MCP (Composio): tasks, projects, sections, teams, workspaces. Always search tools first for current schemas.
Office AutomationView
bamboohr-automation
Automate BambooHR tasks via Rube MCP (Composio): employees, time-off, benefits, dependents, employee updates. Always search tools first for current schemas.
Office AutomationView
basecamp-automation
Automate Basecamp project management, to-dos, messages, people, and to-do list organization via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
Office AutomationView
bitbucket-automation
Automate Bitbucket repositories, pull requests, branches, issues, and workspace management via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
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box-automation
Automate Box cloud storage operations including file upload/download, search, folder management, sharing, collaborations, and metadata queries via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
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What are Skills?

A lightweight, open format for extending AI agent capabilities with specialized knowledge and workflows.

Core Concept
At its core, a skill is a folder containing a SKILL.md file with metadata and instructions.
my-skill/
├── SKILL.md          # Required: instructions + metadata
├── scripts/          # Optional: executable code
├── references/       # Optional: documentation
└── assets/           # Optional: templates, resources

Discovery

Load only name and description at startup

Activation

Read full instructions when task matches

Execution

Follow instructions, load resources as needed

Why Agent Skills?

Agents are increasingly capable, but often lack the context they need to do real work reliably.

For Skill Authors

Build capabilities once and deploy them across multiple agent products.

For Compatible Agents

Support for skills lets end users give agents new capabilities out of the box.

For Teams and Enterprises

Capture organizational knowledge in portable, version-controlled packages.

What Can Skills Enable?

Extend agent capabilities with specialized knowledge and workflows

Domain Expertise

Package specialized knowledge into reusable instructions, from legal review processes to data analysis pipelines.

New Capabilities

Give agents new capabilities like creating presentations, building MCP servers, and analyzing datasets.

Repeatable Workflows

Turn multi-step tasks into consistent and auditable workflows.

Interoperability

Reuse the same skill across different skills-compatible agent products.

Supported By Leading Tools

Open Skills are supported by leading AI development tools

OpenCodeCursorAmpLettaGooseGitHubVS CodeClaude CodeClaude

The Skills format was originally developed by Anthropic, released as an open standard, and has been adopted by a growing number of agent products.

Simple & Powerful

The Skills format is designed to be easy to author and implement

Simple Format

A skill is just a folder with a SKILL.md file containing YAML frontmatter and Markdown instructions.

Progressive Disclosure

Load only metadata at startup, activate full instructions when needed.

Extensible

Include scripts, references, and assets to support complex workflows.

Portable

Skills are just files—easy to edit, version, and share.

SKILL.md Example
Every skill starts with a SKILL.md file containing YAML frontmatter
---
name: pdf-processing
description: Extract text and tables from PDF files, fill forms, merge documents.
---

# PDF Processing

## When to use this skill
Use this skill when the user needs to work with PDF files...

## How to extract text
1. Use the PDF processing tools to extract content...