Agent Skills

Detailed Introduction

Agent Skills is an open collection that packages reusable skills (SKILL) as human-readable instructions and optional scripts, designed to give agents plug-and-play capabilities. Each skill specifies trigger conditions, inputs/outputs, and execution steps so agents can call focused functionality during conversations or task workflows, simplifying decomposition and automation of complex tasks.

Main Features

• Organizes operational instructions and helper scripts in the SKILL format for easy sharing and reuse.
• Covers a wide range of skill types (deployments, code review, formatting, etc.) for common engineering and ops scenarios.
• Compatible with common agent runtimes so skills can be auto-invoked when relevant tasks are detected.

Use Cases

• Extend conversational agents to perform tasks like automatic deployment, code auditing, or site performance checks.
• Encapsulate repetitive operations as skills to reduce human error and increase efficiency.
• Use the skill library as a developer toolkit to quickly add capabilities to internal agents or collaborative bots.

Technical Features

• Text-first SKILL specification including SKILL.md instructions and optional script folders.
• Integrates via package managers (e.g., npm) or one-step installers into agent platforms.
• Lightweight, composable modules designed for integration with existing workflows and CI/CD.