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Skills Overview

Skills are structured instruction files that teach AI agents how to perform specific tasks. They provide a standardized way to share knowledge, techniques, and workflows across different AI coding assistants and platforms.

What is a Skill?

A skill is a SKILL.md file that contains:

  • YAML frontmatter — metadata like name, description, category, compatible runtimes, tags, and optional input/output specifications
  • Markdown body — detailed instructions, examples, usage guidance, and best practices that guide the AI agent in performing the task

Skills are designed to be portable. A single skill can work across multiple AI runtimes like Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Aider, and others. This means you can write a skill once and use it everywhere.

The Skills Marketplace

Browse and discover thousands of community-created skills at /marketplace. You can:

  • Search by title, description, or tags
  • Filter by category and runtime compatibility
  • Sort by newest, most downloaded, or highest rated
  • Install skills directly into your preferred AI coding assistant
  • Review and rate skills you've used

Skill Categories

Skills on the platform are organized into these categories:

  • development — coding patterns, architecture, code generation
  • devops — deployment, CI/CD, infrastructure as code
  • writing — documentation, content creation, copywriting
  • data — data analysis, transformation, visualization
  • design — UI/UX, design systems, accessibility
  • testing — test generation, QA automation, validation
  • security — security audits, vulnerability scanning, best practices
  • documentation — API docs, README generation, technical writing
  • automation — workflow automation, scripting, task orchestration
  • other — miscellaneous skills that don't fit the above categories

Supported Runtimes

Skills can specify compatibility with these AI coding assistants:

  • claude-code — Claude Code CLI
  • cursor — Cursor editor
  • copilot — GitHub Copilot
  • codex-cli — OpenAI Codex CLI
  • chatgpt — ChatGPT
  • gemini-cli — Google Gemini CLI
  • windsurf — Windsurf editor
  • aider — Aider coding assistant
  • continue — Continue.dev
  • cline — Cline assistant
  • other — other AI coding tools

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