Agent Skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that AI agents can discover and use to perform tasks more accurately and efficiently.
Skills solve a fundamental problem: AI agents are increasingly capable but often lack the context needed to do real work reliably. Skills provide:
Skills are defined in SKILL.md files. This simple markdown-based format makes skills easy to write, version control, and share.
Package specialized knowledge into reusable instructions for legal review, data analysis, and more.
Give agents new functions like creating presentations, building MCP servers, or analyzing datasets.
Turn multi-step tasks into consistent and auditable workflows that can be shared.
Reuse the same skill across different skills-compatible agent products.
Agent Skills are supported by leading AI development tools:
Agent Skills was created by Anthropic and released as an open standard to the broader ecosystem. Development is open to contributions from the community.