agentskills
agentskills is a specification and documentation set for Agent Skills, a standard format that gives AI agents reusable instructions for specialized tasks.
What it is good for
- Packaging repeatable workflows into instructions an AI agent can follow
- Sharing one set of agent instructions across different AI tools
- Giving an AI agent team or company-specific context for real work
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Not stated
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- List or tutorial
- Tasks
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 26,866
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is agentskills free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (Apache-2.0 license).
- What is agentskills good for?
- Packaging repeatable workflows into instructions an AI agent can follow, sharing one set of agent instructions across different AI tools, and giving an AI agent team or company-specific context for real work.
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