Agent Skills Specification

Skill by ara.so — AI Agent Skills collection.

Agent Skills is an open format for packaging instructions, scripts, and resources that AI agents can discover and use to perform better at specific tasks. Skills are folders containing a SKILL.md file with structured information that agents can load to gain expertise in specific domains or tools.

What Agent Skills Are

Agent Skills provide:

• Standardized format for agent capabilities via Markdown with YAML frontmatter
• Discoverability through triggers and structured metadata
• Portability across different AI agent platforms
• Composability allowing agents to combine multiple skills

Installation

Agent Skills are typically distributed as folders containing at minimum a SKILL.md file: