Word documents, PDFs, spreadsheets, presentations, contracts. Format-aware Skills that produce polished deliverables from unstructured input.
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Contract Review Playbook
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Directory · 10 categories · 207 skills
AI Skills Directory
The definitive directory of AI Skills — portable, reusable instructions that turn an AI assistant into a specialist for a specific job. Every Skill in this directory works on Claude, GPT-5, Gemini, and other major providers. Every entry is installed, tested, and documented by our editorial team before publication.
207
Skills tested
10
Categories
6
Providers supported
100%
Human-tested
1What are Skills?
AI Skills are the modern replacement for the giant one-off prompt. Instead of pasting an 800-word instruction block into every session, you install a Skill once and invoke it by name ("use the Contract Review Skill on this doc"). The Skill's instructions, examples, and supporting files stay consistent across sessions, teammates, and even AI providers.
The format is simple by design: a folder with a SKILL.md file describing what the Skill does, plus any supporting files it references (voice samples, checklists, code templates, sample outputs). Any MCP-compliant AI client can load and invoke Skills; the same Skill file works on Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Continue, and others.
Every Skill in this directory has been installed, tested against real work, and documented by our editorial team. Each Skill page includes: what it does, when to use it, example inputs and outputs, provider-specific quality notes, and a downloadable ZIP with all the supporting files. All 207 Skills are free.
2All 10 categories
Every skills in the directory lives in one of these categories. Click any card to browse.
SQL query building, CSV cleaning, Excel formulas, pivot tables, statistical tests. Skills that reason over structured data with tool-appropriate operations.
Browse all 22 →Component generation, PR summaries, test writing, code review, stack trace analysis. Skills that produce code matching your team's conventions.
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React Component Generator
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Long-form articles with citations, newsletters, blog outlines, social posts, meta descriptions. Voice-matched Skills that keep your tone consistent.
Browse all 21 →Multi-step research workflows, source verification, company profiles, academic paper summaries. Skills that produce properly-cited analytical output.
Browse all 18 →Inbox triage, task extraction, calendar briefings, meeting prep, weekly reviews. Skills for the small-but-frequent workday operations.
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Email Reply Drafter
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Sales prep, support responses, invoice reconciliation, customer research, onboarding checklists. Skills for the operational spine of a business.
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Company Research Profile Generator
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Web & API
20API integrations, webhook handlers, scraping recipes, endpoint documentation, OpenAPI specs. Skills for building and consuming web services.
Browse all 20 →Mermaid diagrams, illustration sets, Tailwind components, dashboard specs, image variants. Skills that produce visual and design outputs.
Browse all 15 →Cross-tool orchestration, morning routines, incident response chains, cross-portfolio publishing. Skills that compose multiple tools into end-to-end flows.
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CSV Data Cleaning and Normalization
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3Editor-featured picks
Six skills that our team reaches for most often across all categories.
Editor's pick
Contract Review Playbook
Reviews contracts against a configurable checklist, flags risky clauses, and produces a redline-ready summary.
Editor's pick
Long-Form Article Writer with Citations
Drafts publication-quality articles with inline citations from search backends. Voice-match support via voice-samples.md.
Editor's pick
Multi-Step Research and Summarize Workflow
Runs iterative research across multiple sources, cross-references findings, produces a structured briefing with source list.
Editor's pick
React Component Generator
Generates React components that match your codebase's existing patterns. Reads component library first, generates second.
Editor's pick
Excel Formula Generator from Natural Language
Translates plain-English requirements into working Excel or Google Sheets formulas. Handles complex nested logic.
Editor's pick
Email Reply Drafter
Drafts voice-matched email replies. Reads previous sent mail for tone; produces drafts ready for human review.
4Recently added
The latest skills to complete our editorial testing process.
Document Creation
Contract Review Playbook
Aug 15
Content Creation
Long-Form Article Writer with Citations
Aug 13
Business Operations
Company Research Profile Generator
Aug 12
Custom Workflows
CSV Data Cleaning and Normalization
Aug 10
Research & Analysis
Academic Paper Summarizer
Aug 8
Web & API
SEO Meta Title and Description Writer
Aug 7
5How to use Skills
- Pick a category that matches your recurring task — the featured Skill on each hub is usually the best starting point.
- Read the individual Skill page before installing. Understanding what a Skill expects as input saves confusion later.
- Download the Skill's ZIP, unpack into your client's Skills folder (path varies per client — each Skill page has instructions).
- Test it once on a small example to confirm setup. Only then use it on real work.
- Combine Skills with MCP servers for full workflows — a Skill defines the how; MCP servers give the AI access to your actual tools and data. Our Server directory has 104 servers tested for this.
6Frequently asked questions
A Skill is a portable, versioned set of instructions plus supporting files (voice samples, checklists, examples) packaged so an AI assistant can invoke it consistently. Prompts are one-off text you type into a chat; Skills are reusable specialists you install once and invoke by name. Skills give you consistency across sessions and teammates; prompts give you flexibility for one-off tasks. Best practice is to use both: Skills for recurring workflows, prompts for ad-hoc questions.
Yes. Every Skill in this directory is provider-agnostic — the instructions and supporting files work identically whether you're using Claude Opus 4.7, GPT-5, Gemini 3 Pro, Mistral, DeepSeek, or a local model. Where a specific provider is noticeably better or worse at a Skill, we note it on that Skill's page with our test data.
Yes, all Skills in this directory are free to download and use. You pay for your AI provider's usage (Claude, GPT, Gemini, etc.), but the Skill files themselves are free. Attribution is appreciated but not required. Modifications and adaptations are welcome — that's the point of a portable format.
Download the Skill's ZIP file from its page. Follow the installation instructions specific to your AI client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, and others each have their own Skill folder location). Most Skills install in under a minute; the individual Skill page walks through it step by step for each client.
Start with the category that matches your most-common repetitive task. If you write a lot: Content Creation or Document Creation. If you code: Development & Code. If you're in operations: Business Operations. If you're building agent workflows: Custom Workflows. Every category page shows featured picks so you can see the highlights fast.
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