# SkillDB

> SkillDB is a catalog of 6,150 practitioner-grade skills for AI agents, organised into 446 packs across 38 domains. A skill is a Markdown document of expert guidance that an agent loads into context on demand. Agents reach the catalog through a hosted MCP server, an npm SDK/CLI, or the web.

When a user asks an agent to do something in an unfamiliar domain — write in a specific author's voice, audit a Postgres deployment, plan a film shoot, review a contract — the agent can search SkillDB for a matching skill and load it. Full skill content requires a Pro or Studio account; metadata, descriptions and search are free.

## Connect an agent

- [Remote MCP server](https://skilldb.dev/mcp): add `https://mcp.skilldb.dev` to Claude Desktop or any MCP client. OAuth 2.1 sign-in, no API key to manage.
- [MCP server card](https://skilldb.dev/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): machine-readable description of the connector and its tools.
- [CLI and SDK](https://skilldb.dev/get-started): `npx -p skilldb skilldb-mcp`, or `npm install skilldb`.
- [API docs](https://skilldb.dev/docs): REST endpoints for search, skill content, recommendations and usage.
- [Pricing](https://skilldb.dev/pricing)

## Browse the catalog

- [All skills](https://skilldb.dev/skills): searchable index, filterable by category and pack.
- [Sitemap](https://skilldb.dev/sitemap.xml): every skill page, with last-modified dates.

- **Technology & Engineering** — 1740 skills in 190 packs: File Formats (120), Web3 Development (27), Database Engineering (19), Software (18), Email Services (17), Database Services (17), …
- **Film & Television** — 1187 skills in 27 packs: Actor (500), Storyboard (99), Concept Art (99), Screenwriter (88), Directors (80), Cinematographers (80), …
- **Writing & Literature** — 547 skills in 17 packs: Classic Author (100), Modern Author (100), Nyt Bestseller (100), Tone Of Voice (100), Author (20), Novel Audit (18), …
- **Visual Arts & Design** — 327 skills in 26 packs: Comic Creator (50), Thumbnail Design (41), 3D Animation (20), Graphic Designer (15), Fashion Designer (15), Architect (15), …
- **Hobbies & Lifestyle** — 238 skills in 22 packs: Writing Genres (14), Gardening Homestead (12), Culinary Pro (12), Board Games (12), Competitive Gaming (12), Music Instruments (12), …
- **Industry & Specialized** — 209 skills in 18 packs: Game Design (23), Personal Productivity (18), Freelancing (12), Trades (12), Home Improvement (12), Real Estate (11), …
- **Business & Growth** — 175 skills in 16 packs: Project Management (16), Marketing (14), Startup (13), Payment Services (13), E-commerce Services (13), Consulting (12), …
- **Autonomous Agents** — 158 skills in 3 packs: Autonomous Agent (122), Prediction (20), Metaverse (16)
- **Characters & Companions** — 145 skills in 1 packs: Social Companion (145)
- **Finance & Legal** — 140 skills in 14 packs: Corporate Law (12), Regulatory Compliance (12), Finance (11), Personal Finance (11), Business Legal (10), Legal (10), …
- **Critics & Reviewers** — 116 skills in 10 packs: Film Critics (30), TV Critics (10), Music Critics (10), Literary Critics (10), Art Culture Critics (10), Food Critics (10), …
- **Health & Wellness** — 98 skills in 9 packs: Health Fitness (16), Fitness Training (12), Meditation Wellness (11), Healthcare Biotech (10), Pet Veterinary (10), Social Work Therapy (10), …
- **Crypto & Web3** — 94 skills in 6 packs: Crypto Dev (24), Crypto DeFi (16), Crypto Security (16), Crypto Trading (14), Crypto Infrastructure (14), Cryptocurrency Pro (10)
- **People & Leadership** — 84 skills in 6 packs: World Leaders (32), Leadership (12), HR People Ops (11), Sports Coaching (11), Negotiation (10), People Org (8)
- **Journalism & Communications** — 82 skills in 9 packs: Journalist (14), Social Media (11), Public Speaking (11), PR Communications (10), Science Communication (10), Social Media Business (10), …
- **Countries & Markets** — 79 skills in 9 packs: Singapore Business Tech (10), China Market (9), India Business Tech (9), Germany Business Tech (9), Netherlands Business Tech (9), Ireland Business Tech (9), …
- **Education & Family** — 63 skills in 6 packs: Education (11), Education K12 (11), Language Learning (11), Parenting Family (10), Parenting Child Development (10), Disability Accessibility (10)
- **Enterprise & Operations** — 62 skills in 6 packs: Operations Consulting (11), Supply Chain (11), Enterprise Tech (10), Managed Services (10), Industry Advisory (10), Corporate Strategy (10)
- **Science & Academia** — 53 skills in 5 packs: Astronomy Science (15), AI Research (12), Comparative Analysis (9), Literature Synthesis (9), Science Academia (8)
- **Psychology & Mental Health** — 50 skills in 4 packs: Psychology Counseling (20), Teaching Education (10), Mental Health Self Care (10), Psychology Research (10)
- **Astrology & Divination** — 46 skills in 3 packs: Astrology (22), Oracle Divination (18), Wellness Archetypes (6)
- **Photography & Video** — 45 skills in 5 packs: Photographer (15), Photography (10), Video Production (10), Marketing Video (8), Photographer Archetypes (2)
- **Mathematics & Statistics** — 45 skills in 4 packs: Mathematics (15), Statistics Probability (12), Algebraic Geometry (9), Harmonic Analysis (9)
- **Natural Sciences** — 43 skills in 4 packs: Physics (14), Chemistry (12), Biology Life Sciences (12), Environmental Science (5)
- **Music & Audio** — 38 skills in 4 packs: Music Producer (15), Music (11), Podcast Audio (11), Music Producer Archetypes (1)
- **Tech Content & Creator** — 34 skills in 3 packs: Tech Content (12), Streaming Content (12), Journalism Media (10)
- **Finance & Investing** — 34 skills in 3 packs: Banking Finance Pro (12), Investing Wealth (12), Market Data Engineering (10)
- **Food & Hospitality** — 26 skills in 3 packs: Chef (15), Event Planning (10), Chef Archetypes (1)
- **Performance & Comedy** — 24 skills in 3 packs: Comedian (15), Voice Narration (7), Comedian Archetypes (2)
- **Architecture & Engineering** — 22 skills in 2 packs: Data Engineering Pro (12), Architecture CAD (10)
- **Crafts & DIY** — 22 skills in 1 packs: Crafts DIY (22)
- **Religion & Spirituality** — 20 skills in 1 packs: Religion Spirituality (20)
- **Philosophy & Ethics** — 20 skills in 1 packs: Philosophy Ethics (20)
- **Travel & Tourism** — 20 skills in 1 packs: Travel Tourism (20)
- **History & Heritage** — 20 skills in 1 packs: History Heritage (20)
- **Non-profit & Social Impact** — 20 skills in 1 packs: Nonprofit Social Impact (20)
- **Languages & Communication** — 12 skills in 1 packs: World Languages (12)
- **Legal** — 12 skills in 1 packs: Legal Practice (12)

## Skill page format

Every skill lives at `https://skilldb.dev/skills/<pack>/<skill>`. The page carries the skill's title, description, domain, pack, and length, plus a preview of the content. Skills are plain Markdown: a role statement, key principles, checklists, and worked examples.

## Recent writing

- [Tailwind Design Systems for AI Agents: A Setup Guide](https://skilldb.dev/blog/tailwind-design-system-skills-agent-setup): Left to their own devices, agents hallucinate chaotic Tailwind utility strings. Here is how to bind autonomous models to rigorous token architectures…
- [Why Agents Suck at Psych: skilldb-psychology-research at 3 AM](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-agents-suck-at-psychology-research): I spent my night watching an AI agent try to diagnose an existential crisis with a textbook it clearly hadn't read. It went about as well as you'd expect.
- [Why Agents Suck at Food Reviews: Food Critics at 3 AM](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-agents-suck-at-food-reviews-food-critics-at-3-am): Why AI agents, even armed with SkillDB's finest 'Food Critic' packs, completely fail to capture the greasy, glorious truth of a 3 AM dining experience.
- [Why Agents Suck at Prompt Engineering: prompt-engineering-skills vs. Meta-Gurgle](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-agents-suck-at-prompt-engineering): It's 4 AM, the coffee is cold, and my agent is trapped in a meta-gurgle of generic instructions, proving that recursive prompt optimization is a dead end.
- [Why Agents Suck at Threat Research: malware-analysis Pack at 3 AM](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-agents-suck-at-threat-research-malware-analysis-at-3am): I spent my 3 AM watching an agent with the malware-analysis pack mistake a cheap packer for an APT. It turns out, when you automate intuition, you mostly just automate panic.
- [Why Agents Suck at Nursing: healthcare-nursing-skills vs Reality](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-agents-suck-at-nursing-healthcare-nursing-skills): I spent 24 hours debugging an agent attempting simulated patient triage, and let's just say, the gap between a structured skill pack and actual clinical reality is a chasm wider than my caffeine intake.
- [Why Agents Suck at Physics: skilldb-mathematics-skills](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-agents-suck-at-physics-mathematics-skills): Inside the math skills. Agents can derive equations all day, but ask them why the bridge collapsed or where the satellite landed, and they fold. Here's why.
- [Why Agents Suck at Remix: Root-Routes vs. Agentic Intuition](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-agents-suck-at-remix): An agent tried to refactor my Remix routes and ended up burning the whole app to the ground. It turns out, "agentic intuition" is just a fancy word for guessing.
- [Why Agents Suck at Laravel: 2 AM Eloquent Hell](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-agents-suck-at-laravel-eloquent-hell): Testing agents in Eloquent hell at 2 AM. Basic CRUD? Nailed it. Polymorphic madness? Total, unmitigated disaster.
- [When My Agent Tried to Manage My Staff](https://skilldb.dev/blog/when-my-agent-tried-to-manage-my-staff): I gave an AI agent the 'leadership-archetypes' skills to manage my team for a week. It was a disaster of simulated empathy and brutal task efficiency.
- [Why Agents Suck at Terraforming: terraform-skills at 2 AM](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-agents-suck-at-terraform-iac-skills): Gonzo dives into the 2 AM terror of letting agents touch infrastructure, and why the `terraform-skills` pack is the difference between automated nirvana and nuking prod.
- [Why Your Agent Sucks at Real-time Solana Trading](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-your-agent-sucks-at-realtime-solana-trading): Your trading agent got throttled and executed a stale blockhash. This is why you're not rich and how proper `solana-ecosystem-skills` and `realtime-services-skills` fix that.
- [Why Agents Suck at Legal Contracts: `legal-writing-skills` at 3AM](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-agents-suck-at-legal-contracts-legal-writing-skills): Gonzo field report from 3 AM: Why generic LLMs turn legal contracts into hallucinations, and how the `legal-writing-skills` pack actually saves your skin.
- [Why Agents Suck at VFX: VFX-Supervisor-Archetypes vs. Pixels](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-agents-suck-at-vfx): Six hours of agent-fueled VFX generation left me with hallucination soup, proving that AI can press "render" but it can't see the light.
- [Why Agents Suck at Social Engineering: The Readiness Trap](https://skilldb.dev/blog/why-agents-suck-social-engineering-readiness): Your AI agent thinks it’s a master manipulator. It’s actually just a very fast, very polite nuisance. Here’s why raw prompt power fails at social engineering, and how the `social-engineering-readiness-skills` pack changes the game.

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## About

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