AI Skills for Task Automation

A list of 22 AI skills for task automation.

22 skills · 21–22

Watch a pull request through code review and CI

Theo Browne's babysit-pr skill keeps an eye on a pull request until it is ready. It waits on review comments and CI runs, deals with feedback from review bots, watches the main branch and rebases when new commits touch the same files, and allows for GitHub rate limits. It merges only when you explicitly asked it to and otherwise tells you the PR is ready. It works on your live pull request with your GitHub access.

Write an operations runbook with steps, checks and rollback

Anthropic's runbook skill, from its operations plugin, documents a recurring task so on-call or ops staff can repeat it reliably. It records the purpose, prerequisites, exact commands step by step, how to confirm it worked, troubleshooting, how to roll back and who to escalate to. It can also update an existing runbook.

FAQ

What is an ai agent skill?

An agent skill is a portable pack of instructions that gives an agent specialized know-how for a task. In the open Agent Skills format (from Anthropic, now widely adopted), that pack is a folder with a SKILL.md file and optional scripts or references the agent can load when needed.

What is a SKILL.md file?

SKILL.md is the required main file in a skill folder. It starts with simple metadata (name and description) plus the instructions. Agents use the metadata to decide when a skill applies, then read the full file — and any linked files — only when the task needs them.

How do I use a skill from this directory?

Open the listing and follow the source link — usually a GitHub SKILL.md. Install with your agent’s skill flow, or add the repo the way that product documents. When this site shows the skill text, Copy is on the page.

What’s the difference between a skill and a prompt?

A prompt is paste-in text for one chat turn (or a short thread). A skill is a reusable file pack an agent can discover and load across a task, sometimes with code attached. Prompts live in the prompt directory; skills usually live on GitHub and we link out.

How are skills categorized?

Each skill uses one sitewide category — the same set as the rest of the directory (Coding agent, Marketing, Document intelligence, and so on). Hops filter to categories that already have skills.

Can I submit a skill?

Yes. Submit with a public GitHub SKILL.md URL, or attach a skill as part of a method on a use case. An editor reviews it before it appears here.