Guides to agent skills and AI prompts
How skills work, how to install them in your agent, how to write your own, and how to prompt the image and video models we test against. Written by the people who build the catalog.
- What are agent skills?A skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file that your coding agent loads only when the task calls for it. Here is how that works and when to use one.7 min read
- How to install skills in Claude CodeWhere Claude Code looks for skills, how to install one in a minute, how to confirm it loaded and what to do when it does not trigger.6 min read
- How to install skills in CursorCursor reads SKILL.md skills from .agents/skills and ~/.cursor/skills. How to install one, confirm it loaded and call it from Agent chat.6 min read
- How to install skills in CodexCodex reads skills from .agents/skills in your repo and ~/.agents/skills in your home folder. How to install one, call it with $ and fix it when it hides.6 min read
- How to write a SKILL.mdA practical guide to writing agent skills: the frontmatter rules, descriptions that trigger, a body that gets followed, and a complete example to copy.8 min read
- Claude Code vs Cursor for Agent SkillsWhere each tool looks for skills, how they trigger, how the day-to-day workflow differs, and why the same skill folder works in both.6 min read
- Vibe Coding: How to Write Your First Build PromptA four-part first build prompt you can copy, plus how to edit without breaking things, report bugs the AI can fix, and check security before launch.6 min read
- How to Build a Landing Page With an AI AgentFacts brief, copy, design direction, build, conversion check, ship: a six-step process for landing pages with Claude Code or Cursor, with copyable prompts.7 min read
- The Best ChatGPT and Claude Prompts for Cold EmailCopy-ready prompts for trigger-based cold emails, follow-ups and breakup notes, and the mistakes AI makes when you let it write outreach unsupervised.7 min read
- Veo 3 Prompt Guide: How to Write Prompts That Hold UpA practical Veo 3 prompt anatomy with copyable examples, plus how to work inside the 8-second limit, animate stills and keep characters consistent.7 min read
- Midjourney Style References (--sref), Explained PracticallyWhat --sref, --sw and --sv actually do, when to use codes or images, and a simple system for keeping every Midjourney image on-brand.7 min read
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