Real-world SKILL.md examples and installation guides for Claude Code, VS Code Copilot, Cursor, and Codex. Hand-written templates for engineers, analysts, PMs, marketers, and designers.
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A collection of real-world SKILL.md examples and installation guides for AI coding tools.
A SKILL.md is a structured profile that tells AI tools who you are — your skills, experience, and how you work. When you add one to your environment, tools like Claude Code, VS Code Copilot, Cursor, and Codex give you better, more relevant output from the first message.
This repo contains:
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| Role | File |
|---|---|
| Full-Stack Engineer | examples/fullstack-engineer.md |
| Data Analyst | examples/data-analyst.md |
| Product Manager | examples/product-manager.md |
| Marketing Director | examples/marketing-director.md |
| UX Designer | examples/ux-designer.md |
| Tool | Guide |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | guides/claude-code.md |
| VS Code Copilot | guides/vscode-copilot.md |
| Cursor | guides/cursor.md |
| OpenAI Codex | guides/codex.md |
SKILL.md files follow the Agent Skills open standard — a YAML frontmatter block plus markdown content that any compatible AI tool can load as context.
---
name: your-profile-name
description: When to load this skill (used by AI tools to decide)
---
# Your Name — Role
## Expertise areas
- Skill 1
- Skill 2
## How you work
- Preference 1
- Preference 2The description field is important — AI tools read it to decide when to activate the skill. Make it specific about when the profile should be loaded.
~/.claude/skills/your-skill.md (personal) or .claude/skills/your-skill.md (project).agents/skills/your-skill.md in your project.cursor/skills/your-skill.md in your projectSee the installation guides for step-by-step setup.
Writing a good SKILL.md from scratch takes an hour and most people understate their experience.
skillmdcreator.ai reads your CV (or a job description, or a short form) and produces a structured SKILL.md in 60 seconds — following the same patterns as the examples here but tailored to your actual background.
Got a great SKILL.md for a role not covered here? Open a PR. Examples should be:
MIT — use these examples however you like.
~30 seconds. Free. No account. Every finding cites a rule and a line of evidence.