THE FIELD GUIDES
Agent Skills guides.
A better starting point.
Pick the stage you are at. Every guide connects to the next useful check.
Start with the right workflow
Understand Skills, then choose by the result and files you need.
What Are Agent Skills? A Plain Guide to SKILL.md
Understand a skill folder, its task instructions and supporting files. Choose a released example, check its host and runtime, then verify one useful result.
Read the guideHow to Choose an AI Agent Skill: Outputs, Costs and Compatibility
Choose a Skill for the result you need, then compare its active version, real example, files, dependencies and access cost. A clear brief matters more than a model label.
Read the guideInstall and run
Keep the package intact and verify it in your own agent.
Install Claude Code Skills: ZIP, CLI and First Run
Put the complete package in .claude/skills or ~/.claude/skills, confirm discovery and call /skill-name. Compare manual ZIP extraction with the Skillrove CLI.
Read the guideAgent Skills in Codex, Claude Code and Cursor
Compare project and personal directories, discovery and invocation in three agents. Check remote scope, frontmatter and runtime requirements before reusing a package.
Read the guideCompare tools and solve problems
Choose a method, a connection or a prompt; diagnose the stage that failed.
Agent Skills vs MCP vs Prompts: Which Should You Use?
Use a prompt for today's task, a Skill for a repeatable method, project instructions for shared conventions and MCP for a tool or data connection.
Read the guideAgent Skill Not Working? Diagnose Loading, Tools and Downloads
Find the stage that failed before reinstalling: account access, discovery, invocation, execution or export. Preserve customized files and collect a small, redacted reproduction.
Read the guideAnalyze and deliver
Turn briefs and data into presentations, reports and scoped proposals.
Build an Image-Led Presentation: Storyboard, Artwork Ledger and HTML Checks
Choose cinematic, tactile editorial or sky-glass compositions. Plan one visual beat per page, track image rights and source claims, then run and edit a complete local starting deck before commissioning new artwork.
Read the guideChoose and Build a Brand Story, Identity or Decision Deck
Match four free presentation workflows to different briefs, run a complete local example and verify browser edits. Separate editable text from flattened PowerPoint artwork.
Read the guideBuild an Interactive System Map from Supplied Evidence
Choose one architecture question, author a typed node-and-edge model and test an offline map with search, node details and bounded zoom. Keep inferred relationships distinct from observed behavior.
Read the guideHTML Slides, PDF or Editable PowerPoint: Choose an Agent Workflow
Choose the delivery format before choosing a skill. Compare browser presentations, printed PDFs and native PowerPoint objects, then verify the actual exported file.
Read the guidePlan a Research Talk or Learning Workshop with Agent Skills
Choose a presentation workflow by the audience and the job of each slide. Keep source evidence, activity timing and editable delivery requirements separate.
Read the guideMap Project Knowledge Before Building an Admin Console
Turn a bounded source inventory into an evidence-linked map, then use confirmed entities and operator tasks to brief an admin interface. Keep prototypes and production access controls distinct.
Read the guideBuild a Browser Presentation from a Brief
Turn an approved brief into 3–12 browser slides, editable input and speaker notes. Review the narrative and navigation before presenting; other export formats need their own checks.
Read the guideTurn a CSV into a Report You Can Verify
Define a metric, build a traceable report and reconcile it with the source CSV. Use multiple views for different questions while keeping exclusions and exact values visible.
Read the guideCreate a Client Proposal with Scope and Delivery Evidence
Turn a supplied client brief into comparable scopes, transparent estimates and PDF/Word handoff files. Keep assumptions, uncovered requirements and planned dates explicit.
Read the guideCreate content and visuals
Adapt approved sources into campaigns, drafts, videos and editable artwork.
Turn Source Text into a Hand-Drawn Sketchnote: Copy, Logic and Review
Reduce approved material to one theme and three to seven nodes. Prepare exact labels, review a 4:3 raster image and understand what the local validator can actually prove.
Read the guidePrepare a Black-and-White Portrait Edit: Source Photo, Glasses and Review
Prepare an authorized source photo, a change-and-preserve brief and one studio composition. Understand external processing, saved tasks and the visual review needed before delivering a portrait.
Read the guideCreate a Design System from a Brand Brief: Tokens, Themes and CSS
Choose a product recipe, generate semantic tokens and reusable CSS, then check complete screens and an independent integration. Keep local demonstrations separate from a production application.
Read the guideRepurpose One Source into Distinct Platform Drafts
Adapt an owned article or subtitle file into distinct platform drafts while keeping source locations visible. Review the meaning of every claim before publishing.
Read the guideBuild a Product Launch Kit from Approved Facts
Create a landing page, workflow page, press material and channel copy from one factual launch brief. Check the actual destinations and interactions before using the campaign.
Read the guideMake a Product Demo Video from Screenshots and a Story
Plan a factual 20–90 second product story, edit scenes and export actual MP4s. Keep screenshots, captions, canvas formats and audio aligned with the reviewed project.
Read the guideDesign a Branded Social Carousel from One Clear Idea
Shape approved content into 3–10 connected cards, then export measured PNGs and editable SVGs. Review typography, source claims and the actual crop for every format.
Read the guideCreate a Product Cutaway with Editable Artwork and Print Files
Turn a reviewed component list into an interactive product schematic, three editable posters, PNG exports and a three-page PDF. Separate visual coordinates from physical specifications.
Read the guideInvestigate and improve
Capture comparable evidence before claiming a repaired defect or SEO improvement.
Plan a Conversion Experiment from Funnel Evidence
Define comparable cohorts, trace a real observation to one change, and prepare metrics, guardrails and a rollback before implementation. Missing counts remain unknown.
Read the guideDebug a Defect with Comparable Before and After Evidence
Reproduce a local defect, preserve a failing baseline and compare the same check after a minimal fix. Use command results and watched hashes to explain what was actually verified.
Read the guideAudit and Repair SEO with Captured Page Evidence
Audit selected HTML snapshots, trace findings to their sources and verify a scoped repair. Keep raw HTML defects separate from rendered behavior, indexing and AI citations.
Read the guideDocument and support
Prepare API references, lifecycle drafts and support handoffs from reviewed inputs.
Build API Documentation from OpenAPI: Examples, Postman and Response Checks
Turn a reviewed OpenAPI 3.0 JSON contract into a searchable reference and request examples. Check a saved response, preserve undocumented behavior and separate documentation from live API testing.
Read the guidePlan a Lifecycle Email Sequence: Welcome, Activation and Win-back
Write distinct messages, define entry and exit events, simulate consent and suppression, then review HTML, text and EML drafts before a provider handoff. No email is sent by the skill.
Read the guideTriage Support Tickets: Business-hour SLAs, Reply Drafts and Handoffs
Prepare a support desk from authorized tickets and current policies. Check priority reasons, weekend and holiday deadlines, historical response breaches and knowledge drafts without sending replies or closing tickets.
Read the guideBuild from your own material
Turn approved catalogs, audio, research and project evidence into inspectable deliveries.
Build and Check a One-Page Product Website
Turn an approved brief into a self-contained landing page, verify its content and navigation, then check the final public URL before inviting search engines or customers.
Read the guideBuild a Storefront Prototype from a Product Catalog
Prepare variants, stock and exact-cent estimates, then review the shopping journey and a local order draft. Keep payment, authoritative inventory and fulfillment as separate integrations.
Read the guideBuild a Podcast Website with Audio, Chapters and RSS
Build a listening home from permitted audio, verify real playback and byte-range seeking, then review feed enclosure URLs before a separate hosting or directory submission.
Read the guideTurn User Research into a Product Roadmap: Evidence, RICE and Capacity
Synthesize supplied notes with participant-level counts, then author a separate roadmap with testable requirements, consistent estimates, dependencies and three capacity scenarios.
Read the guideWrite a Portfolio Case Study with Decisions and Source Evidence
Explain your role, constraints and decisions, distinguish observed metrics from targets, then build and review a complete static portfolio with a local contact draft.
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