AI Engineer Programming

Mar 12, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Agent Skills Complete Guide: What They Are, Where to Find Them, and How to Build Your Own

This guide explains the SKILL.md open standard, its four core characteristics, directory layout, gating and lifecycle controls, testing with the Evals framework, market adoption stats, and future self‑evolving agent capabilities, providing step‑by‑step instructions for creating, installing, and iterating Skills across multiple AI platforms.