Agent Skills by Vercel Labs is a curated collection of modular “skills” designed to extend the capabilities of AI coding agents by packaging human-ready instructions, workflows, and optional scripts that tell an agent how to perform specific development tasks. In this repository, each skill adheres to the Agent Skills specification, meaning they’re defined as folders with a SKILL.md file (containing task descriptions and step-by-step guidance) and can include helper scripts and reference material that the agent can execute or consult when invoked. The goal of the project is to make it easy for AI assistants like Claude Code, OpenCode, Cursor, Codex, and others that support this open ecosystem to automatically apply best practices or perform concrete actions when a relevant user intent is detected. For example, some skills guide the agent in applying React and Next.js performance best practices, auditing UI and accessibility standards.
Features
- Modular skills defined with SKILL.md instructions and metadata
- Extends AI coding agents’ capabilities with task-specific knowledge
- Includes best practices like React/Next.js performance guidance
- Can automate actions like app deployment through scripts
- Installable via CLI (npx add-skill vercel-labs/agent-skills)
- Portable and extensible skills following an open standard