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title: AI Skills Templates — SKILL.md Templates for AI Agents
description: Portable SKILL.md templates for individual AI agent capabilities. Cover classification, extraction, summarization, code generation, research, and more — validate free, export to any AI framework.
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# AI Skills Templates

> Portable SKILL.md templates for individual AI agent capabilities.

While [AI Workflow Templates](/ai-workflow-templates) cover end-to-end processes, **AI Skills Templates** are single-capability SKILL.md files — the atomic building blocks that compose into workflows.

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## What is a SKILL.md?

A SKILL.md is an open specification file that defines a single AI capability in a portable, structured format. It captures:

- **Execution profile** — the task type, model tier, and complexity classification
- **Token budget** — input and output token estimates
- **IO contract** — declared input format, output format, and validation schema
- **Fallback policy** — retry behavior, error handling, and escalation conditions
- **Governance constraints** — ETHOS.md reference, allowed model channels, privacy requirements

SKILL.md files are validated free at [/validator/skill](/validator/skill) and export to LangGraph, CrewAI, n8n, AutoGen, Ollama, Claude Code, and Open WebUI.

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## Skill template categories

### Classification skills
- Intent classification
- Sentiment detection
- Content moderation triage
- Document type routing

### Extraction skills
- Named entity recognition
- Structured data extraction from documents
- Key-value pair extraction
- Table extraction from unstructured text

### Generation skills
- Summarization (short-form, long-form)
- Translation
- Paraphrasing and rewriting
- Code generation and review

### Research skills
- Web search synthesis
- Source citation and attribution
- Fact verification
- Competitive intelligence summarization

### Reasoning skills
- Multi-step problem decomposition
- Logical validation
- Decision tree traversal
- Hypothesis generation

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## Using skill templates

1. Browse the skill template library in the app at `/app/skills/samples`
2. Select a template and click "Install"
3. Customize the token budget, model tier, and IO contract for your use case
4. Validate against the SKILL.md spec
5. Export as part of a workflow or as a standalone skill pack

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## Related pages

- [AI Workflow Templates →](/ai-workflow-templates)
- [AI Skill Packs (Downloads) →](/ai-skill-packs)
- [SKILL.md Validator →](/validator/skill)
- [Skill Studio →](/app)