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Anthropic Agent Skills overview and key facts (October 2026)

Anthropic's official collection of Claude skills, including the Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF skills, plus the specification and a template.

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What is Anthropic Agent Skills?

Anthropic Agent Skills is the public GitHub repository of skills for Claude. Skills are folders of instructions, scripts and resources that Claude loads when a task needs them, for example to create an Excel file or follow company brand guidelines.

The repository contains example skills for creative work, development, testing and enterprise communication, the document skills that power Claude's file creation, the Agent Skills specification and a template. It can be added as a plugin marketplace in Claude Code, and the example skills are already available on paid Claude.ai plans. Skills can also be used and uploaded through the Claude API. The repository has more than 178,000 GitHub stars and was updated on September 24, 2026.

Anthropic Agent Skills AI features and use cases

  • Creates office documentsThe docx, xlsx, pptx and pdf skills give Claude instructions and scripts to produce and edit real files. Teams receive a formatted report, spreadsheet or deck instead of plain text to copy.
  • Applies company conventionsSkills can encode brand guidelines or communication formats that Claude follows each time. Output looks consistent across employees without repeating long prompts.
  • Serves as a blueprint for own skillsThe template and specification show how to write a SKILL.md with metadata and instructions. IT and business teams can package their own workflows as reusable skills.

What sets Anthropic Agent Skills apart

  • Contains the document skills behind Claude's own file creation.
  • Installable as a Claude Code plugin marketplace and usable through the Claude API.
  • Mixed licensing: many skills Apache 2.0, document skills source-available.

Where Anthropic Agent Skills is strongest

United States Available internationally

The repository is maintained by Anthropic PBC, based in San Francisco.

Questions to ask before you buy Anthropic Agent Skills

Check the license of each skill before reusing it, since the document skills are not open source. Anthropic describes the repository as demonstration and educational material, so test skills before relying on them in production. Skills can run scripts, so review their code and limit where they are enabled, just as you would with any automation.

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Questions about Anthropic Agent Skills

How do I install these skills in Claude Code?

Add the repository as a plugin marketplace with /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills and install the document-skills or example-skills plugin.

Can I use them in Claude.ai?

Yes. The example skills are already available on paid Claude.ai plans, and custom skills can be uploaded there.

Are all skills open source?

No. Many skills are licensed under Apache 2.0, while the document creation skills are published as source-available.

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