What is skills?

This repository is a collection of "Agent Skills" designed for use with Claude Code and other AI assistants that understand a format called SKILL.md. The idea is that an AI coding agent can read these skill files to gain specialized knowledge about a particular topic, which helps it give better answers when you ask it to do related work. Right now the collection contains one skill: a GitLab CI/CD handbook. This skill serves as a reference guide for the agent on how GitLab's continuous integration and deployment system works. It covers how to write and configure .gitlab-ci.yml files, how to optimize pipelines, and topics like runners, caching, artifacts, and general DevOps practices. In practical terms, if you use Claude Code and install this skill, the agent would have a built-in understanding of GitLab CI so it can help you set up or troubleshoot pipelines without you having to explain the basics each time. Installing a skill is straightforward and offers a few paths. You can use a command line tool called skills that works across several AI coding agents including Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. Running a single command adds all skills in the repository, or you can install just one specific skill. Alternatively, if you use Claude Code directly, there is a plugin system where you add this repository as a marketplace source and then install the plugin. For people who prefer a hands-on approach, you can also manually copy a skill's folder into the directory where your agent looks for skills, such as a .claude/skills/ or .agents/skills/ folder on your computer. The project is open source under the MIT license. It is a small, focused collection at this point with a single skill, but the structure suggests more skills could be added over time.