--- id: "/agents-ai-engineering/agent-skills-protocols/" title: "agent skills & protocols: 45 curated resources" url: "https://skillissue.dev/agents-ai-engineering/agent-skills-protocols/" --- # agent skills & protocols: 45 curated resources agent skills & protocols [Beginner](/agents-ai-engineering/beginner/index.md) [Intermediate](/agents-ai-engineering/intermediate/index.md) [Advanced](/agents-ai-engineering/advanced/index.md) [Expert](/agents-ai-engineering/expert/index.md) 45 resources · page 1 of 2 - ### [agent skills](/agents/agent-design-patterns/agent-skills/index.md) by [Agent Skills](https://agentskills.io/) Agent Skills site: open SKILL.md specification for packaging capabilities for AI agents, with docs. entity org Global en - ### [Agentic Commerce Protocol](/agents/agent-design-patterns/agentic-commerce-protocol-repo/index.md) by [Agentic Commerce Protocol](https://agenticcommerce.dev) Agentic Commerce Protocol GitHub repo: open specification for agents completing purchases with merchants. entity repo US en - ### [AGENTS.md](/agents/agent-design-patterns/agents-md/index.md) by [AGENTS.md project](https://agents.md/) AGENTS.md site: open format for a repository file that gives instructions to coding agents. entity standard-policy West en - ### [Cloudflare Agents SDK](/agents/agent-design-patterns/cloudflare-agents-sdk-repo/index.md) by [Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com) Cloudflare agents GitHub repo: SDK for building and deploying stateful AI agents on Cloudflare. entity repo US en - ### [AP2 (Agent Payments Protocol)](/agents/agent-design-patterns/google-ap2-agent-payments-protocol/index.md) by [Google Agentic Commerce](https://ap2-protocol.org) Google AP2 GitHub repo: Agent Payments Protocol for mandate-based payments by AI agents. entity repo US en - ### [MCP Inspector](/agents/agent-design-patterns/mcp-inspector/index.md) by [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) MCP Inspector GitHub repo: visual developer tool for testing Model Context Protocol servers. entity repo Global en - ### [MCP reference servers](/agents/tool-use-and-mcp/mcp-reference-servers/index.md) by [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) MCP servers GitHub repo: reference implementations of Model Context Protocol servers. entity repo US en - ### [MCP Registry implementation](/agents/agent-design-patterns/mcp-registry-implementation/index.md) by [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) MCP Registry GitHub repo: community registry service for Model Context Protocol servers. entity repo International en - ### [Official MCP Registry](/agents/agent-design-patterns/mcp-registry-registry/index.md) by [Model Context Protocol project](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) Official MCP Registry: index of published Model Context Protocol servers maintained by the MCP project. entity directory West en - ### [mcp.so directory](/agents/agent-design-patterns/mcp-so-directory/index.md) by [MCP.so](https://mcp.so/) mcp.so: directory of Model Context Protocol servers, clients and skills. entity company US en - ### [Model Context Protocol](/agents/agent-design-patterns/model-context-protocol/index.md) by [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) Model Context Protocol site: specification and documentation for connecting AI applications to tools and data. entity standard-policy West en - ### [sitemaps.org protocol](/agents/agent-design-patterns/sitemaps-org-protocol/index.md) by [Sitemaps.org (Google, Microsoft and Yahoo)](https://www.sitemaps.org/) sitemaps.org protocol: XML schema for the Sitemap protocol. entity standard-policy West en - ### [Smithery](/agents/agent-design-patterns/smithery-mcp-registry-site/index.md) by [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/) Smithery: registry and hosting service for connecting agents to MCP tools, handling auth and sessions. entity company West en - ### [Zapier MCP](/agents/agent-design-patterns/zapier-mcp/index.md) by [Zapier](https://zapier.com/) Zapier MCP: service that connects AI clients such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor to actions in thousands of apps. entity company US en - ### [HF MCP Course](/agents/agent-design-patterns/hf-mcp-course/index.md) by [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/) Hugging Face MCP Course: free course on building Model Context Protocol servers and clients. Beginner–Intermediate learning_resource course US/France en - ### [MCP blog: Roadmap](/agents/agent-design-patterns/mcp-blog-roadmap-2026-08-22/index.md) by [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) MCP blog post laying out the Model Context Protocol roadmap after the 2026 specification release. Beginner learning_resource blog Global en - ### [MCP blog: MCP joins the Agentic AI Foundation](/agents/agent-design-patterns/mcp-mcp-joins-the-agentic-ai-foundation-2025-12-09/index.md) by [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) MCP blog post announcing that the Model Context Protocol moved to the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation. Beginner learning_resource blog Global en - ### [Model Context Protocol documentation](/agents/agent-design-patterns/model-context-protocol-documentation/index.md) by [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) Model Context Protocol documentation (2026-07-28 version): introduction to connecting AI apps to tools, resources and prompts. Beginner learning_resource docs International en - ### [Shopify Dev: Migrate from Storefront MCP](/agents/agent-design-patterns/shopify-migrate-from-storefront-mcp/index.md) by [Shopify](https://shopify.dev/) Shopify documentation on migrating from the removed Storefront MCP tools to their replacements. Beginner learning_resource docs Canada en - ### [Smithery docs](/agents/agent-design-patterns/smithery-docs/index.md) by [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/) Smithery documentation: connecting agents to MCP tools and publishing servers on the Smithery registry. Beginner learning_resource docs US en - ### [A2A docs: A2A and MCP](/agents/agent-design-patterns/a2a-a2a-and-mcp/index.md) by [Agent2Agent (A2A) Project](https://a2a-protocol.org) A2A documentation explaining how the Agent2Agent protocol and the Model Context Protocol differ and complement each other. Intermediate learning_resource docs Global en - ### [AG-UI](/agents/agent-design-patterns/ag-ui/index.md) by [CopilotKit (AG-UI)](https://www.copilotkit.ai/) AG-UI documentation: event-based protocol connecting agent backends to user-facing frontends. Intermediate learning_resource docs US en - ### [Agent Client Protocol (ACP)](/agents/agent-design-patterns/agent-client-protocol-acp/index.md) by [Zed Industries (Agent Client Protocol)](https://zed.dev/) Agent Client Protocol site: JSON-RPC standard connecting code editors to coding agents, similar to LSP for language servers. Intermediate learning_resource docs US en - ### [Agent2Agent Protocol](/agents/agent-design-patterns/agent2agent-protocol/index.md) by [A2A Protocol project (Linux Foundation)](https://a2a-protocol.org/) Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol documentation: open specification and SDKs for communication between AI agents. Intermediate learning_resource docs International en - ### [Claude remote MCP servers](/agents/agent-design-patterns/anthropic-remote-mcp-servers-list/index.md) by [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/) Anthropic documentation listing remote MCP servers that can be connected to Claude through the MCP connector API. Intermediate–Advanced learning_resource docs US en - ### [About Canva MCP (Canva Developers)](/agents/agent-design-patterns/canva-canva-mcp-docs-mcp-best-practices-ai-prompting-tips/index.md) by [Canva](https://www.canva.com/) Canva MCP documentation: connecting AI assistants to Canva design capabilities through the Model Context Protocol. Intermediate–Advanced learning_resource docs West en - ### [Best practices for Canva MCP](/agents/agent-design-patterns/canva-canva-mcp-docs-mcp-best-practices-ai-prompting-tips-2/index.md) by [Canva](https://www.canva.com/) Canva MCP best practices: building reliable Canva experiences in AI assistant applications. Intermediate learning_resource guide West en - ### [Write better prompts to maximize your AI allowance (Canva Help)](/agents/agent-design-patterns/canva-canva-mcp-docs-mcp-best-practices-ai-prompting-tips-3/index.md) by [Canva](https://canva.com/) Canva Help Center tips on writing prompts for Canva's AI tools for images, video clips and Canva Code. Intermediate learning_resource guide West en - ### [Claude Agent Skills docs](/agents/agent-design-patterns/claude-agent-skills-docs/index.md) by [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/) Claude Platform documentation on Agent Skills: packaging instructions, metadata and resources that extend Claude. Intermediate learning_resource docs US en - ### [Cloudflare agent skills](/agents/agent-design-patterns/cloudflare-agent-skills/index.md) by [Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com) Cloudflare skills GitHub repo: agent skills for building on Cloudflare. Intermediate learning_resource skill-library US/global en - ### [Cloudflare Agents docs: Human-in-the-loop](/agents/agent-design-patterns/cloudflare-agents-human-in-the-loop-pattern/index.md) by [Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com) Cloudflare Agents documentation on human-in-the-loop patterns for approvals in agent workflows. Intermediate learning_resource docs US en - ### [Composio docs: Authentication](/agents/agent-design-patterns/composio-authentication/index.md) by [Composio](https://composio.dev/) Composio documentation on authentication: per-user OAuth and credential handling for agent toolkits. 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