ShowUskills

Guides

Learn Codex and AI agent skills

Core definitions, install guidance, use cases, FAQ, and comparisons for people evaluating reusable skills for AI agents.

Definition

What Are Codex Skills?

A practical definition of Codex skills, how they package reusable agent workflows, and when to use them.

Definition

AI Agent Skill Registry

How an AI agent skill registry organizes reusable workflows by category, metadata, download package, and safety status.

MCP

Remote MCP Skill Registry

A planning guide for remote MCP skill registries that let local AI agents search, inspect, recommend, and fetch skill download links.

Install Guide

How to Install Codex Skills

Install downloaded Codex skill zip packages safely by extracting, inspecting SKILL.md, and adding the package to a local skills directory.

Comparison

Codex Skills vs Prompts

Compare Codex skills and one-off prompts for repeatability, safety, versioning, installation, and agent workflow reuse.

FAQ

ShowUskills FAQ

Answers about free Codex skills, downloads, package safety, raw catalog health, and the planned MCP skill registry.