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Browse, Search, and Copy Any Atmos Agent Skill Before You Install It

· 3 min read
Erik Osterman
Erik Osterman
Founder @ Cloud Posse

Before you install a skill, you want to read what it does. Atmos agent skills did not let you do that. You had to install a skill first to read its full instructions. Or you had to find its file in the Atmos repository on GitHub. An AI agent had the same problem. No page listed every skill with its full content. No single URL let an agent fetch a skill's content on its own.

The Problem​

The atmos ai skill list command already listed every official skill, showing each skill's name, source, and install status. Add --detailed, and it also showed a one-line description. But no view showed a skill's full instructions -- the actual content that teaches the AI its domain knowledge.

To read that content, you had two options. Install the skill first. Or open the Atmos repository on GitHub and find the right SKILL.md file. Neither option let you compare skills quickly. Neither option gave an AI agent a direct way to fetch and read a skill's content on its own.

The Fix​

The Agent Skills Directory lists every skill with its full content. Open the directory. Search by name, description, or category. Click a skill to read its complete instructions -- no install step required. Add a new skill to the Atmos repository, and it appears in the directory automatically.

Each skill's page also has a raw Markdown version. Add .md to the page's URL. This is the same convention the rest of the Atmos docs site uses. An AI agent can fetch this URL directly and read the skill's content.

Each skill's page also has a "Copy as Markdown" button. Use it to copy the skill's full content. Paste it into a chat session, or review it, before you install anything.

The atmos ai skill list command also gained a --format flag and a Category column, so the same categorization shown in the directory is available from the CLI.

How to Use It​

Browse and search the directory at atmos.tools/ai/skills. Or fetch a skill's content directly:

# Raw Markdown for one skill - readable by a human, fetchable by an agent
skill_name=atmos-ai
curl "https://atmos.tools/ai/skills/${skill_name}.md"

# Table view, now with a Category column
atmos ai skill list

# Machine-readable output for scripting
atmos ai skill list --format=json
atmos ai skill list --format=yaml

Get Involved​

See the Agent Skills guide to learn how skills are structured. It also explains how to contribute one. Share skill ideas and contributions in the Atmos community.