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Agents Best Practices

Agents Best Practices is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from DenisSergeevitch/agents-best-practices. Agents load it when designing, generating an MVP blueprint for, auditing, troubleshooting, refactoring, or explaining an agentic harness for any domain. It works with Claude Code and Codex and has 2,368 GitHub stars.

github.com/DenisSergeevitch/agents-best-practices (opens in a new tab)

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Claude

Claude Code loads skills from ~/.claude/skills/ (all projects) or .claude/skills/ (one project):

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DenisSergeevitch/agents-best-practices.git
cp -r agents-best-practices ~/.claude/skills/agents-best-practices   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project

In the Claude apps, zip the agents-best-practices folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DenisSergeevitch/agents-best-practices.git
cp -r agents-best-practices .agents/skills/agents-best-practices   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DenisSergeevitch/agents-best-practices.git
cp -r agents-best-practices .cursor/skills/agents-best-practices   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Use this skill when designing, generating an MVP blueprint for, auditing, troubleshooting, refactoring, or explaining an agentic harness for any domain. Covers provider-neutral agent architecture for OpenAI, Anthropic, and OpenAI-compatible APIs: agent loops, tool design, record provenance, interactive presentation, user-memory lifecycles, environment-adaptive tools, speculative tool execution, late-bound capabilities, permissions, system prompts, planning, goals, always-on agents and durable…

When it triggers

  • Use this skill when designing, generating an MVP blueprint for, auditing, troubleshooting, refactoring, or explaining an agentic harness for any domain.
  • user-memory lifecycles, environment-adaptive tools, speculative tool execution, late-bound capabilities, permissions, system prompts, planning, goals, always-on agents and durable runtime, adaptive agent teams, context compaction, memory, s

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What is the Agents Best Practices skill?

Agents Best Practices is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from DenisSergeevitch/agents-best-practices. Agents load it when designing, generating an MVP blueprint for, auditing, troubleshooting, refactoring, or explaining an agentic harness for any domain. It works with Claude Code and Codex and has 2,368 GitHub stars. Its SKILL.md lives at github.com/DenisSergeevitch/agents-best-practices.

How do I install the Agents Best Practices skill?

Copy the agents-best-practices folder (the one containing SKILL.md) into ~/.claude/skills/ for Claude Code, .agents/skills/ for Codex or .cursor/skills/ for Cursor. The agent picks it up automatically when a task matches its description.

Is the Agents Best Practices skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the MIT license.

Is Agents Best Practices maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 5, 2026. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.