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930+ Free AI Skills for Your Coding Assistant

Β· 5 min read
Frank Luong
Founder & CEO, FAOSX | CIO 100 Asia 2025 | AI & Digital Transformation Leader

We just open-sourced the largest AI skills library: 930+ production-grade skills and 31 agent personas that work across Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, and Perplexity Computer.

One library. Five platforms. Zero setup. Get it on GitHub.


The Problem: Your AI Assistant Is Underperforming​

You're using Claude Code or Codex to write code, review PRs, and debug issues. It works. But you know it could do more.

The gap isn't the model β€” it's the instructions. Without structured skill instructions, your AI assistant:

  • Gives generic advice instead of domain-specific guidance
  • Doesn't know your stack's best practices (Terraform, K8s, FastAPI, React patterns)
  • Can't play specialized roles (security auditor, database architect, SRE)
  • Produces output that needs heavy editing instead of being ready to use

Scattered prompt collections don't solve this. They're untested, single-platform, and organized by vibes instead of function.

What We Built​

The FAOS Skills Marketplace is a structured, categorized, cross-platform skills library:

WhatCount
Unique skills930+
Agent personas31
Platforms5 (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot, Perplexity)
Categories12+ (Engineering, Cloud, Security, Data/AI, Product, Growth...)
Industry coverage21 verticals
LicenseApache 2.0

Every skill has structured metadata β€” name, description, tags, and platform-specific formatting. These aren't prompts. They're skill instructions that give your AI assistant reliable, repeatable expertise.

Install in 10 Seconds​

Claude Code:

cp skills/cowork/code-reviewer/SKILL.md .claude/skills/

OpenAI Codex:

cp -r skills/codex/ .agents/skills/

Gemini CLI:

cp skills/gemini/commands/faos-skill-*.toml .gemini/commands/

That's it. No API keys. No configuration. No dependencies.

What's Inside​

Engineering & DevOps (280+ skills)​

Code review, architecture patterns, CI/CD automation, Kubernetes manifests, Terraform modules, Docker optimization, database migrations, API design, testing workflows β€” the skills a senior engineering team uses daily.

Cloud & Infrastructure (120+ skills)​

Azure AI/ML (40+ skills covering every Azure AI SDK), AWS patterns, GCP services, Databricks, Snowflake, monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana/Datadog β€” deep cloud coverage, not surface-level wrappers.

Security & Compliance (60+ skills)​

OWASP Top 10, NIST CSF, SOC2 controls, HIPAA, PCI-DSS v4, threat modeling, SAST configuration, incident response playbooks, vulnerability scanning, secrets management β€” built by security engineers, not compliance checkboxes.

Data & AI/ML (100+ skills)​

LangChain, LangGraph, RAG implementation, vector database engineering (Qdrant, Pinecone, FAISS, Chroma), fine-tuning (LoRA, QLoRA, GRPO), MLOps, prompt engineering patterns, model evaluation β€” the full AI/ML stack.

31 Agent Personas β€” Not "Act As" Prompts​

Each agent persona is a full role definition with:

  • Communication style β€” how the agent talks
  • Decision patterns β€” how it evaluates trade-offs
  • KPIs β€” what it measures success by
  • Vocabulary β€” domain-specific terminology
  • Principles β€” what it believes

The CEO agent doesn't just "act as a CEO." It has a strategic framework, evaluates decisions against business impact, and communicates with executive clarity. The Security Engineer agent thinks in threat models and compliance frameworks. The Data Scientist agent reasons about statistical validity and experiment design.

11 C-Suite agents. 6 Engineering. 5 Data/AI. 3 Product. 3 GTM. 2 Delivery. 1 Quality.

Why We Open-Sourced This​

We're the team behind FAOS β€” an enterprise agentic operating system that powers real business operations across 22 industries. These skills are extracted from production use.

We open-sourced the skills library because:

  1. Skills should be portable. You shouldn't be locked into one AI platform to get good instructions.
  2. Quality matters. Production-tested skills are better than crowd-sourced prompt collections.
  3. The real value is deeper. Skills give your AI instructions. The FAOS Platform gives your AI understanding β€” dynamic ontology context, memory, governance, and multi-agent orchestration. The skills library shows you the quality. The platform shows you the depth.

Skills vs. Platform β€” What's the Difference?​

Skills Marketplace (Free)FAOS Platform
930+ skillsYesYes
31 agent personasYesYes
5 platform formatsYesYes
Static instructionsYesDynamic, context-aware
7-phase execution engineβ€”Yes
3-layer memory architectureβ€”Yes
22 industry ontology blueprintsβ€”Yes
Agent autonomy levels (L0-L3)β€”Yes
Governance, RBAC, cost controlsβ€”Yes
Multi-tenant operationsβ€”Yes

The skills are the appetizer. If you want the full meal β€” explore the platform.

Get Started​

  1. Star the repo β€” github.com/frank-luongt/faos-skills-marketplace
  2. Copy a skill β€” pick one from your platform folder and drop it in
  3. Try an agent persona β€” install a plugin and have a conversation
  4. Contribute β€” add your own skills or improve existing ones (Apache 2.0)

930+ skills. 31 agents. 5 platforms. Free.

What's Coming Next​

This is Layer 1 of 4 we're open-sourcing from the FAOS stack:

LayerWhatWhen
Layer 1 (today)Skills Marketplace β€” 930+ skill instructionsApril 2026
Layer 2Workflow Templates β€” 50+ orchestration templates + lean founder toolkitMay 2026
Layer 3Industry Blueprints β€” 22 domain ontologies for AI agentsJune 2026
Layer 4MCP Server β€” connect your AI assistant to project intelligenceJuly 2026

Skills tell your AI what. Workflows tell it how. Blueprints give it context. MCP connects it everywhere.

Follow the repos. Star what you use. We're just getting started.


Built by the FAOS team β€” making humans and organizations permanently relevant in the age of AI.