Anthropic Donates Agent Skills Standard to the Linux Foundation

Anthropic has announced the donation of the Agent Skills standard to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) under the Linux Foundation. This standard was designed by Anthropic during the development of Claude Code and is expected to be launched in October 2025, with cross-platform availability in December. Over 70 agent platforms have already integrated it, including ChatGPT, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot. Agent Skills is described as a reusable handbook prepared for AI agents, allowing developers to write task steps in SKILL.md, along with scripts and reference materials for different agents to access as needed. MCP is responsible for connecting external tools and data, while Skills explains how agents can complete specific tasks. This donation includes the standard name, logo, GitHub organization, and official website domain. AAIF was initiated in 2025 by Anthropic, OpenAI, and Block, having previously received MCP. In the future, engineers from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google will jointly maintain the Skills standard as individuals, no longer solely led by Anthropic. According to Vercel, the skills.sh directory has recorded approximately 1 million skills, with nearly 280 million installations. Snyk confirmed 76 malicious skills in the skill samples from ClawHub, and Anthropic has proposed establishing version control, a formal proposal process, and security guidelines.

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