# skill.md: An open standard for agent skills

DevFeed: [skill.md: An open standard for agent skills](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/skill-md-an-open-standard-for-agent-skills-31091.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mintlify.com/blog/skill-md>)

Author: Michael Ryaboy

Published: 2026-01-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Mintlify Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mintlify-blog.md>)

Topics: [Agent Skills](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-skills.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agent-skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-skills.md>), [announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcements.md>), [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-agents.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cursor.md>), [opencode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opencode.md>), [skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/skills.md>)

## AI overview

Mintlify describes skill.md as an open standard for documenting how coding agents should use a product. Mintlify documentation sites include a skill.md file at their base URL, and users can customize it in the root of their documentation repository.

## Source excerpt

All Mintlify documentation sites now contain a skill.md file. Learn about this open standard for agent skills and how to use it.