Android Skills
Android Skills official site ↗Last checked against the official docs:
What it does
Google's official Agent Skills for Android development: SKILL.md instructions that ground coding agents in current Android guidance for tasks where Google's evaluations show LLMs underperform. Examples include migrating XML views to Jetpack Compose, upgrading to AGP 9, setting up Navigation 3, making an app edge-to-edge, auditing R8 configuration and fixing ANRs. They follow the open Agent Skills standard, so they work with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini/Antigravity and other agents that support skills. Apache-2.0.
Who it's for
Android developers using an AI coding agent who want it to follow Google's current recommended patterns instead of outdated ones.
How to set it up
Install the Android CLI from developer.android.com/tools/agents/android-cli, then list and add skills (add --all for every skill, --agent to pick agents, --project to install into a project):
bashandroid skills list android skills add --all android skills add r8-analyzer --project=.Or install as a plugin. Claude Code:
text/plugin marketplace add android/skills /plugin install android-skills@android-skillsCodex:
bashcodex plugin marketplace add android/skills codex plugin add android-skills@android-skillsAgents pick up a relevant skill automatically when your request matches it. The Android CLI collects basic usage data; pass --no-metrics to turn that off. Google doesn't accept public contributions to the repo and reminds you to double-check AI output.
Check the official Android Skills docs for the latest steps.
Example prompts
Make my app UI edge-to-edge.Upgrade this project to AGP 9 and fix anything the upgrade breaks.Migrate the settings screen from XML views to Jetpack Compose.Join the list
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More Rules & Prompts
- Anthropic
Agent Skills (Anthropic)
Anthropic's public repository of Agent Skills: folders with a SKILL.md file (plus optional scripts and resources) that Claude loads when a task needs them. It includes example skills, the document skills behind Claude's file creation, a skill template and a copy of the Agent Skills spec (the open standard lives at agentskills.io). Many skills are Apache-2.0; the document skills are source-available, not open source.
- Agentic AI Foundation (Linux Foundation)
AGENTS.md
A simple open format for giving coding agents project instructions: one AGENTS.md markdown file in your repo with setup commands, test steps and code style. It is now stewarded by the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation, and the agents.md site lists many tools that read it, including Codex, Cursor, goose, OpenCode, Aider, Zed, Kilo Code and GitHub Copilot's coding agent. The site and repo are MIT licensed.
- Anthropic
Claude Code Plugins (official marketplace)
Anthropic's official plugin marketplace for Claude Code. A plugin bundles skills, subagents, hooks and MCP or LSP servers so you install them in one step. It lists plugins Anthropic maintains (such as commit-commands, code-review, feature-dev and the language-server plugins) alongside plugins from partners and other authors. Claude Code adds this marketplace for you the first time you start an interactive terminal session. The repo is Apache-2.0; each plugin has its own license.
- Cursor
Cursor Plugins (official)
Cursor's plugin specification and its official plugins. A Cursor plugin packages rules, skills, subagents, commands, MCP servers and hooks into one install. The repo holds Cursor-made plugins (such as Create Plugin, Advisor and Orchestrate) plus Cursor-packaged integrations for tools like GitHub, Playwright, Gmail, Google Drive, HubSpot and Salesforce. Cursor says every plugin in its Marketplace is manually reviewed before it's listed and must be open source. Plugins in the repo are MIT licensed.
- Cursor
Cursor Rules
Cursor's rules feature gives the Agent persistent instructions. Project rules are .mdc files in .cursor/rules, and there are also User Rules, Team Rules and plain AGENTS.md files.