agent-kit

A shared toolkit of AI agent utilities for the team, including reusable skills, custom agent definitions, MCP server install helpers, and sample configurations.

Repository Structure

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├── skills/          # Reusable skills compatible with the Vercel skills CLI (npx skills)
├── custom-agents/   # Custom agent definitions for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code
├── mcp/             # Install helpers and configuration for common MCP servers
└── configs/         # Sample / reference agent configurations

Quick Start

Installing skills

Install all skills from this repo into your project:

npx skills add mitodl/agent-kit

Install a specific skill:

npx skills add mitodl/agent-kit --skill uv-python-workflow

Install globally (user-level, available in all projects):

npx skills add mitodl/agent-kit --global

Browse available skills without installing:

npx skills add mitodl/agent-kit --list

See skills/ for the full skill catalog.

Setting up an MCP server

See mcp/ for per-server install scripts and configuration snippets.

Using a custom agent

See custom-agents/ for agent definitions and setup instructions for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code.

Contributing

1. Add new skills under skills/<category>/<skill-name>/ — follow the skill authoring guide or use the creating-skills skill.
2. Add new custom agents under custom-agents/<platform>/ — follow the agent authoring guide.
3. Add MCP install helpers under mcp/servers/<server-name>/ — follow the MCP guide.
4. Open a PR with a brief description of what the addition does and why it's useful.

License

BSD-3-Clause