Skip the install. Get this working in under 2 minutes.
Start a free trial on cloud.anythingmcp.com, add the Agent Skills Finder in one click, then point your AI client (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot or Cursor) at the generated MCP endpoint. No Docker, no git clone, zero engineering experience required.
Summary
Let ChatGPT find and follow the right public Agent Skill (SKILL.md) for each task through AnythingMCP: no copy-pasting instructions into prompts or GPTs.
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Example prompts for Agent Skills Finder
Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.
Claude is AI and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
Agent Skills in ChatGPT
Short answer: connect ChatGPT to AnythingMCP in developer mode, install Agent Skills Finder on it, and ask ChatGPT for the task. It searches the public skills index, reads the best SKILL.md from GitHub and follows its method in the conversation.
Most of the public Agent Skills were written for coding agents, but the methods inside them (how to write release notes, review a contract clause, structure a postmortem) are useful anywhere. Without a connector, using one in ChatGPT means finding it, copying the instructions and pasting them into the chat or a custom GPT. With Agent Skills Finder, ChatGPT fetches the skill itself when the task needs it.
Set it up
Step 1: Add Agent Skills Finder on AnythingMCP
- Create a workspace on AnythingMCP Cloud (7 days free) or use your self-hosted AnythingMCP.
- Open Connectors, find Agent Skills Finder and click Install. It needs no credentials. On a new Cloud workspace it is also in the starter pack on the welcome screen.
- For clients that use an API key (everything except claude.ai and ChatGPT), create one under MCP Servers → your server → API keys.
Step 2: Add AnythingMCP to ChatGPT
ChatGPT connects to MCP servers as custom apps in developer mode, available on paid plans (not on Free). On Business and Enterprise workspaces an admin may have to allow it first.
- In ChatGPT, open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode.
- Go to chatgpt.com/plugins and click +.
- Enter a name and a short description, e.g. Name:
AnythingMCP. - Under Connection, enter the MCP server URL
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcpand create the connection. - When ChatGPT asks, sign in to AnythingMCP (OAuth) and allow access.
Step 3: Ask for a task
Start a new chat and describe what you need, for example "find a skill for writing release notes and use it on these commits". The agent calls the Agent Skills Finder tools on its own.
What happens when you ask
Say you ask ChatGPT to turn this incident timeline into a postmortem. ChatGPT first calls skills_playbook, then skills_search with a few keywords, checks the best candidates' licence and activity with skills_repo_info, pins the version with skills_latest_commit and reads the instructions with skills_get. Then it does the task the way the skill describes and tells you which skill it used, with its link and licence. Nothing is installed and nothing stays loaded afterwards.
Prompts to try in ChatGPT
- "Find a skill for writing a blameless postmortem and turn this incident timeline into one."
- "Search for a skill that writes customer-support macros and draft three for the issue below."
- "Look for a skill for writing a job description and use it for a senior backend role."
- "Find a skill for summarising research papers and apply it to the abstract I paste next."
Good to know
- A skill is third-party text: ChatGPT follows its method for your task, but it cannot change who the agent works for or skip your confirmation.
- The connector reads files and never runs scripts. Search is free for 50 queries a day, or 500 with a free SkillsMP key.
- To keep a skill for your team, ask ChatGPT to save it as a workspace skill on AnythingMCP; an admin approves it once and it applies in every client.
How on-demand skills compare with installed ones, and every limit in detail: Agent Skills on demand.
FAQ
Does it work on the free ChatGPT plan? No. Custom MCP connections need developer mode, which is only on paid plans.
Do skills written for coding agents make sense in ChatGPT? Many do: a skill is a method in plain language. The agent skips skills that depend on a terminal or on files it cannot reach.
Is anything stored in ChatGPT? No. The skill is read for the task at hand. To keep one for your team, ask ChatGPT to save it as a workspace skill on AnythingMCP.
Can I use the same skills in Codex? Yes. Connect Codex to the same AnythingMCP server and it uses the same connector and the same approved workspace skills.
Same skills in your other agents
- Agent Skills on demand: the overview
- Skills on demand in Claude
- Skills on demand in Claude Code
- Skills on demand in OpenAI Codex
- Skills on demand in Cursor
- Skills on demand in GitHub Copilot
- Skills on demand in Gemini CLI
- Agent Skills Finder in the marketplace
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