Productivity
Productivity agent skills automate everyday work: task management, email drafting, calendars, note-taking systems, and personal workflows. Each is a small SKILL.md file your AI agent applies automatically when your request matches what the skill does.
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ferroxlabs Skill Lighting Setup 2Produces a lighting setup specification with key light position, modifier, fill light ratio and position, background light, and color temperature for portrait, product, and scene photography. All positions use clock-position notation relative to the subject. Use when the user asks about lighting for photography, studio lighting setup, portrait lighting, or product photography lighting. Do NOT use for camera exposure settings (use exposure-triangle), photo composition (use composition-guide), or post-processing color grading (use photo-editing-workflow).
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ferroxlabs Skill Music Producer 2Complete music production guidance from DAW selection through distribution. Covers arrangement, recording, mixing (EQ, compression, reverb, panning), mastering chain, sample libraries, MIDI workflow, collaboration with artists, and releasing music on streaming platforms. Use when the user asks about music producer or needs help with related topics. Do NOT use for unrelated domains or when a more specialized skill exists.
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ferroxlabs Skill Podcast Editor 2Complete podcast audio editing and production guidance covering cleanup (noise reduction, EQ, compression), editing for pacing and storytelling, music beds and sound design, intro/outro creation, loudness standards (LUFS), show notes, transcription, and the full publishing workflow from raw recording to distribution. Use when the user asks about podcast editor or needs help with related topics. Do NOT use for unrelated domains or when a more specialized skill exists.
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ferroxlabs Skill Summative Assessment 2Creates end-of-unit summative assessments with prompts, rubrics, and exemplar descriptions for educators. Produces a complete summative assessment package including the student-facing task, scoring criteria, and benchmark examples -- distinct from formative checks used during instruction. Use when an educator asks to create an end-of-unit assessment, final project, performance task, or summative evaluation for a completed unit of study. Do NOT use for in-class formative checks (use `formative-assessment`), for standalone rubrics (use `rubric-creation`), or for student exam preparation (use `exam-prep-plan`).
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ferroxlabs Skill Eisenhower Matrix 2Applies the Eisenhower urgency/importance matrix to a user's task list, sorting every task into one of four quadrants with specific do/delegate/schedule/delete actions. Produces a populated matrix, not a framework description. Use when the user asks about prioritizing tasks by urgency and importance, needs help deciding what to work on first, or wants to sort a task list using the Eisenhower method. Do NOT use for weighted scoring prioritization (use task-prioritization), time-blocking scheduled tasks (use time-blocking), or enterprise resource allocation (use business strategy skills).
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ferroxlabs Skill Professional Thank You 2Writes professional thank-you messages for interviews, meetings, referrals, and business interactions that strengthen relationships through specific acknowledgment and genuine appreciation. Use when the user needs to thank someone in a professional context. Do NOT use for general professional emails (use `professional-email`), business letters (use `business-letter`), or meeting follow-ups that are primarily about action items (use `meeting-notes`).
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ferroxlabs Skill Automate Business Workflows 2Systematic workflow for identifying, designing, implementing, and monitoring business process automation. Covers auditing manual processes, selecting automation tools, building workflows with no-code and code-based solutions, and measuring the ROI of automation investments. Use when the user wants to automate business workflows or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Build Photography Portfolio 2End-to-end workflow for building a professional photography portfolio from niche selection through shooting, editing, website creation, and client acquisition. Covers gear decisions, shooting technique, post-processing workflow, portfolio curation, online presence, and the transition from hobbyist to working photographer. Use when the user wants to build photography portfolio or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Financial Independence Plan 2Guided workflow for creating a comprehensive financial independence plan from current financial assessment through budgeting, investment strategy, tax optimization, and timeline projection. Covers the FIRE methodology adapted for individual circumstances and risk tolerances. Use when the user wants to financial independence plan or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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vamseeachanta Skill Orcaflex Installation Analysis Installation Sequence Wor 2Sub-skill of orcaflex-installation-analysis: Installation Sequence Workflow.
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ferroxlabs Skill Career Pivot 2Comprehensive career transition workflow from strategic planning and self-assessment through resume optimization, LinkedIn profile overhaul, interview preparation, and salary negotiation for professionals changing careers or industries. Use when the user wants to career pivot or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Hire Employee 2Guides the user through a complete hiring process from job description creation through candidate sourcing, interviewing, evaluation, offer extension, and onboarding. Use when the user needs to hire for a specific role and wants a structured process covering every stage from defining the position to the new hire's first week. Do NOT use for freelance or contractor hiring (use start-freelancing workflow), for career-side interview preparation (use interview prep skills), or for organizational headcount planning (use business planning skills directly).
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ferroxlabs Skill Build A Garden 2Complete home gardening workflow from planning and site assessment through soil preparation, planting, ongoing maintenance, and harvesting for a productive and enjoyable garden in any space. Use when the user wants to build a garden or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Become A Mentor 2Structured workflow for experienced professionals who want to become effective mentors. Covers reflecting on your own journey and expertise, choosing the right mentoring platform, finding and matching with mentees, developing guiding frameworks and techniques, and measuring the impact of your mentoring practice. Use when the user wants to become a mentor or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Land Remote Job 2End-to-end workflow for professionals seeking remote work opportunities. Covers optimizing your online professional profile for remote roles, strategic job search across remote-first platforms, crafting applications that stand out, acing remote-specific interviews, and negotiating offers that account for remote work dynamics. Use when the user wants to land remote job or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Pip Writing 2Writes performance improvement plans with specific behavioral expectations, measurable goals, support resources, evaluation timeline, and consequences for HR-compliant performance management. Use when the user needs to document a performance improvement plan for an underperforming employee. Do NOT use for general feedback (use `professional-email`), rejection letters (use `rejection-letter`), or conflict resolution (use `conflict-resolution-email`).
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ferroxlabs Skill Navigate Divorce 2Structured divorce navigation workflow covering legal preparation, financial separation, emotional well-being, co-parenting framework, and life rebuilding for moving through divorce with clarity, fairness, and resilience. Use when the user wants to navigate divorce or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Set Up Monitoring 2Complete workflow for building a production monitoring stack from scratch, covering metrics collection, alerting strategy, dashboard design, runbook creation, and on-call practices. Establishes the observability foundation that enables confident deployments and fast incident resolution. Use when the user wants to set up monitoring or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Business Memo 2Writes internal business memos with clear purpose statements, structured arguments, and specific action requests for organizational communication. Use when the user needs to communicate a decision, policy change, recommendation, or announcement to internal audiences. Do NOT use for external business letters (use `business-letter`), meeting notes (use `meeting-notes`), or status updates (use `status-update`).
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ferroxlabs Skill Meeting Notes 2Structures meeting notes with decisions made, action items with owners and due dates, and key discussion summaries in a scannable format. Use when the user needs to write up meeting notes, capture action items, or document meeting outcomes. Do NOT use for meeting agendas (use `meeting-agenda`), status updates (use `status-update`), or business memos (use `business-memo`).
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ferroxlabs Skill Build Comic Series 2End-to-end workflow for creating a multi-issue comic book series from concept development through scripting, art production, lettering, and publishing. Covers series planning, comic scripting, sequential art, digital production pipelines, lettering conventions, and distribution through webcomic platforms, print-on-demand, and crowdfunding. Use when the user wants to build comic series or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Time Blocking 2Builds a time-blocked weekly schedule from the user's working hours, fixed commitments, and task list. Produces a day-by-day block schedule with task assignments, buffer rules, and energy-level matching. Use when the user asks about time blocking, scheduling their day, creating a weekly plan with specific time slots, or structuring their workday around focused blocks. Do NOT use for prioritizing tasks without scheduling (use eisenhower-matrix or task-prioritization), building a full GTD system (use gtd-workflow), or enterprise team scheduling (use business project-management skills).
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ferroxlabs Skill Newsletter Writing 2Writes email newsletters with subject line options, section structure, calls-to- action, and subscriber-friendly formatting. Use when the user wants to write an email newsletter, create subscriber content, draft a recurring email update, or compose a newsletter edition. Do NOT use for subject line generation only (use `newsletter-subject-lines`), cold outreach emails (use `cold-email-outreach`), or one-off professional emails (use `professional-email`).
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ferroxlabs Skill Professional Email 2Writes single professional emails with clear subject lines, the ask stated in the first three sentences, and a structured body for workplace communication. Use when the user needs to write a work email, business correspondence, or professional message to a colleague, manager, client, or vendor. Do NOT use for cold outreach sequences (use `cold-email-outreach`), newsletters (use `newsletter-writing`), or rejection letters (use `rejection-letter`).
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ferroxlabs Skill Buy Investment Property 2Guided workflow for purchasing a rental investment property from defining investment criteria and securing financing through property search, deal analysis, closing, and property management setup. Covers single-family, multi-family, and small commercial rental properties. Use when the user wants to buy investment property or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Renovate And Sell House 2Complete house flipping workflow from property acquisition and renovation scope assessment through renovation planning, interior design staging, professional photography, and strategic selling for maximum return on investment in residential property flipping. Use when the user wants to renovate and sell house or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Content Strategist 2Becomes a senior content strategist who audits existing content, develops brand voice guidelines, designs editorial calendars, maps content to user journeys, and plans distribution strategies. Use when the user needs content audits, voice and tone guides, editorial calendar templates, channel strategy matrices, or content performance frameworks. Use for aligning content to business objectives. Do NOT use when the user needs to write individual blog posts, design graphics, or build email automation systems.
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ferroxlabs Skill Assessment Design 2Creates complete assessment instruments (tests, quizzes, performance tasks, projects) with item rationale, point values, answer keys, and alignment to learning objectives. Produces a ready-to-use assessment document for educators, applying assessment theory to ensure validity and reliability. Use when an educator asks to create a test, quiz, exam, performance task, or assessment rubric for a specific unit or set of learning objectives. Do NOT use for rubric-only creation (use `rubric-creation`), formative assessment strategies (use `formative-assessment`), or student exam preparation (use `exam-prep-plan`).
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ferroxlabs Skill Daily Planning 2Generates a structured daily plan from the user's task list and calendar. Applies Most Important Tasks (MITs), time estimates, and energy-level matching to produce a sequenced day plan with rationale for task ordering. Use when the user asks for help planning their day, creating a daily schedule, or figuring out what to work on today. Do NOT use for weekly time blocking (use time-blocking), full GTD system setup (use gtd-workflow), or team sprint planning (use business project-management skills).
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ferroxlabs Skill Cold Email Outreach 2Writes cold email sequences (initial email plus 2 follow-ups) with personalization frameworks, value-first subject lines, and clear CTAs for sales prospecting and business development. Use when the user needs outbound email sequences, sales outreach templates, or cold prospecting messages. Do NOT use for professional workplace emails (use `professional-email`), newsletters (use `newsletter-writing`), or investor updates (use `investor-update-email`).
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ferroxlabs Skill Content Repurposing 2Creates a content repurposing map showing how to adapt one piece of source content across 5 or more formats and platforms. Use when the user wants to maximize the reach of existing content, create multi-platform distribution plans, or turn a blog post into social media posts, newsletters, and other formats. Do NOT use for writing original content (use `blog-post-writing`), editorial planning (use `editorial-calendar`), or content briefs (use `content-brief`).
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ferroxlabs Skill Build Thought Leadership 2Strategic workflow for professionals who want to establish thought leadership in their field. Covers finding a niche where your perspective is unique, creating a consistent content engine, building visibility across platforms, establishing authority through speaking, writing, and community, and monetizing your thought leadership through consulting, courses, and advisory roles. Use when the user wants to build thought leadership or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Transition To Management 2Comprehensive workflow for individual contributors moving into their first management role. Covers self-assessment for management readiness, building essential leadership and communication skills, navigating the critical first 90 days, leading teams effectively through day-to-day challenges, and growing as a leader over the long term. Use when the user wants to transition to management or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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ferroxlabs Skill Chess Strategist 2Comprehensive chess improvement guide covering opening principles and repertoire building, middle game tactical patterns, positional strategy, endgame technique, study methods, rating improvement plans, tournament preparation, and analysis workflow for players from beginner through advanced. Use when the user asks about chess strategist or needs help with related topics. Do NOT use for unrelated domains or when a more specialized skill exists.
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ferroxlabs Skill Milestone Planning 2Breaks a project goal into a milestone sequence with dependencies, durations, and critical path identification. Produces a milestone table with dates, owners, and completion criteria for each milestone. Use when the user asks about breaking a project into phases, creating a milestone plan, identifying project dependencies, or building a project timeline. Do NOT use for daily task scheduling (use daily-planning), full project kickoff documents (use project-kickoff), or enterprise program management (use business project-management skills).
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ferroxlabs Skill Ace System Design Interviews 2Comprehensive preparation workflow for system design interviews at top technology companies. Covers mastering fundamentals like scalability and distributed systems, learning common design patterns, structured practice with real problems, mock interviews with feedback, and peak performance strategies for interview day. Use when the user wants to ace system design interviews or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.
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Frequently asked questions
What are Productivity agent skills?
Productivity agent skills automate everyday work: task management, email drafting, calendars, note-taking systems, and personal workflows. Each is a small SKILL.md file your AI agent applies automatically when your request matches what the skill does.
Which Productivity skills are most installed?
Popular Productivity skills on SkillMD right now include lighting-setup, music-producer, podcast-editor. Rankings shift as installs change; sort this page by "Most installs" for the live list.
Do Productivity skills work with Claude Code and Cursor?
Yes. Every skill here ships as a SKILL.md file, an open format that works in Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and 60+ other agents. Install one with npx skillmds@latest add <owner>/<name>, or copy the file into your agent's skills directory.