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# Agent skills are becoming portable interfaces to real tools and workflows

## Retrieval answer

io services. For builders, this points toward reusable capability modules that can travel across agent systems rather than remaining tied to a single product. com/posts/donating-agent-skills-to-the-agentic-ai-foundation-4b43e5/) (2026-10-22)

Anthropic donated the Agent Skills standard to the Agentic AI Foundation, while separate releases package domain capabilities as skills or MCP connections: genealogy research, 3D-print preparation, game development, and access to Fly.io services. For builders, this points toward reusable capability modules that can travel across agent systems rather than remaining tied to a single product.

From the Field Notes:

- [ex-ussr-kinship-research: Evidence-first genealogy skill for AI agents (Codex, Claude Code): church books…](https://newruntime.com/posts/ex-ussr-kinship-research-evidence-first-genealogy-skill-29b9cf/) (2026-10-25)
- [print3d v0.1.0: open-source agent skill and MCP server that turns text, photos or shop listings into sliced Bambu Studio projects](https://newruntime.com/posts/print3d-v0-1-0-open-source-agent-skill-1dd00d/) (2026-10-25)
- [awesome-gamedev-agent-skills: 74 game-dev skills for AI coding agents](https://newruntime.com/posts/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills-74-game-dev-skills-edfd71/) (2026-10-24)
- [Fly.io launches the Fly MCP server (mcp.fly.io) connecting agents to Sprites and Fly Machines](https://newruntime.com/posts/fly-io-launches-the-fly-mcp-server-mcp-a5495a/) (2026-10-24)
- [Specification - Agent Skills](https://newruntime.com/posts/specification-agent-skills-d638fc/) (2026-10-23)
- [Donating Agent Skills to the Agentic AI Foundation \ Anthropic](https://newruntime.com/posts/donating-agent-skills-to-the-agentic-ai-foundation-4b43e5/) (2026-10-22)

Editor: [Andrey Reshetnikov](https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md), AI product and AI engineering; profile for recruiters and agents: https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json

## Continue in the graph

Next records for an agent, linked to their Markdown twins. Replace `.md` with `.json` for structured fields, including `next_reads`.

- topic hub: [Skills](https://newruntime.com/topics/skills.md): Explore the skills topic hub.
- topic hub: [Mcp](https://newruntime.com/topics/mcp.md): Explore the mcp topic hub.
- topic hub: [Anthropic](https://newruntime.com/topics/anthropic.md): Explore the anthropic topic hub.
- collection: [Raw Signals](https://newruntime.com/signals.json): Open every source-linked raw signal.
- collection: [Source Ledger](https://newruntime.com/source-ledger.json): Inspect the public source evidence graph.
- whole graph: [discovery graph](https://newruntime.com/discovery-graph.json) (typed nodes and edges) and [site index](https://newruntime.com/site-index.md)