Heft

Shared Skills

Agent Commons

A skill is a set of instructions an AI agent picks up to do one job well. These skills help the teams who look after land and sea find funding, keep up with new science, make maps and read satellite images. Pick your AI tool, copy the command, then ask for what you need.

Your AI tool

Type these in Claude Code, one line at a time.

Works on paid plans in the desktop app and on claude.ai. Turn on code execution in Settings > Capabilities first.

Run this in a terminal. It needs Node.js.

Run this in a terminal. It needs Node.js.

Run this in a terminal. It needs Node.js.

ChatGPT can’t install these skills directly. Paste the skill text into a Project’s instructions instead.

Skills from Heft

We wrote these for reserve work and use them ourselves. They’re free to use and change under the MIT licence.

Funding map

By Heft · MIT licence

Name your place. It finds the funds that could pay for work there, from government schemes to foundations, and keeps a list it rechecks as each deadline comes round.

Try asking “Map the funding for Bazaruto Archipelago National Park.”

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add https://heft.earth/claude/marketplace.json
/plugin install funding-map@heft

Claude app

Download funding-map.zip

Then go to Customize > Skills > + > Create skill > Upload a skill.

Codex

npx skills add https://heft.earth -s funding-map -g -a codex

Cursor

npx skills add https://heft.earth -s funding-map -g -a cursor

Gemini CLI

npx skills add https://heft.earth -s funding-map -g -a gemini-cli

ChatGPT

Paste it into a ChatGPT Project’s instructions. ChatGPT reads the main instructions but not the skill’s extra files.

Conservation radar

By Heft · MIT licence

Tell it what your place cares about. Each time it runs, it reads new science, policy and news and writes a short note on what matters to you, with every source linked.

Try asking “Set up a conservation radar for Lough Neagh.”

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add https://heft.earth/claude/marketplace.json
/plugin install conservation-radar@heft

Claude app

Download conservation-radar.zip

Then go to Customize > Skills > + > Create skill > Upload a skill.

Codex

npx skills add https://heft.earth -s conservation-radar -g -a codex

Cursor

npx skills add https://heft.earth -s conservation-radar -g -a cursor

Gemini CLI

npx skills add https://heft.earth -s conservation-radar -g -a gemini-cli

ChatGPT

Paste it into a ChatGPT Project’s instructions. ChatGPT reads the main instructions but not the skill’s extra files.

Reserve maps

By Heft · MIT licence

Draws a clean map of your place from real boundary and coastline data, credits the sources, and gets it ready for a report or funder pack.

Try asking “Make a map of our reserve for the annual report.”

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add https://heft.earth/claude/marketplace.json
/plugin install reserve-maps@heft

Claude app

Download reserve-maps.zip

Then go to Customize > Skills > + > Create skill > Upload a skill.

Codex

npx skills add https://heft.earth -s reserve-maps -g -a codex

Cursor

npx skills add https://heft.earth -s reserve-maps -g -a cursor

Gemini CLI

npx skills add https://heft.earth -s reserve-maps -g -a gemini-cli

ChatGPT

Paste it into a ChatGPT Project’s instructions. ChatGPT reads the main instructions but not the skill’s extra files.

Satellite change with OlmoEarth

By Heft · MIT licence

Helps you use Ai2's OlmoEarth models on satellite images of your place, to see where habitat changed and where a ground team should look first.

Try asking “Where did the mangroves on Carriacou change after Hurricane Beryl?”

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add https://heft.earth/claude/marketplace.json
/plugin install using-olmoearth@heft

Claude app

Download using-olmoearth.zip

Then go to Customize > Skills > + > Create skill > Upload a skill.

Codex

npx skills add https://heft.earth -s using-olmoearth -g -a codex

Cursor

npx skills add https://heft.earth -s using-olmoearth -g -a cursor

Gemini CLI

npx skills add https://heft.earth -s using-olmoearth -g -a gemini-cli

ChatGPT

Paste it into a ChatGPT Project’s instructions. ChatGPT reads the main instructions but not the skill’s extra files.

Skills by others that we use

Each one links to its author’s own page, where the skill lives and gets updated.

Grilling

By Matt Pocock · MIT

Asks you hard questions about a plan, one round at a time, until the plan holds up.

Try asking “Grill me on our plan to restore the dunes.”

Claude Code

/plugin install mattpocock-skills@claude-plugins-official

This installs Matt’s whole set, grilling included.

Claude app

Matt doesn’t package it for the Claude app. Use Claude Code, or the Code tab in the Claude desktop app.

Codex

npx skills add mattpocock/skills -s grilling -g -a codex

Cursor

npx skills add mattpocock/skills -s grilling -g -a cursor

Gemini CLI

npx skills add mattpocock/skills -s grilling -g -a gemini-cli

ChatGPT

Paste it into a ChatGPT Project’s instructions.

Skill creator

By Anthropic · Apache 2.0

Writes a new skill with you, then tests it and improves it. Use it to turn a job your team does often into a skill.

Try asking “Help me make a skill for our monthly patrol report.”

Claude Code

/plugin install skill-creator@claude-plugins-official

Claude app

It’s built in. Turn it on in Customize > Skills.

Codex

npx skills add anthropics/skills -s skill-creator -g -a codex

Cursor

npx skills add anthropics/skills -s skill-creator -g -a cursor

Gemini CLI

npx skills add anthropics/skills -s skill-creator -g -a gemini-cli

ChatGPT

ChatGPT has its own skill creator. Type @skill-creator in a chat.

Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF

By Anthropic · Anthropic’s terms

Lets Claude make and edit real Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files, such as a budget sheet, a board paper or a filled-in grant form.

Try asking “Turn these survey notes into an Excel sheet with a chart.”

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install document-skills@anthropic-agent-skills

Claude app

They’re built in. Turn them on in Customize > Skills.

Codex

These are for Claude only. Anthropic publishes them under its own terms, not an open licence.

Cursor

These are for Claude only. Anthropic publishes them under its own terms, not an open licence.

Gemini CLI

These are for Claude only. Anthropic publishes them under its own terms, not an open licence.

ChatGPT

These are for Claude only. Anthropic publishes them under its own terms, not an open licence.

Open Knowledge Format

By Marco Boffo · MIT

Keeps what your team knows as a folder of linked notes that people and agents can both read and update. The funding map and radar can write their notes this way.

Try asking “Start a knowledge folder for our reserve.”

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add scaccogatto/okf-skills
/plugin install okf@scaccogatto

Claude app

Marco doesn’t package it for the Claude app. Use Claude Code, or the Code tab in the Claude desktop app.

Codex

npx skills add scaccogatto/okf-skills -g -a codex

Cursor

npx skills add scaccogatto/okf-skills -g -a cursor

Gemini CLI

npx skills add scaccogatto/okf-skills -g -a gemini-cli

ChatGPT

Paste it into a ChatGPT Project’s instructions.

Last 30 days

By Matt Van Horn · MIT

Finds what people have said about a topic in the last 30 days on Reddit, YouTube, Hacker News and other sites, with links to each post.

Try asking “What are people saying about water quality at Croyde?”

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add mvanhorn/last30days-skill
/plugin install last30days@last30days-skill

Claude app

Download last30days.skill

Then go to Customize > Skills > + > Create skill > Upload a skill.

Codex

npx skills add mvanhorn/last30days-skill -g -a codex

Cursor

npx skills add mvanhorn/last30days-skill -g -a cursor

Gemini CLI

npx skills add mvanhorn/last30days-skill -g -a gemini-cli

ChatGPT

Paste it into a ChatGPT Project’s instructions.

New to skills?

Our workshops show how to install skills, use them on your own records and write new ones for jobs your team does often. If you make a skill that helps your place, tell us and we’ll look at adding it here.

Tell us about a skill