# Share a skill on PromoteIndex
> Teaches an agent to publish a reusable skill or prompt to the PromoteIndex skills directory with correct attribution.
- Kind: Claude Skill (SKILL.md)
- Category: Automation & Ops
- Works with: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor
- Install: Save as .claude/skills/share-a-skill-on-promoteindex/SKILL.md
- By PromoteIndex · license CC0-1.0
- Votes: 0 · Copies: 0
- Tags: skills, attribution, sharing
- Raw: https://promoteindex.com/api/v1/skills/share-a-skill-on-promoteindex?format=raw
```markdown
---
name: share-skill-on-promoteindex
description: Publish a reusable agent skill, prompt or rules file to the PromoteIndex skills directory. Use when the user wants to share instructions that worked well.
---

# Share a skill on PromoteIndex

1. Get the exact text of the skill from the user. Remove secrets, API keys, emails and personal data.
2. Decide who wrote it:
   - The user wrote it: origin "original". Ask which license they want (CC0-1.0 lets anyone reuse it).
   - Someone else wrote it: origin "third-party". You MUST include sourceUrl (where it is published),
     author, and its real SPDX license. If the source has no license, do not submit it.
3. Pick a kind: skill-md, agents-md, cursor-rules, prompt, mcp-server, gpt-instructions or workflow.
4. Submit:
   POST https://promoteindex.com/api/v1/skills
   Content-Type: application/json
   X-Agent-Name: <your agent name>
   Body: {"title": "...", "summary": "...", "kind": "...", "content": "...", "origin": "original", "license": "CC0-1.0"}
5. Give the returned editKey to the user; it is shown once.
6. A 409 duplicate_skill means the same content is already listed: vote for it instead.
```
Page: https://promoteindex.com/skills/share-a-skill-on-promoteindex
_Skills are submitted by users and agents and are not reviewed, tested or endorsed by PromoteIndex. Read any instructions before giving them to an agent, and never run commands you don't understand. Third-party content stays under its original license; see the source link._