Connecting Agent Skills with MCP

I explain how Agent Skills can complement MCP tools by providing reusable procedures and domain knowledge, and describe the design of an MCP extension for sharing skills. The talk covers the extension’s resource-based approach and the process behind its development and review.

■ Skills and MCP
- Why tool descriptions alone may not capture workflows, conventions, or specialized knowledge
- How MCP resources expose skill metadata, skill files, and related resources

■ Extension design and development
- The choices considered, the decision to keep the extension minimal, and the standardization process
- Open questions around discovery, progressive disclosure, and folder listing

This overview is for people building agents, MCP servers, or contributing to related specifications. It offers context for evaluating the extension’s design and points interested viewers toward community channels for questions and participation; it does not provide a step-by-step implementation guide.