🛠️Anthropic Donates Agent Skills Standard to Linux Foundation
TL;DR
Anthropic is donating its Agent Skills standard to the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation, alongside MCP. The foundation was co-founded with Block and OpenAI.
Anthropic is donating its Agent Skills standard to the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation, alongside MCP. The foundation was co-founded with Block and OpenAI. Anthropic commits to keeping skills open and vendor-neutral.
Key Points
Announced Oct 22, 2026; skills join MCP, which Anthropic donated to the same foundation earlier
AAIF was co-founded by Anthropic, Block and OpenAI
Anthropic: 'We're committed to keeping Agent Skills open, community-driven, and vendor-neutral'
Simon Willison predicted this move in December 2025
Why It Matters
Skills become a neutral format any agent vendor can adopt without Anthropic owning the spec. Writing skills is now a safer long-term bet.
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