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title: "Agent Skills index defined | Agent Ready Checklist"
description: "Agent Skills index: JSON at /.well-known/agent-skills/index.json listing skill documents with name, type, url and sha256 digest, so agents learn how to do."
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last_updated: 2026-11-05
section: "Glossary"
---

# Agent Skills index defined | Agent Ready Checklist

> Agent Skills index: JSON at /.well-known/agent-skills/index.json listing skill documents with name, type, url and sha256 digest, so agents learn how to do.

Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/glossary/agent-skills-index
Site: Agent Ready Checklist
Last reviewed: 2026-11-05
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# Agent Skills index

JSON at /.well-known/agent-skills/index.json listing skill documents with name, type, url and sha256 digest, so agents learn how to do tasks on a site. Example: {"skills":\[{"name":"robots-txt","type":"skill-md","url":"/.well-known/agent-skills/robots-txt/SKILL.md","digest":"sha256:…"}\]}. The index follows the Agent Skills Discovery RFC v0.2.0 and its $schema is https://schemas.agentskills.io/discovery/0.2.0/schema.json. The Verify Kit check agent-skills tests Agent Skills index.

## Definition

JSON at /.well-known/agent-skills/index.json listing skill documents with name, type, url and sha256 digest, so agents learn how to do tasks on a site.

## Example

```json
{"skills":[{"name":"robots-txt","type":"skill-md","url":"/.well-known/agent-skills/robots-txt/SKILL.md","digest":"sha256:…"}]}
```

## Nearby terms

-   [.well-known](https://agentreadychecklist.com/glossary/well-known/)URI prefix defined in RFC 8615 for site-wide metadata at fixed paths.

## Sources

-   [isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md](https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)read 2026-11-04

Last reviewed 2026-11-05. AgentReady v2.0, read 2026-11-04.