skills.md vs MCP: two ways to give agents team context

A static file for portability, a live server for freshness. Most teams use both.

skills.md

Export your conventions and decisions to a single skills.md file and commit it. Any agent that reads repo files picks it up.

MCP

The MCP server answers live, so agents always see the newest decisions, including ones made yesterday.

Which to use

Use skills.md for a quick start and offline agents, and MCP when freshness matters. They read from the same brain.