Esri developer agent skills are reusable instructions that provide contextual guidance for agents to perform AI-assisted ArcGIS development tasks. In the ArcGIS agentic developer toolkit, they support tasks involving ArcGIS technologies, SDKs, APIs, and supported open-source libraries, and help agents apply development best practices.
The skills are open source and available in the Esri developer agent skills GitHub repository. They are delivered through an agent plugin and are designed to work with the Esri MCP server for developer documentation, which helps agents find and retrieve Esri developer documentation.
No ArcGIS product is required to use the skills in an AI agent. However, using the skills to generate an app that accesses secure ArcGIS resources requires an ArcGIS account to create credentials.
Related terms
- ArcGIS agentic developer toolkit
The ArcGIS agentic developer toolkit is a collection of components, including an MCP server and agent skills, that support AI-assisted development for building ArcGIS applications. - Esri MCP server for developer documentation
The Esri MCP server for developer documentation is a core component of the ArcGIS agentic developer toolkit. It is hosted by Esri and provides tools that allow AI agents to search and retrieve official ArcGIS developer resources.