Agent Skills and Why Your Product Needs Them

Hosted by Emmanuel Paraskakis

Wed, May 20, 2026

4:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)

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Build AI-Ready API Products With MCP
Emmanuel Paraskakis
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What you'll learn

Where to find & install Skills

Which directories have the best, secure Skills that you can use in AI tools.

What a useful, secure Skill looks like

Understand the components of a Skill beyond simple Markdown. Know the risks that malicious Skills can introduce.

Use cases for Skills in your product

Skills are useful on their own as instructions or documentation as well as to wrap and enhance your developer tools.

How to build and distribute Skills as part of your product

Learn the framework to productize and go to market with agent Skills.

Why this topic matters

Skills go beyond simple Markdown files that automate tasks. They can stand on their own as knowledge & process distribution for your organization. They add intelligence to your other developer tools, such as APIs, SDKs, CLI, and MCP, for use as tutorials, documentation, and even onboarding. This session teaches you a framework for evaluating where Skills fit in your roadmap and how to build them.

You'll learn from

Emmanuel Paraskakis

Founder, Level 250 | 3x VP Product Management

I’m Emmanuel, an entrepreneur, product management executive, and consultant at Level 250 with over 15 years of experience shaping products.

I’ve led large API programs in fintech for Verisk, Moody’s, and Precisely, and served as VP of Product for some of the world’s most influential API tools - like API Blueprint at Apiary (550,000+ APIs), Oracle’s first Cloud-Native API Gateway, and Swagger at SmartBear (750,000+ APIs).

Over the years, I’ve consulted with everyone from Fortune 500 CEOs to startup founders, engaging with thousands of PMs, developers and consumers to help them build winning products and ecosystems.

My passion is to make products more impactful and user-friendly, which is why I created Build AI-Ready APIs: A Hands-On Workshop for Engineers and PMs: to share my lessons learned and help Product Managers and Engineers fast-track their careers.

Join me to gain practical insights, avoid common pitfalls, and learn how to deliver Developer Products that enable great user experiences, without repeating the mistakes I’ve already made along the way.

Previously at

Verisk
Moodys
Oracle
SmartBear
Precisely

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