Find Skills

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name: find-skills

description: Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill.

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# Find Skills

This skill helps you discover and install skills from the open agent skills ecosystem.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user:

What is the Skills CLI?

The Skills CLI (`npx skills`) is the package manager for the open agent skills ecosystem. Skills are modular packages that extend agent capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, and tools.

**Key commands:**

**Browse skills at:** https://skills.sh/

How to Help Users Find Skills

Step 1: Understand What They Need

When a user asks for help with something, identify:

1. The domain (e.g., React, testing, design, deployment)

2. The specific task (e.g., writing tests, creating animations, reviewing PRs)

3. Whether this is a common enough task that a skill likely exists

Step 2: Search for Skills

Run the find command with a relevant query:

npx skills find [query]

For example:

The command will return results like:

Install with npx skills add <owner/repo@skill>

vercel-labs/agent-skills@vercel-react-best-practices
└ https://skills.sh/vercel-labs/agent-skills/vercel-react-best-practices

Step 3: Present Options to the User

When you find relevant skills, present them to the user with:

1. The skill name and what it does

2. The install command they can run

3. A link to learn more at skills.sh

Example response:

I found a skill that might help! The "vercel-react-best-practices" skill provides
React and Next.js performance optimization guidelines from Vercel Engineering.

To install it:
npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills@vercel-react-best-practices

Learn more: https://skills.sh/vercel-labs/agent-skills/vercel-react-best-practices

Step 4: Offer to Install

If the user wants to proceed, you can install the skill for them:

npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -g -y

The `-g` flag installs globally (user-level) and `-y` skips confirmation prompts.

Common Skill Categories

When searching, consider these common categories:

| Category | Example Queries |

| --------------- | ---------------------------------------- |

| Web Development | react, nextjs, typescript, css, tailwind |

| Testing | testing, jest, playwright, e2e |

| DevOps | deploy, docker, kubernetes, ci-cd |

| Documentation | docs, readme, changelog, api-docs |

| Code Quality | review, lint, refactor, best-practices |

| Design | ui, ux, design-system, accessibility |

| Productivity | workflow, automation, git |

Tips for Effective Searches

1. **Use specific keywords**: "react testing" is better than just "testing"

2. **Try alternative terms**: If "deploy" doesn't work, try "deployment" or "ci-cd"

3. **Check popular sources**: Many skills come from `vercel-labs/agent-skills` or `ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills`

When No Skills Are Found

If no relevant skills exist:

1. Acknowledge that no existing skill was found

2. Offer to help with the task directly using your general capabilities

3. Suggest the user could create their own skill with `npx skills init`

Example:

I searched for skills related to "xyz" but didn't find any matches.
I can still help you with this task directly! Would you like me to proceed?

If this is something you do often, you could create your own skill:
npx skills init my-xyz-skill