Banana Skill Finder
Proactively helps users discover and install relevant Claude skills when they encounter tasks that could benefit from specialized capabilities.
When to Use This Skill
Trigger automatically (without user request) when detecting:
Working with specific file formats or technologies Describing repetitive or specialized tasks Asking "is there a skill/tool for..." or similar Struggling with domain-specific work Any task where a specialized skill could help
Important: This skill should trigger proactively. Don't wait for users to explicitly ask for skill recommendations.
Workflow 1. Analyze User Need
Identify:
Core task: What is the user trying to accomplish? Domain: What category does this fall into? (development, documents, data, web, devops, content, etc.) Keywords: Extract 2-4 relevant search terms 2. Search for Skills
Use a three-tier strategy with automatic fallback:
Tier 1: SkillsMP API (Best - if configured)
Check for API key
echo $SKILLSMP_API_KEY
If exists, use AI semantic search
curl -X GET "https://skillsmp.com/api/v1/skills/ai-search?q={natural_language_query}" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SKILLSMP_API_KEY"
Benefits:
AI understands user intent, not just keywords Access to 60,000+ curated skills Best relevance and quality indicators
Tier 2: skills.sh WebFetch (Good - always works)
Try search with query parameter
Use WebFetch: https://skills.sh/?q={keywords}
Or browse leaderboard
Use WebFetch: https://skills.sh # All-time popular Use WebFetch: https://skills.sh/trending # Trending (24h)
Benefits:
200+ high-quality curated skills No authentication needed Ranked by install count Shows trending skills
Tier 3: GitHub API (Fallback - may have limits)
curl -X GET "https://api.github.com/search/code?q={keywords}+SKILL.md+language:markdown" \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json"
Note: Rate limited (60/hour unauthenticated), use only as last resort.
Optional: Check Local Installed Skills
ls ~/.claude/skills/
Check if user already has relevant skills installed but hasn't used them.
Recommendation Order: Try Tier 1 → Tier 2 → Tier 3. Stop when you find good matches.
- Rank by Relevance
Score each found skill based on:
Keyword match with user's need (most important) Functionality alignment Quality indicators (stars, recent activity) Specificity vs generality
Select the 1-3 most relevant skills. Quality over quantity.
- Present Recommendations
Format recommendations as:
I found [N] skill(s) that could help:
1. [Skill Name] - [One-line description]
Source: [SkillsMP/GitHub/Vercel]
Repository: [owner/repo]
Why relevant: [Brief explanation]
Install: npx skills add [owner]/[repo]
[Repeat for 2-3 skills max]
Would you like me to install any of these?
- Install if Approved
When user approves, install using Vercel's skills CLI:
npx skills add
Examples:
npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills npx skills add anthropics/skills
This command:
Downloads the skill from GitHub Installs to ~/.claude/skills/ Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and other agents Tracks installation via anonymous telemetry (leaderboard)
Confirm installation success and explain how the skill will help.
Key Principles
Proactive, Not Reactive: Trigger automatically when relevant, don't wait to be asked
Quality Over Quantity: Recommend only 1-3 best matches, not a long list
Smart Three-Tier Search:
Tier 1: SkillsMP AI search (best, if configured) Tier 2: skills.sh leaderboard (good, always works) Tier 3: GitHub API (fallback, rate limited) Stop when you find good matches
Explain Relevance: Always explain why each skill matches their need
Easy Installation: Use npx skills add owner/repo for one-command installation
API Key Recommended but Optional: Best results with SkillsMP API key, but skills.sh fallback works well
Examples
User says: "I need to extract text from a PDF file" → Trigger skill-finder, search for PDF processing skills, recommend pdf-editor or similar
User says: "Help me review this React component" → Trigger skill-finder, search for React/code-review skills, recommend react-best-practices from Vercel
User says: "I'm deploying to AWS" → Trigger skill-finder, search for AWS/deployment skills, recommend cloud-deploy or aws-helper
User says: "How do I query this BigQuery table?" → Trigger skill-finder, search for BigQuery/SQL skills, recommend bigquery or data-analysis skills
Additional Resources
For detailed information:
references/api_config.md - How to set up SkillsMP API key references/skill_sources.md - Skill sources, categories, and search strategies Setup Recommendations
For best results, suggest users configure SkillsMP API key:
Visit https://skillsmp.com/docs/api Generate API key Set environment variable: export SKILLSMP_API_KEY="sk_live_..."
This enables AI semantic search (much better than keyword matching). Without it, the skill automatically falls back to skills.sh leaderboard search, which still works well for most cases.