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:

Asks "how do I do X" where X might be a common task with an existing skill

Says "find a skill for X" or "is there a skill for X"

Asks "can you do X" where X is a specialized capability

Expresses interest in extending agent capabilities

Wants to search for tools, templates, or workflows

Mentions they wish they had help with a specific domain (design, testing, deployment, etc.)

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:

npx skills find [query]

- Search for skills interactively or by keyword

npx skills add

- Install a skill from GitHub or other sources

npx skills check

- Check for skill updates

npx skills update

- Update all installed skills

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:

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

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

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

Step 2: Check the Leaderboard First

Before running a CLI search, check the

skills.sh leaderboard

to see if a well-known skill already exists for the domain. The leaderboard ranks skills by total installs, surfacing the most popular and battle-tested options.

For example, top skills for web development include:

vercel-labs/agent-skills

— React, Next.js, web design (100K+ installs each)

anthropics/skills

— Frontend design, document processing (100K+ installs)

Step 3: Search for Skills

If the leaderboard doesn't cover the user's need, run the find command:

npx skills

find

[

query

]

For example:

User asks "how do I make my React app faster?" →

npx skills find react performance

User asks "can you help me with PR reviews?" →

npx skills find pr review

User asks "I need to create a changelog" →

npx skills find changelog

Step 4: Verify Quality Before Recommending

Do not recommend a skill based solely on search results.

Always verify:

Install count

— Prefer skills with 1K+ installs. Be cautious with anything under 100.

Source reputation

— Official sources (

vercel-labs

,

anthropics

,

microsoft

) are more trustworthy than unknown authors.

GitHub stars

— Check the source repository. A skill from a repo with <100 stars should be treated with skepticism.

Step 5: Present Options to the User

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

The skill name and what it does

The install count and source

The install command they can run

A link to learn more at skills.sh

Example response:

I found a skill that might help! The "react-best-practices" skill provides

React and Next.js performance optimization guidelines from Vercel Engineering.

(185K installs)

To install it:

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills@react-best-practices

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

Step 6: 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

Use specific keywords

"react testing" is better than just "testing"

Try alternative terms

If "deploy" doesn't work, try "deployment" or "ci-cd"

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: Acknowledge that no existing skill was found Offer to help with the task directly using your general capabilities 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