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 <package>

• 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: Search for Skills

Run the find command with a relevant query:

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

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:

• The skill name and what it does

• The install command they can run

• 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

• 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