Find Skills

When a user needs help with a task that might already exist as an installable skill, search the ecosystem before building from scratch.

When to use

• User asks "how do I do X" where X sounds like a common, reusable task.
• User says "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can…".
• User wants to extend agent capabilities in a specific domain.

How to apply

1. Identify the domain and specific task from the user's request.
2. Run npx skills find [query] with a specific keyword (e.g. react performance, pr review, changelog).
3. Present matching skills with their name, what they do, and the install command.
4. If the user wants to install: npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -g -y (-g = global, -y = skip prompts).

Browse the full registry at skills.sh.

When no skill is found

Acknowledge the gap, help directly with general capabilities, and offer npx skills init my-skill-name if the task repeats often enough to warrant a custom skill.

Output should feel like

• A clear match (or honest "none found") with the install command ready to copy.
• No guessing at skill names — always run the search command first.

Related

• skills-index — vault catalog.