Find Skills
Discover and install agent skills from the open ecosystem
What You Can Do
Help users discover specialized agent skills by searching the open skills ecosystem when they ask 'how do I do X' or want to extend capabilities. Verify skill quality based on install counts and source reputation, then install skills directly for users. The skill guides users through understanding their needs, finding the best matches, and enabling immediate access to new agent capabilities.
Features
Search for skills by domain and task using npx skills find with optional owner scoping to narrow results
Evaluate skills based on install count (prefer 1K+), source reputation, and GitHub stars before recommending
Check the skills.sh leaderboard to discover popular, battle-tested skills across all categories
Install skills for users using npx skills add, supporting GitHub, GitLab, local paths, and direct URLs
Access private skill repositories using Git credentials, GitHub CLI, or SSH authentication seamlessly
Support multiple source formats including GitHub shorthand, full URLs, direct skill paths, and archives
Walk users through understanding their needs, presenting options with details, and helping them install
Offer direct help when no matching skill exists and suggest creating custom skills for future reuse
Example Output
Search for React Testing Skills
npx skills find react testing
When a user asks 'can you help me test React components?', this command searches the ecosystem and displays top skills with install counts and source details to help you choose confidently.
Install a Recommended Skill
npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills@react-testing -g -y
After finding the best matching skill, install it globally for the user with a single command, making the capability immediately available.
Suggest Custom Skill Creation
npx skills init my-domain-skill
When no existing skill fits the user's specialized need, guide them to create their own reusable skill by walking through the initialization and setup process.
What's Included
- Step-by-Step Discovery Process: Guide for understanding user needs, searching, verifying quality, and presenting recommendations
- Quality Metrics Reference: Guidelines for evaluating install counts, source reputation, and GitHub stars to find reliable skills
- Skill Categories Table: Reference of common categories (web dev, testing, DevOps, documentation, design, productivity) with example queries
- Installation Commands: Clear examples for installing globally, per-project, interactively, and non-interactively with various options
- CLI Command Reference: Full documentation of skills commands: find, add, remove, update, list, use, and init
- Troubleshooting Guide: Strategies for handling missing skills, recommending custom skill creation, and providing fallback assistance
Who It's For
- Agent Developers and Engineers
- Software Developers Seeking Specialized Tools
- DevOps and Infrastructure Engineers
- Technical Leads Building Agent Workflows
Best For
- Discovering domain-specific capabilities
- Finding and installing specialized agent skills
- Extending agent functionality on demand
- Helping users find solutions to their problems
- Building customized agent workflows