Find Skills

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 skls-mgr CLI?

The skls-mgr CLI (npx skls-mgr) 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 skls-mgr find [query] - Search for skills interactively or by keyword
• npx skls-mgr add - imports a skill source into ~/.config/skls-mgr.
• npx skls-mgr install - places explicitly selected local skills into a project or tool skill directory.
• npx skls-mgr list, update, and remove manage the local collection after import.

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:

1. The domain (e.g., React, testing, design, deployment)
2. The specific task (e.g., writing tests, creating animations, reviewing PRs)
3. 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 skls-mgr find [query]

For example:

• User asks "how do I make my React app faster?" → npx skls-mgr find react performance
• User asks "can you help me with PR reviews?" → npx skls-mgr find pr review
• User asks "I need to create a changelog" → npx skls-mgr find changelog

Step 4: Verify Quality Before Recommending

Do not recommend a skill based solely on search results. Always verify:

1. Install count — Prefer skills with 1K+ installs. Be cautious with anything under 100.
2. Source reputation — Official sources (vercel-labs, anthropics, microsoft) are more trustworthy than unknown authors.
3. GitHub stars — Check the source repository. A skill from a repo with --skill

npx skls-mgr install --skill --dir --link

Use `--skill ` to install specific collected skills without manual selection, `--dir ` to choose the target directory, and `--link` or `--copy` to choose how the skills are installed.

## 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

1. **Use specific keywords**: "react testing" is better than just "testing"
2. **Try alternative terms**: If "deploy" doesn't work, try "deployment" or "ci-cd"
3. **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:

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

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?

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [Xaviw](https://github.com/Xaviw)
- **Source:** [Xaviw/skills-manager](https://github.com/Xaviw/skills-manager)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.