Overview

Find-skills helps you locate installable agent capabilities when functionality might exist as a community skill. It guides you to the skill registry, repository scans for SKILL.md, and installing with a simple command.

How This Skill Works

It directs users to the skill registry and relevant repositories, then verifies that a SKILL.md exists containing a name and description. Once a suitable skill is found, installation is performed with the command: npx skills add <owner/repo>.

When to Use It

• A user asks how to do X and X might be a skill
• A user asks to 'find a skill for...' or 'is there a skill that can...'
• A user wants to extend agent capabilities
• Looking for domain-specific tooling or integrations
• A user wants to explore installable skills across registries and repos

Quick Start

1. Step 1: Check the skill registry at skills.sh
2. Step 2: Search GitHub for repositories with .agents/skills/ and inspect SKILL.md
3. Step 3: Install the desired skill with npx skills add <owner/repo> and verify it in ~/.agents/skills/ or the project path

Best Practices

• Start by checking the skills.sh registry for vetted options
• Search GitHub for repositories containing .agents/skills/ directories
• Look for SKILL.md files with frontmatter containing name and description
• Prefer skills labeled as user-level by default (~/.agents/skills/)
• Install with npx skills add <owner/repo> and test in a safe environment

Example Use Cases

• A user asks how to automate calendar events and discovers a calendar skill, then installs it with npx skills add owner/calendar-skill
• A developer looks for a web-scraping tool as a skill and adds it to the agent via npx skills add owner/web-scrape-skill
• A team needs a payments processing capability and finds a payments skill to install
• An engineer searches for a CI or GitHub actions integration skill and installs it to streamline workflows
• A product manager explores CRM/analytics domain skills and adds a relevant skill to the agent

Frequently Asked Questions