Find Skills

Discover and install skills from the open agent skills ecosystem.

When to Use

• •User asks "how do I do X" where X might have an existing skill
• •User says "find a skill for X" or "is there a skill for X"
• •User asks "can you do X" where X is a specialized capability
• •User wants to extend agent capabilities

What is the Skills CLI?

The Skills CLI (npx skills) is the package manager for the open agent skills ecosystem.

Key commands:

• •npx skills find [query] - Search for skills
• •npx skills add <package> - Install a skill
• •npx skills check - Check for updates
• •npx skills update - Update all skills

Browse skills at: https://skills.sh/

How to Help Users

Step 1: Search for Skills

npx skills find [query]

Examples:

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

Step 2: Present Options

When you find relevant skills, present them with:

1. •The skill name and what it does
2. •The install command
3. •A link to learn more

Example:

I found a skill that might help! The "vercel-react-best-practices" skill provides
React and Next.js performance optimization guidelines.

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 3: Offer to Install

npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -g -y

The -g flag installs globally, -y skips confirmation.

Common Skill Categories

When No Skills Found

If no relevant skills exist:

1. •Acknowledge that no existing skill was found
2. •Offer to help with the task directly
3. •Suggest creating their own skill: npx skills init my-skill