Find Skills (Nix)

Discover skills at skills.sh and install them declaratively through the Nix agent-skills module.

Search for Skills

npx skills find [query]

Returns results like: vercel-labs/agent-skills@react-best-practices

Also browse skills.sh for trending and popular skills.

Install a Skill

Parse the search result format: <owner>/<repo>@<skill-name>.

1. Check if source exists

Look in flake.nix inputs and modules/home-manager/packages/agent-skills/default.nix sources.

Known sources already configured:

2a. Source exists — just enable the skill

Add the skill name to skills.enable in modules/home-manager/packages/agent-skills/default.nix:

skills.enable = [
  "existing-skill"
  "new-skill"  # add here
];

2b. New source — add input + source + skill

Add non-flake input to flake.nix:

new-source = {
  url = "github:<owner>/<repo>";
  flake = false;
};

Add source to agent-skills/default.nix:

sources.new-source = {
  path = inputs.new-source;
  subdir = "skills";  # directory containing skill folders
};

Add skill to skills.enable:

skills.enable = [
  "new-skill"
];

Note: subdir is the path within the repo where skill directories live. Check the repo structure — most use skills/.

3. Apply

git add -A && switch

New flake inputs require git add before Nix can see them.

When No Skills Are Found

1. •Offer to help with the task directly
2. •Suggest creating a local skill in .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md using the skill-creator skill