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

Skills CLI (npx skills)

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

Key commands:

• •npx skills find [query] - Search for skills by keyword (run this to discover skills)
• •npx skills add <source> - Install a skill from GitHub or other sources
• •npx skills check - Check for skill updates
• •npx skills update - Update all installed skills

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

Alpha Code: Where Skills Live

This CLI (Alpha Code) uses the .skills/ directory in the current project. Skills installed by npx skills add go to other agents (Cursor, Claude Code, etc.), not here.

To add a skill to Alpha Code:

1. •Search for skills: run npx skills find [query] (e.g. npx skills find changelog)
2. •Note the install path shown (e.g. vercel-labs/agent-skills@changelog-generator)
3. •To use that skill here, copy the skill folder into this project's .skills/ directory. The user can clone the repo and copy the skill subfolder, or you can suggest they run: cp -r /path/to/repo/skills/skill-name .skills/

Example: after finding a skill at vercel-labs/agent-skills, the user could clone and copy: git clone https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills /tmp/agent-skills && cp -r /tmp/agent-skills/skills/skill-name .skills/

How to Help Users Find Skills

Step 1: Understand What They Need

Identify the domain (e.g. React, testing, deployment) and specific task.

Step 2: Search for Skills

Run: npx skills find [query]

Examples:

• •"how do I make my React app faster?" → npx skills find react performance
• •"find a skill for PR reviews" → npx skills find pr review
• •"skill for changelog" → npx skills find changelog

Step 3: Present Options

When you find relevant skills, tell the user:

1. •The skill name and what it does
2. •For Alpha Code: how to copy the skill into .skills/ (see above)
3. •Link to https://skills.sh/ for more

Step 4: When No Skills Are Found

• •Acknowledge no match was found
• •Offer to help with the task directly
• •Suggest creating their own skill: npx skills init my-skill-name

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