Find Skills Hub

Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express...

Security Scan

The skill's instructions, requirements, and behavior are coherent with its stated purpose (finding and recommending installable skills), but it relies on npx to fetch and install third-party packages so users should be cautious about auto-install behavior.

Purpose & Capability

The name/description say it helps locate and install agent skills and the SKILL.md precisely instructs using the Skills CLI (npx skills) to search and add skills. No unrelated env vars, binaries, or config paths are requested.

Instruction Scope

Instructions are narrowly scoped to searching (npx skills find) and installing (npx skills add). They explicitly recommend installing packages (including a global install example with -g -y). This is within the stated purpose, but it does instruct commands that will download and execute third-party code when run.

Install Mechanism

There is no install spec for the skill itself (instruction-only), which is low-risk for the skill package. However, the workflow depends on npx to download third-party skills from npm/GitHub; that mechanism inherently fetches and executes external code and should be treated as a trust boundary.

Credentials

The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. Nothing requested appears disproportionate to finding/installing skills.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is not always-enabled and does not request persistent privileges. One operational note: the SKILL.md suggests using installation flags (-g -y) that skip confirmations; combined with an agent that can invoke skills autonomously, that could enable installing packages without an explicit interactive confirmation unless other platform controls prevent it.

Assessment

This skill is coherent with its description: it helps search for and propose install commands for other skills using the Skills CLI. However, npx add commands download and run third-party code — treat that as a trust decision. Before allowing installation: 1) confirm the exact owner/repository and review the skill's source link (skills.sh/GitHub) yourself; 2) avoid permitting automatic global installs with -g -y unless you trust the package; 3) if you want stricter control, tell the agent to only propose install commands and require you to run them manually. If you need higher assurance, ask the publisher/source of the skill for provenance or prefer skills from well-known organizations.

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 Skills CLI?

The Skills CLI (npx skills) 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 skills find [query] - Search for skills interactively or by keyword
• npx skills add <package> - 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/

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: Search for Skills

Run the find command with a relevant query:

npx skills find [query]

For example:

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

The command will return results like:

Install with npx skills add <owner/repo@skill>

vercel-labs/agent-skills@vercel-react-best-practices
└ https://skills.sh/vercel-labs/agent-skills/vercel-react-best-practices

Step 3: Present Options to the User

When you find relevant skills, present them to the user with:

1. The skill name and what it does
2. The install command they can run
3. A link to learn more at skills.sh

Example response:

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

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 4: Offer to Install

If the user wants to proceed, you can install the skill for them:

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

The -g flag installs globally (user-level) and -y skips confirmation prompts.

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
3. Suggest the user could create their own skill with npx skills init

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?

If this is something you do often, you could create your own skill:
npx skills init my-xyz-skill