OrchestKit help directory with categorized skill listings. Use when discovering skills for a task, finding the right workflow, or browsing capabilities.
OrchestKit help directory with categorized skill listings. Use when discovering skills for a task, finding the right workflow, or browsing capabilities.
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OrchestKit Skill Directory
Dynamic skill discovery: enumerates the installed plugin at runtime so listings are never stale.
CC 2.1.121+ tip: if you just want to find one skill quickly, the native /skills command now has type-to-filter — open it and start typing the skill name. Use /ork:help when you want categorized browsing or rationale for why a skill applies.
Quick Start
/ork:help# Show all categories
/ork:help build # Show BUILD skills only
/ork:help git # Show GIT skills only
/ork:help all # List every user-invocable skill
Argument Resolution
CATEGORY = "$ARGUMENTS[0]"# Optional: build, git, plan, quality, memory, config, explore, design, ops, all# If provided, skip AskUserQuestion and show that category directly.# $ARGUMENTS is the full string (CC 2.1.59 indexed access)
STEP 0: Dynamic Skill Discovery
ALWAYS run this first to get accurate, up-to-date skill data:
# ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} is set by the plugin runtime and points at the INSTALLED# plugin. That is the normal case: a marketplace user has no src/ directory.
SKILLS_ROOT = "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills"
matches = Grep(pattern="user-invocable:\\s*true", path=SKILLS_ROOT, output_mode="files_with_matches")
# Dogfooding fallback: inside the OrchestKit repo itself the skills live in the# source tree. Retry there if the env var was unset or the probe found nothing.ifnot matches:
SKILLS_ROOT = "src/skills"
matches = Grep(pattern="user-invocable:\\s*true", path=SKILLS_ROOT, output_mode="files_with_matches")
If BOTH probes return zero files, say so plainly ("could not locate the OrchestKit
skills directory, checked and ") and stop.
Do NOT substitute a remembered list of skill names. Any such list is stale by
construction and a confident wrong answer is worse than no answer.
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills
src/skills
For each matched file, read the frontmatter to get name, description, version,
complexity, argument-hint and tags:
Every number rendered later is derived from this scan, never typed as a literal:
TOTAL = len(matches) # user-invocable skill count
Build the skill list dynamically. Never hardcode counts or skill names.
STEP 1: Category Selection
If CATEGORY argument provided, skip to STEP 2 with that category.
Otherwise, present categories interactively:
AskUserQuestion(
questions=[{
"question": "What type of task are you working on?",
"header": "Category",
# 4-option cap (CC schema): every category from STEP 2 is grouped into one of# 3 buckets + "Show all". STEP 2 renders the constituent categories for the# picked bucket. Descriptions name intents, never skills, so they cannot drift."options": [
{"label": "Build & ship", "description": "Writing code, tests, git and PRs, UI and design work"},
{"label": "Plan & assess", "description": "Requirements, planning, quality assessment, review"},
{"label": "Explore & operate", "description": "Codebase exploration, memory, setup, diagnostics, CI"},
{"label": "Show all", "description": "List every user-invocable skill"}
],
"multiSelect": false
}]
)
STEP 2: Render Category
For the selected category, render the skill table from the data gathered in STEP 0.
Category Definitions
Categories are defined by tag predicates, never by a list of skill names, so a
newly shipped skill lands in the right bucket without editing this file. Match each
discovered skill's frontmatter tags against the sets below (case-insensitive, one
hit is enough):
A skill matching two categories is listed under both. That is expected, not a bug.
OTHER is what makes the totals reconcile: every skill found in STEP 0 must appear
somewhere in a full listing, so a skill nobody has categorized yet still shows up.
The STEP 1 picker only offers 3 buckets (the AskUserQuestion schema caps a
question at 4 options). Each bucket renders the union of its categories:
If user picks "Show all", render ALL user-invocable skills grouped by category from
STEP 0 data, then close with the derived total: {TOTAL} user-invocable skills.
Print TOTAL from len(matches). Never type a number you did not just count.
CC Built-in Commands (2.1.72+)
Not OrchestKit skills — these are Claude Code built-ins:
Command
Description
Since
/code-review
Review changed code for correctness bugs at a chosen effort level; --comment posts inline PR comments (renamed from /simplify in 2.1.146; the old cleanup-and-fix behavior was removed)
CC 2.1.146
/help
Claude Code built-in help
CC 2.1.0+
/config
Claude Code configuration
CC 2.1.0+
/clear
Clear conversation (preserves background agents)
CC 2.1.72
/fast
Toggle fast mode (same model, faster output)
CC 2.1.59+
/loop
Recurring interval (e.g. /loop 5m /foo)
CC 2.1.71
/plan
Enter plan mode (CC 2.1.222 removed the ultraplan feature, so /ultraplan and the "Refine with Ultraplan" hand-off no longer exist)
CC 2.1.72
/team-onboarding
Generate teammate ramp-up guide
CC 2.1.101
/recap
Session context restoration after idle
CC 2.1.108
/undo
Alias for /rewind
CC 2.1.108
/skills
Native skill picker — type to filter
CC 2.1.121
/effort
Reasoning effort — sets $CLAUDE_EFFORT env for skills
CC 2.1.72 (env var since 2.1.120)
/cd
Move session to a new working directory without breaking the prompt cache
CC 2.1.169
--safe-mode
Start with ALL customizations disabled (troubleshooting bisect)
CC 2.1.169 (flag/env, not a slash command)
Performance Tips
ENABLE_PROMPT_CACHING_1H=1 — Extends prompt cache TTL from 5 min to 1 hour. Set this for long sessions with multi-phase skills (brainstorm, implement, cover). Available on API key, Bedrock, Vertex, Foundry.
/recap — Restores session context after stepping away. Complements OrchestKit's checkpoint-resume for chain recovery.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl+F
Find in session output
Esc
Cancel / dismiss
Shift+Enter
Newline in input
Ctrl+C
Cancel operation
Pro Tip
You don't need to memorize skills. Just describe your task naturally:
"I need to implement user login" → /ork:implement
"Show me the payment architecture" → /ork:explore
"Review PR 123" → /ork:review-pr
"Is this code good?" → /ork:assess
"Plan out the billing redesign" → /ork:visualize-plan
