skill-manager

name	skill-manager
description	Install, remove, and manage Claude Code skills dynamically with hot-reload. Use when the user wants to add or remove skills, list available or installed skills, check the skill catalog, search for skills, or troubleshoot skill installation. Covers all 519 skills across 21 categories.
allowed-tools	Bash, Read
version	2.0.0
author	Intent Solutions IO <[e-mail]>
license	MIT
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code
tags	["skills","installation","management","catalog"]

Skill Manager

Manage Claude Code skills dynamically without restarting. Supports all 519 skills across 21 categories from the claude-code-plugins-plus-skills catalog.

Live Skill Catalog

!ccpi skills list --json 2>/dev/null | python3 -c "import json,sys; skills=json.load(sys.stdin); cats={}; [cats.setdefault(s['category'],[]).append(s['name']) for s in skills]; [print(f'{cat}: {len(names)} skills ({\"installed\" if any(s[\"installed\"] for s in skills if s[\"category\"]==cat) else \"none installed\"})') for cat,names in sorted(cats.items())]" 2>/dev/null || echo "ccpi not available — run from the claude-code-plugins-plus-skills repo"

Platform Surfaces

Surface	Path	Scope
claude	~/.claude/skills/	Global (all projects)
project	<git-root>/.claude/skills/	Current project only
antigravity	~/.gemini/antigravity/skills/	Antigravity AI
gemini	~/.gemini/skills/	Gemini CLI
cursor	~/.cursor/skills/	Cursor IDE

When to Use

Use this skill when the user wants to:

• Install a skill from the 519-skill catalog
• Remove an installed skill
• List available or installed skills
• Search for skills matching a topic
• Check if a specific skill is installed

Proactive Skill Suggestions

When working on a project, if the user's request matches an uninstalled skill's description from the catalog above:

1. Inform the user: "The <skill-name> skill covers this — want me to install it?"
2. If yes, install with: ccpi skills install <skill-name> --surface project
3. Confirm: "✓ installed and immediately available via hot-reload"

Examples of proactive suggestions:

• User asks about Kubernetes → suggest kubernetes-architect (if in catalog)
• User asks about security scanning → suggest code-injection-detector, dependency-vulnerability-checker
• User asks about AWS → suggest skills from 13-aws-skills category

Workflow

Search for Skills

ccpi search <query>

Shows matching skills (with category) and plugins. Offers interactive install prompt.

List Available Skills

ccpi skills list                          # all 519 skills, grouped by category
ccpi skills list --category security      # filter to security categories
ccpi skills list --surface project        # check what's installed in current project
ccpi skills list --json                   # machine-readable (for scripting)

Install a Skill

# Project-local (recommended — scoped to current git repo)
ccpi skills install <skill-name> --surface project

# Global (available in every project)
ccpi skills install <skill-name> --surface claude

# Install all skills in a category
ccpi skills install --category security --surface project

# Install all 519 skills
ccpi skills install --all --surface project

Check installation status first:

WORKSPACE_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)
ls "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/.claude/skills/" 2>/dev/null | sort

Remove a Skill

ccpi skills remove <skill-name> --surface project

Important Notes

• Hot-reload: Installed skills are immediately available without restarting Claude Code
• Symlinks: Skills are symlinked from the repo source — updates propagate instantly
• Source: All 519 skills live in skills/<category>/ in this repo
• Safety: Always confirm before removing skills

Examples

User: "List available skills" → Run ccpi skills list --surface project → display grouped output

User: "Install hooks-mastery skill" → ccpi skills install hooks-mastery --surface project → "✓ hooks-mastery installed → .claude/skills/ — ready to use!"

User: "What security skills are available?" → ccpi skills list --category security → show 50 security skills → Ask which to install

User: "Remove project-bootstrapper" → Confirm → ccpi skills remove project-bootstrapper --surface project → "✓ project-bootstrapper removed (symlink only, source intact)"

User: "Is there a skill for Kubernetes?" → ccpi search kubernetes → show matches → Offer to install

Tutorials

ccpi tutorials      # list 11 tutorial notebooks
ccpi tutorials 7    # open "What is a Skill?" in Jupyter