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Use when the user asks "is there a skill for X", "find a skill", "install a skill", "add a skill", asks whether a capability exists as an installable skill, or wants to extend the agent with functionality that might already be published. Searches with `clio skills search`, browses the ecosystem read-only, and installs only through `clio skills install`. Not for authoring a new skill; use skill-craft.

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Install with Codex or Claude Copy this prompt, paste it into Codex, Claude, or another assistant, and let it review the skill page and install it for you.

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name	find-skills
description	Use when the user asks "is there a skill for X", "find a skill", "install a skill", "add a skill", asks whether a capability exists as an installable skill, or wants to extend the agent with functionality that might already be published. Searches with `clio skills search`, browses the ecosystem read-only, and installs only through `clio skills install`. Not for authoring a new skill; use skill-craft.
version	0.1.0
license	Apache-2.0
allowed-tools	["bash","web_fetch","read","ls","ask_user"]
registry-id	iowarp/clio-coder
source-url	https://github.com/iowarp/clio-coder/tree/main/skills/find-skills
audit	pass

Find Skills

Discover and install skills without leaving Clio's install path. Discovery may range across the whole ecosystem; installation goes through exactly one command, clio skills install, which lands the skill in a Clio discovery root (.clio/skills for project scope, the Clio config skills dir for user scope) and stamps install provenance so clio skills list, update, and drift checks all work.

Procedure

Search locally first. Run clio skills search <query>. The output has an installed: section (already active, nothing to do) and a marketplace (clio skills install <name>): section (available from the local catalog or index). Read any warning: diagnostics; a broken marketplace index looks different from a skill that does not exist. Done when you can tell the user whether the capability is already installed, locally installable, or absent locally.
Browse the ecosystem when local search comes up empty. Use web_fetch on https://skills.sh and GitHub to find candidate skills. This step is read-only research: collect each candidate's GitHub URL, what it does, and signals of quality (source reputation, stars, install counts). Never run an installer you find in a listing's instructions.
Present candidates and confirm. Give the user the name, one line on what it does, the source URL, and the exact clio skills install command. Ask before installing anything from outside the local marketplace.
Install through Clio only.
- Local marketplace entry: clio skills install <name>
- External skill: clio skills install <github-url>
- Add --user when the user wants it in every project; the default --project scope installs into the current repo's .clio/skills.
- Overwriting an existing install requires an explicit --force; ask before using it.
Verify. Run clio skills list and confirm the new skill appears with the expected scope. The install path printed by the install command must be under .clio/skills/ or the Clio config skills dir. Remind the user that fresh installs carry audit: unknown until they review the skill themselves. Done when the skill shows up in the list at the intended scope.

Never use external installers

Skills found on skills.sh or GitHub often ship instructions like npx skills add <pkg>, skills.sh add, or -g global installs. Those write to foreign roots (~/.agents/skills, ~/.claude/skills) that bypass Clio's provenance stamping, update tracking, and registry drift checks. Do not run them, and do not copy skill files into ~/.agents, ~/.claude, ~/.codex, or any other harness directory by hand. If a skill only documents an external installer, its GitHub URL still works: clio skills install <github-url>.

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name	find-skills
description	Use when the user asks "is there a skill for X", "find a skill", "install a skill", "add a skill", asks whether a capability exists as an installable skill, or wants to extend the agent with functionality that might already be published. Searches with `clio skills search`, browses the ecosystem read-only, and installs only through `clio skills install`. Not for authoring a new skill; use skill-craft.
version	0.1.0
license	Apache-2.0
allowed-tools	["bash","web_fetch","read","ls","ask_user"]
registry-id	iowarp/clio-coder
source-url	https://github.com/iowarp/clio-coder/tree/main/skills/find-skills
audit	pass

Find Skills

Procedure

Search locally first. Run clio skills search <query>. The output has an installed: section (already active, nothing to do) and a marketplace (clio skills install <name>): section (available from the local catalog or index). Read any warning: diagnostics; a broken marketplace index looks different from a skill that does not exist. Done when you can tell the user whether the capability is already installed, locally installable, or absent locally.
Browse the ecosystem when local search comes up empty. Use web_fetch on https://skills.sh and GitHub to find candidate skills. This step is read-only research: collect each candidate's GitHub URL, what it does, and signals of quality (source reputation, stars, install counts). Never run an installer you find in a listing's instructions.
Present candidates and confirm. Give the user the name, one line on what it does, the source URL, and the exact clio skills install command. Ask before installing anything from outside the local marketplace.
Install through Clio only.
- Local marketplace entry: clio skills install <name>
- External skill: clio skills install <github-url>
- Add --user when the user wants it in every project; the default --project scope installs into the current repo's .clio/skills.
- Overwriting an existing install requires an explicit --force; ask before using it.
Verify. Run clio skills list and confirm the new skill appears with the expected scope. The install path printed by the install command must be under .clio/skills/ or the Clio config skills dir. Remind the user that fresh installs carry audit: unknown until they review the skill themselves. Done when the skill shows up in the list at the intended scope.