bundle-skills

name

bundle-skills

description

Use this skill when the user wants to create, update, or plan a skill bundle CSV for the skillless project, especially prompts like "/bundle-skills frontend", "bundle skills for python", "make a react skill pack", "merge these skills into a list", or "find skills and create a category". This skill guides the agent through clarifying the bundle concept, splitting it into useful subgroups, using find-skills/skills.sh metadata, checking install counts and security audit risk, comparing against existing lists/*.csv files, asking whether to merge or create a new bundle, and producing alphabetically sorted CSV rows.

Bundle Skills

This project stores skill bundles as CSV files under lists/. A bundle is a category file consumed by the skillless CLI.

Use this workflow to help a user turn a loose request like /bundle-skills frontend into a reviewed, safe, sorted CSV bundle.

Repository conventions

• Bundle files live in lists/<category>.csv.
• CSV header is always:

  repo,skill_name,agents
  

• repo is a GitHub owner/repo or supported URL.
• skill_name is the skill to install. Empty means “install all skills from that repo”; use this only when intentionally bundling the whole repo.
• agents is space-separated, commonly opencode claude-code codex.
• Sort final CSV rows by repo alphabetically, then by skill_name for stable diffs.
• Verify the bundle with ./skillless list and, when safe, ./skillless -n pack <category>.

Workflow

1. Interpret the user’s bundle idea

Extract the raw requested domain from the prompt.

Examples:

• /bundle-skills frontend → broad frontend bundle.
• /bundle-skills react testing → React-focused testing bundle.
• /bundle-skills backend node → Node/backend bundle.

Rewrite the idea into a generic intent and split it into subgroups. For broad topics, do not treat the first word as a single bucket.

Example split for frontend:

• Core frontend engineering
• Frameworks such as React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, Svelte
• Styling and CSS systems such as Tailwind, design systems, animation
• Testing and browser automation
• Accessibility, UX, and performance

Keep the split practical. The goal is a useful bundle, not exhaustive taxonomy.

2. Confirm scope before searching deeply

Ask the user to confirm the interpreted idea and fill missing decisions that affect the search.

Ask only what matters. Typical questions:

• Bundle name: should this become lists/<name>.csv?
• Framework focus: generic, React/Next.js, Vue, Angular, backend-specific, etc.?
• Target agents: default to opencode claude-code codex unless the user wants fewer.
• Merge policy: if a related CSV already exists, should the final result merge into it or create a new bundle?

Recommended confirmation format:

I read this bundle as: <generic summary>.
I would split it into: <subgroups>.
Proposed CSV: lists/<name>.csv.
Target agents: opencode claude-code codex.

Confirm, or tell me what to narrow/change.

Do not edit CSV files until the user confirms the plan.

3. Discover candidate skills

Use the local find-skills workflow first. Search each subgroup separately so broad requests do not miss framework-specific skills.

Good searches:

npx skills find frontend
npx skills find react performance
npx skills find css tailwind
npx skills find accessibility
npx skills find playwright testing

Also check https://skills.sh/ and the relevant https://skills.sh/<owner>/<repo>/<skill> pages for metadata not shown by CLI search.

Important metadata limits:

• npx skills find usually surfaces skill reference, install count, and skills.sh URL.
• GitHub stars, first-seen date, and GEN/Socket/Snyk audit details are web-only on skills.sh pages or audit pages.
• Missing audit data means unknown risk, not safe.

4. Apply quality gates

Prefer high-signal skills. The default recommendation threshold is 2,000+ installs.

Filtering guidance:

• Prefer >= 2,000 installs.
• Usually skip < 2,000 installs unless the user explicitly wants niche coverage or no higher-install option exists.
• Prefer reputable sources and official/vendor repos when quality is similar.
• Skip any skill where two or more audit sources indicate serious risk:
  • Gen Agent Trust Hub: High Risk / unsafe categories such as remote code execution or prompt injection.
  • Socket: many alerts, malware, suspicious package, or high-severity alerts.
  • Snyk: High or Critical risk.
• Treat Snyk Medium/Warn or one scanner warning as “needs explanation,” not an automatic reject.
• Treat no audit data as “unknown”; report it clearly and ask before including if the skill is otherwise useful.

5. Report candidates before editing

Present a bundle proposal and ask for confirmation.

The report must include:

• Subgroup/category.
• Repo and skill name.
• Install count.
• Risk summary from Gen, Socket, and Snyk when available.
• Source reputation notes such as official repo, GitHub stars, or maintainer signal when available.
• Include/skip recommendation and reason.

Use this table shape:

Group	Repo	Skill	Installs	Gen	Socket	Snyk	Recommendation
React	vercel-labs/agent-skills	vercel-react-best-practices	100K+	Pass	0 alerts	Low	Include

Then ask:

Should I create a new bundle, merge into an existing CSV, or revise the candidate list first?

6. Check existing CSVs

Search lists/*.csv for related category files before writing.

Examples:

• frontend request: check lists/frontend.csv, lists/react.csv, lists/typescript.csv.
• backend request: check lists/backend.csv, lists/nest.csv, lists/django.csv, etc.
• python request: check lists/python.csv.

If a related file exists, summarize what it already contains and ask whether to merge or create a new bundle.

Do not silently overwrite existing bundles.

7. Write or update the CSV

After confirmation, create or update the target CSV.

Rules:

1. Preserve exactly one header: repo,skill_name,agents.
2. Deduplicate rows by (repo, skill_name, agents).
3. Sort data rows alphabetically by repo, then skill_name.
4. Keep comments only if they explain bundle-specific choices.
5. Use the confirmed agent targets on every row.

Example:

repo,skill_name,agents
anthropics/skills,frontend-design,opencode claude-code codex
vercel-labs/agent-skills,vercel-react-best-practices,opencode claude-code codex
vercel-labs/skills,find-skills,opencode claude-code codex

8. Verify

Run these checks when possible:

./skillless list
./skillless -n pack <category>

For edits to shell scripts or CLI behavior, also run:

bash -n skillless scripts/install-skills.sh

Report exactly what changed and whether the user still needs to run a real install.

Common outcomes

New bundle

Use when no close existing CSV exists or the user wants a separate concept.

Output:

• New lists/<bundle>.csv.
• Candidate report kept in the conversation.
• Dry-run command: ./skillless -n pack <bundle>.

Merge into existing bundle

Use when the request extends an existing category.

Output:

• Updated existing lists/<category>.csv.
• Sorted and deduplicated rows.
• Summary of added, skipped, and rejected candidates.

Plan only

Use when the user wants research before modifying files.

Output:

• Bundle idea summary.
• Subgroup split.
• Candidate table with install/risk metadata.
• Recommendation for create vs merge.

Avoid these mistakes

• Do not trust CLI search output alone for risk reporting; audits are web-only when available.
• Do not include low-install or unknown-risk skills without explaining the tradeoff.
• Do not install skills while building a bundle unless the user explicitly asks.
• Do not overwrite related lists/*.csv files without asking whether to merge.
• Do not leave CSV rows unsorted; stable order matters for review.