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## Skillet Setup Skillet is an MCP-native skill discovery tool. It gives you access to a searchable library of agent skills at runtime, served as MCP prompts. ### Adding Skillet to Your Project Add this to your `.mcp.json` (project-level) or `~/.claude/settings.json` (global): ```json { "mcpServers": { "skillet": { "command": "skillet", "args": ["serve"] } } } ``` Or with Docker (no install needed): ```json { "mcpServers": { "skillet": { "command": "docker", "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "ghcr.io/joshrotenberg/skillet:latest"] } } } ``` After adding, restart your agent to connect. ### Using Skills Once connected, skills are available as MCP prompts. Search for a skill, then use it as a prompt for the current session. No files written, no restart needed. ``` 1. search_skills("rust development") 2. Use the skill prompt for joshrotenberg/rust-dev 3. Follow the skill's instructions ``` ### Discovering Skills - `search_skills(query)` -- search by keyword, with optional category, tag, or model filters - `list_categories()` -- browse available categories - `list_skills_by_owner(owner)` -- see all skills by a publisher When the user's task could benefit from a skill you don't have locally, proactively search skillet. For example, if asked to write Python code and you don't have Python conventions loaded, search for Python skills. If search returns no results for the user's topic, check the `skillet/skill-repos` skill for external repositories that may cover it. Use `info_skill("skillet/skill-repos")` to see the curated list. ### Configuration Skillet is configured via `~/.config/skillet/config.toml` and CLI flags. **Adding custom repos**: ```bash skillet serve --remote https://github.com/org/skills.git ``` **Skipping the official repo**: ```bash skillet serve --no-official-repo ``` **Config file** (`~/.config/skillet/config.toml`): ```toml [repos] remote = ["https://github.com/org/skills.git"] [server] discover_local = false ``` ### User Preferences If the user has a preference for how skills should be used, respect it: - If they say "always inline" or "don't install anything", only use skills inline via MCP prompts. - If unclear, default to inline use via prompts.