// Search and evaluate Agent Skills from major catalogs (Skills.sh, AgentSkills.io, GitHub repos), evaluate quality, and adapt skills to project needs. Use when you need to find relevant skills, check skill quality before installing, or adapt existing skills.
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| name | skill-search-and-fit |
| description | Search and evaluate Agent Skills from major catalogs (Skills.sh, AgentSkills.io, GitHub repos), evaluate quality, and adapt skills to project needs. Use when you need to find relevant skills, check skill quality before installing, or adapt existing skills. |
| compatibility | Cursor, VS Code Copilot, Claude Desktop, OpenCode |
Use when: You need to discover Agent Skills from catalogs, evaluate skill quality before installation, or adapt existing skills to specific project requirements.
What it does: Provides procedures for searching skills across major catalogs (Cursor community repos, Skills.sh, AgentSkills.io, GitHub), evaluating quality using established criteria, and adapting skills to project needs.
Key capabilities:
This skill guides LLM to help users discover, evaluate, and adapt Agent Skills. It provides step-by-step procedures for:
Note: This skill provides prompt-only instructions for LLM to follow. LLM uses web search capabilities to query catalogs. No API clients or parsers are implemented.
Follow these steps in order when searching for skills:
Before searching external catalogs, scan .cursor/skills/ directory:
Priority: Highest — Cursor-specific skills are most compatible.
Repositories to search:
chrisboden/cursor-skills — Starter template with role-based rulesdaniel-scrivner/cursor-skills — AI-powered workflowsaraguaci/cursor-skills — Best practices and guidelinesgrapelike-class151/cursor-skills — Community hubSearch method: Use web search to query each repository for relevant skills.
Prioritize: Cursor-specific skills over cross-platform skills.
Priority: High — Popular skills with installation metrics.
Search locations:
Search method: Use web search to query Skills.sh with keywords, filter by Cursor compatibility first.
Filter: Cursor-compatible skills first, then cross-platform skills.
Priority: Medium — Format specification and integration guide.
Search method: Use web search to query AgentSkills.io catalog.
Filter: Check Cursor-compatible skills first.
Priority: Lower — Use if no matches in primary sources.
Repositories to consider:
vercel-labs/skills — Meta-skills, find-skillsvercel-labs/agent-skills — React, Web Design, RN best practicesanthropics/skills — Official Claude skills (68K+ stars)microsoft/skills — Enterprise packsremotion-dev/skills — Best practicesobra/superpowers — Debug, TDD, planningSearch method: Use web search to query GitHub repos.
Check each result for:
For each potential skill, verify:
Rank skills by priority:
Present results in this format:
## Search Results
### Skill: {name}
- **Repo**: {owner/repo}
- **Description**: {description}
- **Compatibility**: {compatibility} (explicit check)
- **Install**: `npx skills add {owner/repo}` or manual
- **Quality Score**: {score}/10
- **Last Updated**: {date} (if available from repo)
- **Dependencies**: {list of required skills or "None"}
- **Conflicts**: {potential conflicts with existing skills or "None"}
- **Issues**: {list of quality issues or "None"}
Use the quality checklist to evaluate each skill before recommending installation.
For each skill, check:
For each skill, provide:
Detailed evaluation criteria: See references/quality-checklist.md
When adapting skills for project needs, follow these scenarios:
When: Skill is mostly suitable but needs project-specific customization.
Steps:
npx skills add)references/adaptation-log.md with original source linkInstallation: Install adapted skill to .cursor/skills/{skill-name}/ or {skill-name}-custom/
When: Multiple skills have overlapping or complementary functionality.
Steps:
Installation: Create new skill directory with combined functionality.
When: Need to fork skill with significant modifications.
Steps:
.cursor/skills/{skill-name}-custom/ directoryInstallation: Install to .cursor/skills/{skill-name}-custom/
Detailed adaptation patterns: See references/adaptation-patterns.md
npx skills add <owner/repo>.cursor/skills/{skill-name}/git submodule add <repo> .cursor/skills/{skill-name}.cursor/skills/{skill-name}/After installation, verify:
.cursor/skills/{skill-name}/User query: "Find skills for project planning and task management"
Skill response:
.cursor/skills/ for existing planning skillsExpected outcome: List of planning skills with compatibility, quality scores, and installation instructions.
User query: "Should I install the 'test-generator' skill from vercel-labs/skills?"
Skill response:
Expected outcome: Quality score, issues found, and install/review/skip recommendation.
User query: "I found a React skill but need to adapt it for Next.js"
Skill response:
Expected outcome: Adapted skill installed with Next.js-specific modifications, original skill preserved.
references/catalog-guide.md — Detailed catalog locations and search strategiesreferences/quality-checklist.md — Detailed evaluation criteriareferences/adaptation-patterns.md — Common adaptation patterns and examples