// Discover installable agent skills from ctx's shipped Skills.sh catalog, the Skills.sh search API, and the npx skills CLI. Use when a user asks whether a skill exists, wants to add/update a skill, or needs a repeatable procedure for finding candidate skills safely.
Repo-aware recommendation manager for ctx. Scans the active repository, identifies stack and workflow signals, recommends a capped set of skills, agents, and MCP servers, and unloads helpers that no longer match the current work after user confirmation. Harnesses are recommended by the custom-model onboarding flow and then attach to the same recommendation layer.
Design or audit a repo-local markdown knowledge graph with wiki links, source-code backlinks, drift checks, and searchable sections. Use when AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md is too flat for a large codebase or when a custom harness needs durable structured project memory.
Create or review an AGENTS.md file so coding agents get stable repo-local instructions: environment setup, testing, style, security boundaries, PR policy, and handoff rules. Use when a repo lacks durable agent guidance or when a custom harness needs a predictable context file.
Keeps README badge + inline counts in sync with the real number of skills, agents, graph nodes/edges, communities, converted pipelines, and pytest tests. Runs automatically on every commit via a git pre-commit hook. Use when the README drifts from reality or before publishing a release.
Pre/post dev toolbox — named bundles of skills/agents loaded before development work and councils of experts invoked after. Run /toolbox or the toolbox.py CLI to list, activate, initialize, export, import, and validate toolboxes. Invoke at the start or end of a dev session, when setting up a new repo, or when sharing toolboxes with a team.
Alive skill router — reads the current project's stack and loads/unloads skills dynamically. Invoke at session start or when project context changes.
| name | find-skills |
| description | Discover installable agent skills from ctx's shipped Skills.sh catalog, the Skills.sh search API, and the npx skills CLI. Use when a user asks whether a skill exists, wants to add/update a skill, or needs a repeatable procedure for finding candidate skills safely. |
Use this when the user wants a skill recommendation or when ctx's curated graph does not already contain the capability they need.
npx skills find "<query>"
npx skills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills --skill find-skills
Before recommending or installing an upstream skill:
Flag the candidate for manual review if it asks the agent to:
curl ... | sh, wget ... | bash, or
Invoke-Expression.rm -rf, git reset --hard, or broad file
deletion without a scoped path.Do not install or import a flagged skill automatically. Present the user with the exact concern, the likely benefit, the safer alternative, and the explicit command they would need to approve.
When adding accepted skills to ctx itself:
ctx-skill-add --skill-path <path>/SKILL.md --name <slug>.ctx-wiki-graphify.graph/wiki-graph.tar.gz and refresh repo stats.ctx-scan-repo --repo . --recommend or
ctx__recommend_bundle for a query that should return the skill.