find-skills

name	find-skills
description	"Use when user asks to find, install, or search for agent skills. Also use when user asks 'can you do X' or 'is there a skill for X' where X is a specialized capability. Keywords: install skill, find skill, npx skills, skills.sh, extend agent, add capability. Triggers on "find skill" or "install skill"."

Find Skills

When to Use

Load this skill when the user request matches the frontmatter description for Find Skills.

Discover and install skills from the open agent skills ecosystem via the Skills CLI.

CLI Reference

npx skills find [query]           # Search by keyword
npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> # Install a skill
npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -g -y  # Install globally, skip prompts
npx skills check                  # Check for updates
npx skills update                 # Update all installed skills
npx skills init my-skill-name     # Scaffold a new skill

Browse: https://skills.sh/

Known Sources

Source	Skills
acedergren/agentic-tools	OCI (compute, IAM, networking, DBA, finops, landing-zones, genai), orchestrate, prd, implement, tdd, health-check, stitch-*, migrate, doc-sync, quality-commit, prod-readiness
vercel-labs/agent-skills	React, Next.js, Vercel deployment, performance
ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills	General-purpose catalogue

Install from agentic-tools:

npx skills add acedergren/agentic-tools@orchestrate
npx skills add acedergren/agentic-tools@oracle-dba
npx skills add acedergren/agentic-tools@prd

Install vs Answer Directly

Situation	Decision
User explicitly asks for a skill	Install
Specialized domain (OCI, Stitch, TDD workflow)	Install — domain skills have non-obvious knowledge
General programming question	Answer directly — no skill needed
User says "can you do X"	Check for skill first, answer directly if none found

Default: check before assuming no skill exists.

Search Strategy

1. Run npx skills find [domain] [task] — specific beats generic ("react testing" > "testing")
2. If no results: try synonyms ("deploy" / "deployment" / "ci-cd")
3. Check acedergren/agentic-tools directly for OCI, auth, and workflow skills

If npx isn't available: npm i -g skills then retry.

When No Results Found

npx skills find [query] returned no matches.
Options:
- I can help directly with my general capabilities
- Create your own: npx skills init my-skill-name

NEVER

• Never install without -g unless user explicitly wants project-local — project-local install puts skills in ./node_modules/.claude/ which most users don't want
• Never skip showing the skills.sh link — users may want to inspect before installing
• Never assume npx skills find exhausts all options — check known sources table above for OCI/workflow skills that may not be indexed yet

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS: Optional user-provided target, path, environment, symptom, or constraint. When empty, infer the narrowest safe scope from the current repository context and ask only if multiple high-impact choices remain.