Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill.
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This skill helps you discover and install skills from the open agent skills ecosystem.
Use this skill when the user:
The Skills CLI (npx skills) is the package manager for the open agent skills ecosystem. Skills are modular packages that extend agent capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, and tools.
Key commands:
npx skills find [query] - Search for skills interactively or by keywordnpx skills add <package> - Install a skill from GitHub or other sourcesnpx skills check - Check for skill updatesnpx skills update - Update all installed skillsBrowse skills at: https://skills.sh/
When a user asks for help with something, identify:
Before running a CLI search, check the skills.sh leaderboard to see if a well-known skill already exists for the domain. The leaderboard ranks skills by total installs, surfacing the most popular and battle-tested options.
For example, top skills for web development include:
vercel-labs/agent-skills — React, Next.js, web design (100K+ installs each)anthropics/skills — Frontend design, document processing (100K+ installs)If the leaderboard doesn't cover the user's need, run the find command:
npx skills find [query]
For example:
npx skills find react performancenpx skills find pr reviewnpx skills find changelogDo not recommend a skill based solely on search results. Always verify:
vercel-labs, anthropics, microsoft) are more trustworthy than unknown authors.When you find relevant skills, present them to the user with:
Example response:
I found a skill that might help! The "react-best-practices" skill provides
React and Next.js performance optimization guidelines from Vercel Engineering.
(185K installs)
To install it:
npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills@react-best-practices
Learn more: https://skills.sh/vercel-labs/agent-skills/react-best-practices
If the user wants to proceed, you can install the skill for them:
npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -g -y
The -g flag installs globally (user-level) and -y skips confirmation prompts.
When searching, consider these common categories:
| Category | Example Queries |
|---|---|
| Web Development | react, nextjs, typescript, css, tailwind |
| Testing | testing, jest, playwright, e2e |
| DevOps | deploy, docker, kubernetes, ci-cd |
| Documentation | docs, readme, changelog, api-docs |
| Code Quality | review, lint, refactor, best-practices |
| Design | ui, ux, design-system, accessibility |
| Productivity | workflow, automation, git |
vercel-labs/agent-skills or ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skillsIf no relevant skills exist:
npx skills initExample:
I searched for skills related to "xyz" but didn't find any matches.
I can still help you with this task directly! Would you like me to proceed?
If this is something you do often, you could create your own skill:
npx skills init my-xyz-skill
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Quick-save the last assistant response as a verbatim note in the 2ndBrain Obsidian vault (~/2ndBrain/quick-notes/<year>/). Use when the user asks to quick-save/save the last response to 2ndBrain, or invokes $2ndbrain or /skill:2ndbrain.
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Write commit messages under the agent-commits convention - a Conventional Commits fork with no chore catch-all, intent-only type tokens, facts in trailers, and legally-grounded AI provenance (Assisted-by, never Co-authored-by). Use when composing a commit in a repo whose commitlint.config.js extends agent-commits, when deciding between feat/fix/refactor/perf, or when recording AI participation.
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Coordinate multi-agent work through durable artifacts in git instead of chat. Use this whenever a task involves sending a message to another agent, agent mailboxes or handoffs, claiming work from a shared queue, notifying another agent or crew (OpenClaw, Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex, Gas Town/Gas City workers) that work is ready, or whenever the user mentions the artifact bus, message bus, agent mail, beads mail, doorbells, or pings between agents — even if they don't say "bus" explicitly.
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Use aven to find tasks, update status, and leave durable handoff context.
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Plan, order and deliver a batch of backlog items (e.g. every High item) in a Conventional Docs repo, one decision, branch, worktree, draft PR, review and merge per item. Use when asked to work through the backlog, implement all items of a priority, or sequence several backlog items end to end.
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Codex workflow tips from Boris Cherny and the Codex team. Use when setting up Codex or optimizing workflows: parallel sessions, worktrees, plan mode, AGENTS.md, skills, subagents, hooks, MCP, permissions, and sandboxing.
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