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name: find-skills description: > Helps users discover and install agent skills from the open skills ecosystem. When a user asks "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or expresses interest in extending capabilities, this skill searches the skills.sh leaderboard and runs npx skills find <query> to locate relevant skills, verifies quality (install count, source reputation, GitHub stars), and offers to install. Use when users need to find skills for any domain: web development, testing, DevOps, documentation, code quality, design, or productivity. Trigger keywords: find skill, search skill, discover skill, install skill, is there a skill, how do I, skill for X. metadata: category: tools

find-skills — Discover and Install Agent Skills

Helps users discover, evaluate, and install agent skills from the open skills ecosystem. Part of the vercel-labs/skills project — the CLI for the open agent skills ecosystem.

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Workflow

1. Understand the need — identify the domain, specific task, and likelihood a skill exists
2. Check the leaderboard — browse skills.sh for popular skills
3. Search — run npx skills find <query>
4. Verify quality — check install count (prefer 1K+), source reputation, GitHub stars
5. Present options — show name, description, install count, source, and install command
6. Offer to install — npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -g -y

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Common skill categories

Category	Example queries
Web Development	"React form validation", "API documentation generator"
Testing	"unit test generator", "E2E test helper"
DevOps	"Docker compose generator", "CI pipeline helper"
Documentation	"README generator", "API docs from code"
Code Quality	"code review assistant", "linting rule generator"
Design	"UI component generator", "color palette picker"
Productivity	"task breakdown", "PR description writer"

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Installation

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills

This installs the find-skills skill and the skills CLI tool.

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The npx skills ecosystem

The skills CLI supports 70+ agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Cline, Roo Code, and many more). Skills are defined as SKILL.md files with YAML frontmatter and installed via GitHub, GitLab, or local paths.

npx skills add <source>       # Install skills
npx skills list               # List installed skills
npx skills find [query]       # Search for skills
npx skills update [skills]    # Update installed skills
npx skills remove [skills]    # Remove installed skills

MIT License.