find-skills — Skill Discovery & Installation

Produced by 43 COLLEGE KAIYU | v1.0

npx

When to Use

• Users ask "how to do X" where there might be an existing skill for X
• Users say "find a skill that does X"
• Users want to expand an agent's capabilities
• Users want to search for tools, templates, or workflows

Core Commands

npx skills find [query]     # Search for skills
npx skills add <package>    # Install a skill (-g for global, -y to skip confirmation)
npx skills check            # Check for updates
npx skills update           # Update all installed skills

Execution Steps

Step 1: Understand Requirements

Step 2: Check the Leaderboard First

• vercel-labs/agent-skills

  — React, Next.js, Web Design (100k+ installations)

• anthropics/skills

  — Frontend Design, Document Processing (100k+ installations)

Step 3: Search for Skills

npx skills find react performance
npx skills find pr review
npx skills find changelog

Step 4: Verify Quality Before Recommending

1. Installation Count — Prioritize skills with 1K+ installations; be cautious with those under 100
2. Source Credibility — Official sources (

   vercel-labs

   ,

   anthropics

   ,

   microsoft

   ) are more trustworthy
3. GitHub Stars — Be skeptical of source repositories with fewer than 100 stars

Step 5: Display Options

Found a skill: "react-best-practices"
React performance optimization guide from Vercel Engineering Team (185k installations)

Install: npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills@react-best-practices -g -y
Details: https://skills.sh/vercel-labs/agent-skills/react-best-practices

Step 6: Assist with Installation

npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -g -y

Search Keyword Reference

When No Skills Are Found

1. Inform the user that there are no existing skills
2. Offer to complete the task directly using your own capabilities
3. Suggest creating their own skill:

   npx skills init my-skill