How to use the Find Skills agent skill: install and trigger it

What the Find Skills skill makes the agent do

Agent skills are modular packages that extend what an agent can do, usually with specialised knowledge, workflows and tools. The Find Skills skill teaches the agent to look for these packages on your behalf when you ask questions such as "how do I do X", "find a skill for X" or "is there a skill that can...".

The skill does not add new abilities to the agent by itself. It helps you find and add other skills. Its description says it should be used when you are looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill.

• Checks the skills.sh leaderboard first for well-known skills in the relevant domain
• Runs a keyword search with the npx skills find command if the leaderboard does not cover your need
• Compares options by install count and source before recommending one
• Suggests a skill along with its install command and a link to skills.sh
• Can install a skill you choose

Install the Find Skills skill

Download the find-skills ZIP from this page and unzip it. The skill is a single file, SKILL.md. Then place the folder in one of the following locations, depending on whether you want it available everywhere or only in one project.

You can also upload the skill in the Claude apps through Settings → Capabilities → Skills.

• Personal (all projects): ~/.claude/skills/find-skills/
• Single project: .claude/skills/find-skills/ inside your project folder
• Claude apps: Settings → Capabilities → Skills, then upload the skill

Trigger the skill with natural requests

You do not need a special command. Describe the task in plain language, and the skill is used when your request suggests a capability might exist as an installable skill. The skill's guidance covers requests about common tasks, specialised capabilities, extending the agent, searching for tools or templates, and domains such as design, testing or deployment.

Name the domain and the task as specifically as you can. The skill identifies the domain, the specific task and whether a common skill probably exists before it searches.

• "How do I make my React app faster?"
• "Find a skill for writing end-to-end tests."
• "Is there a skill that can help me review pull requests?"
• "I need to create a changelog. Is there something for that?"

What the skill runs and how the search works

The skill uses the Skills CLI, run through npx. The main commands it uses are npx skills find [query] [--owner <owner>] to search by keyword, npx skills add <package> to install a skill from GitHub or other sources, and npx skills update to update all installed skills. Browse the catalogue at https://skills.sh/.

When the leaderboard does not answer your question, the agent searches with the find command. For example, "how do I make my React app faster?" becomes npx skills find react performance.

Check quality before you install a recommended skill

The skill tells the agent not to recommend a skill based only on search results. It asks the agent to check three things: the install count (preferring skills with 1K+ installs and being cautious under 100), the source reputation (official sources such as vercel-labs, anthropics and microsoft are treated as more trustworthy than unknown authors), and the GitHub star count of the source repository.

Popularity is a signal, not a security review. Read a skill's contents before you install it, particularly if it comes from an author you do not know.

• Install count: prefer 1K+, be cautious under 100
• Source: official sources are more trustworthy than unknown authors
• Repository: treat a source repo with fewer than 100 stars with skepticism
• Read the skill before installing it

Safety notes: scripts and network access

This skill runs scripts and uses the network. It needs Node.js and npx to run the Skills CLI, and internet access to reach skills.sh and GitHub-hosted skill sources.

The skill's install step uses the -g flag to install globally (user-level) and -y to skip confirmation prompts. Skipping prompts means you will not be asked to confirm an install, so only allow this when you already trust the skill. Installing without reading a skill is the main risk to avoid.

• Requires Node.js and npx
• Requires internet access to skills.sh and GitHub
• Skips confirmation prompts when the agent uses -y
• Installs globally when the agent uses -g

Tips for better results

Specific keywords give better search results than single broad words. If a search returns nothing, try an alternative term. The skill's own examples suggest trying "deployment" or "ci-cd" if "deploy" does not work. Many skills come from vercel-labs/agent-skills or ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills, which are good places to look first.

• Use "react testing" rather than "testing"
• Try alternatives such as "deployment" or "ci-cd" for "deploy"
• Search the categories: web development, testing, DevOps, documentation, code quality, design and productivity