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Skill Finder

  • 552 installs
  • 23 repo stars
  • Updated August 4, 2026
  • aktsmm/agent-skills

skill-finder is an Agent Skills management skill that searches, installs, and organizes reusable SKILL.md packages from GitHub or local paths for developers who need to discover and govern agent customization primitives.

About

skill-finder is a full-featured Agent Skills management skill authored by yamapan under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. It helps developers search GitHub and local directories for reusable skills, install them into an agent environment, and manage an existing skill collection over time. Beyond discovery, skill-finder guides when a dedicated skill is the right primitive versus a prompt, instruction, hook, or standalone agent configuration. Developers reach for skill-finder when they want to find skill packages for a specific task or domain, install new capabilities quickly, or rationalize an growing library of agent extensions. The skill is user-invocable and accepts keyword or use-case arguments to narrow searches. It fits teams standardizing how agents load domain expertise from filesystem-based SKILL.md modules rather than ad-hoc copy-paste instructions.

  • Search and install skills locally or from GitHub
  • Star and manage your personal skill collection
  • Recommendation Gate with 5 primitive types (prompt, instruction, agent, hook, skill)
  • Checks whether the ask really calls for a skill before recommending one
  • Japanese and English keyword support via argument-hint

Skill Finder by the numbers

  • 552 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #1,665 of 16,546 AI & Agent Building skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
npx skills add https://github.com/aktsmm/agent-skills --skill skill-finder

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Installs552
repo stars23
Last updatedAugust 4, 2026
Repositoryaktsmm/agent-skills

How do you find and install agent skills?

Quickly discover, evaluate, install, and manage reusable agent skills from GitHub or locally while knowing when a prompt, instruction, hook or agent is the better primi

Who is it for?

Developers building agent workflows who need to discover, install, and govern reusable SKILL.md capabilities from GitHub or local repos.

Skip if: Developers who already know the exact skill slug to invoke and only need one-off execution without collection management or primitive selection guidance.

When should I use this skill?

A developer asks to find, search, install, or manage agent skills, or needs help choosing between a skill and other customization primitives.

What you get

Installed SKILL.md skill packages, a curated local skill collection, and a documented choice among skill, prompt, instruction, hook, or agent primitives.

  • Installed skill packages
  • Managed skill collection
  • Primitive selection recommendation

By the numbers

  • Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  • Compares five customization primitives: skill, prompt, instruction, hook, and agent

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Skill Finder

Full-featured Agent Skills management tool.

When to Use

  • Find skill, search skill, install skill, スキル検索
  • Looking for skills for a specific task or domain
  • Finding and installing skills locally
  • Managing favorites with star feature
  • Checking whether the ask really calls for a skill before recommending one

Recommendation Gate

Before searching, check whether the user really wants a skill.

If the ask sounds like...Prefer...
Single slash taskPrompt
Always-on or file-scoped guidanceInstruction
Persona, tool restrictions, delegationAgent
Deterministic enforcementHook
Reusable packaged workflowSkill

If the answer is not Skill, explain that first instead of forcing a skill recommendation.

上表は「skill を勧めるべきか」の即時ゲート。primitive 選択の詳細 SSOT は agentic-workflow-guide skill。

[references/customization-routing.md](references/customization-routing.md) for routing patterns

Features

FeatureDescription
SearchLocal index + GitHub API + Web fallback
TagsFilter by category (#azure #bicep)
InstallDownload to local directory
StarMark and manage favorites
UpdateSync all sources from GitHub

Quick Start

# Search
python scripts/search_skills.py "pdf"
python scripts/search_skills.py "#azure #development"

# Management
python scripts/search_skills.py --info skill-name
python scripts/search_skills.py --install skill-name
python scripts/search_skills.py --star skill-name

# Index
python scripts/search_skills.py --update
python scripts/search_skills.py --add-source https://github.com/owner/repo

Command Reference

CommandDescription
<query>Search skills by keyword
#tagFilter by category
--info SKILLShow skill details
--install SKILLDownload skill locally
--star SKILLAdd to favorites
--list-starredShow favorites
--similar SKILLFind similar skills
--updateUpdate index from sources
--add-source URLAdd new source repository
--statsShow index statistics
--checkVerify dependencies

Files

FileDescription
scripts/search_skills.pyPython script
scripts/Search-Skills.ps1PowerShell script
references/skill-index.jsonSkill index (220+ skills)
references/starred-skills.jsonYour starred skills

Requirements

[references/setup-guide.md](references/setup-guide.md) for installation

ToolRequired
GitHub CLI (gh)2.0+
curlAny
Python or PowerShellOne of them

Agent Instructions

[references/agent-instructions.md](references/agent-instructions.md) for complete guide

Core Rules

  • Use "Do it? Yes/No?" style proposals
  • NEVER show commands to users - execute silently
  • ALWAYS include proposal block after search results

Search Response Format

{N} repos, {M} skills searched (last updated: {date})

| Skill | Description | Source | Trust |
| ----- | ----------- | ------ | ----- |
| ...   | ...         | ...    | ...   |

**Next?**
1. Install?
2. Details?
3. Update index? (last: {date})
4. Web search?

Trust Levels

TypeBadgeDescription
officialOfficialAnthropic / GitHub 公式
awesome-listCuratedキュレーションリスト
communityCommunityコミュニティ製(自己責任)

Done Criteria

  • [ ] Skill vs non-skill fit checked first
  • [ ] Search query returns results
  • [ ] Skill installed to local directory (if requested)
  • [ ] Index updated successfully (if requested)

Related skills

How it compares

Choose skill-finder over generic repo search when you need SKILL.md-specific discovery, install steps, and primitive-selection guidance in one workflow.

FAQ

What does skill-finder search?

skill-finder searches GitHub repositories and local filesystem paths for Agent Skills packaged as SKILL.md modules. Developers supply task keywords or domain hints, then skill-finder evaluates candidates for install and ongoing collection management.

When should I pick a skill over a prompt?

skill-finder helps decide whether a reusable SKILL.md module, a one-off prompt, an instruction file, a hook, or a dedicated agent fits the task. Skills suit repeatable domain workflows; prompts suit single-turn tasks without filesystem packaging.

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