find-skills

---
name: find-skills
description: Use when an agent needs to discover other skills relevant to a task before writing code, including searching the skills.sh ecosystem by topic, framework, or use-case.
source: https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills/tree/main/skills/find-skills
generated: 2026-05-25T02:43:59.412Z
category: tool
audience: engineers
---

## When to use

- Starting a task in an unfamiliar framework and you suspect there is already a skill for it
- Auditing what reusable skills are available across the open ecosystem
- Picking the next skill to add to your agent's installed set, ranked by install volume
- Showing the user a shortlist of skills that match a request before committing to one

## Key concepts

### skills.sh registry

The open registry of agent skills, queryable by topic, agent, and owner. find-skills wraps the registry's search and ranking so an agent can look skills up without leaving its session.

### Install command output

Every match comes back with the exact 'npx skills add <owner/repo> --skill <name>' command, so the agent or the user can install it in one step.

### Ranking by trend and install volume

Results are sorted by recent install velocity by default, with 'all time' and 'hot' modes available, so the most-trusted skills surface first.

### Topic-scoped browsing

Topics like React, Next.js, databases, testing, and agent workflows scope a search so unrelated skills do not crowd the result list.

## API reference

```
npx skills add vercel-labs/skills --skill find-skills
```

Install the meta-skill that searches the skills.sh registry.

```
npx skills add vercel-labs/skills --skill find-skills
```

```
find-skills <query> [--topic <topic>] [--agent <agent>]
```

Search the registry for skills matching a query, optionally scoped to a topic or agent.

```
find-skills "oauth" --topic auth --agent claude-code
```

## Gotchas

- Results are only as current as the registry, so a fresh search beats a cached list when picking between two close skills
- Install volume signals popularity but not correctness for your specific stack, so inspect the SKILL.md before installing
- Multiple skills can claim the same surface area; prefer the one with a maintained source repo over a one-off

---
Generated by SkillMake from https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills/tree/main/skills/find-skills on 2026-05-25T02:43:59.412Z.
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File: ~/.claude/skills/find-skills/SKILL.md