find-skills Skill for Claude: Search and Install Other Skills

Makes your assistant search for an installable skill whenever you ask how to do something, then offer the install command.

Installs: 4.2M; on skills.sh
Stars: 37.6K; on GitHub
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

find-skills turns "how do I do X?" into a skill search. When you ask for a capability, the assistant checks the skills.sh leaderboard, runs a search with the skills CLI, and shows you the best matches with their install counts and sources.

It needs Node.js and a network connection, because it runs npx skills find. It installs something only after you say yes. The skill itself is one text file with no scripts.

Good for

Anyone who has never browsed skills.sh and wants the assistant to do the looking
Developers who ask for a capability and want to know if a skill already covers it
People building up a skill set who want install counts and source checked first

Install find-skills

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the find-skills skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills --skill find-skills

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

2
Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

From its listing on skills.sh. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill.

Sections in SKILL.md

When to Use This Skill
What is the Skills CLI?
How to Help Users Find Skills
Step 1: Understand What They Need
Step 2: Check the Leaderboard First
Step 3: Search for Skills
Step 4: Verify Quality Before Recommending
Step 5: Present Options to the User
Step 6: Offer to Install
Common Skill Categories
Tips for Effective Searches
When No Skills Are Found

Key facts

Author: Vercel Labs
License: MIT
Last commit: Oct 30, 2026
Files it bundles: SKILL.md only; no scripts
Needs: Node.js (npx) and network access
skills.sh audits: Gen Agent Trust Hub pass, Socket pass, Snyk warn

What it includes

Runs when you ask "how do I do X", "find a skill for X" or want to extend what it can do
The description tells the assistant to use it for questions where a ready-made skill might exist.
Trigger
Looks at the skills.sh ranking before searching
It checks the skills.sh leaderboard for a well-known skill in your area first.
Network · Check the leaderboard
Searches skills by keyword, optionally limited to one GitHub owner
Runs `npx skills find [query] [--owner <owner>]`, for example `npx skills find react performance`.
Runs code · npx skills find
Checks install count, source and repo stars before recommending
It prefers skills with 1K+ installs, treats under 100 installs with caution, favours official sources, and is wary of repos under 100 stars.
Network · Verify quality
Shows name, what it does, install count, install command and a skills.sh link
You get a short answer per skill, not a raw search dump.
Present options
Runs `npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -g -y` if you agree
The -g flag installs for your user account and -y skips the confirmation prompt. It only does this once you say yes.
Runs code · Offer to install
Says so, offers to do the task itself, suggests `npx skills init`
If nothing fits, it helps directly and mentions how to write your own skill.
No match

From the official docs

Permissions

Low risk

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only modeHow to turn it on

Watch out for

Install flags skip a prompt
When you agree, the install command uses -g (user-wide) and -y (no confirmation), so the skill lands without a second prompt. Read the skill on skills.sh before you say yes.
skills.sh audits
Gen Agent Trust Hub pass, Socket pass, Snyk warn. skills.sh

Technical details

Turning on read-only	Searching installs nothing. Decline the install offer and nothing is written.
Talks to	skills.sh. npm (to run npx skills)
Sign-in and keys	None. No account or API key.
Scopes	Runs npx skills find to search Runs npx skills add -g -y to install a skill, only after you say yes

Questions

What does find-skills do?

It makes the assistant search for an installable skill when you ask how to do something. It checks the skills.sh leaderboard, searches with the skills CLI, checks install counts and sources, and offers the install command.

How do I install find-skills?

Use the install box above. The skills CLI command installs it for Claude Code, Codex and other agents. Then ask something like "is there a skill for writing changelogs?" and it takes over.

Does find-skills need an API key?

No. It uses npx skills, which needs Node.js and internet access but no account or key.

Is find-skills safe?

It is plain text instructions with no scripts. All it runs is the skills CLI, and it offers the install before doing it. Gen Agent Trust Hub and Socket pass it, and Snyk gives a warning on skills.sh. The risk is in the skills it finds, so read what you install.

Does it only recommend popular skills?

It leans that way on purpose. It prefers 1K+ installs, official sources such as vercel-labs, anthropics and microsoft, and repos with more than 100 stars. That favours well-used skills over new ones.

find-skills vs searching skills.sh myself?

Same catalog, less typing. find-skills runs the search from inside your chat and filters by install count and source. Browsing skills.sh yourself lets you read each skill before choosing.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: vercel-labs/skills
Folder: skills/find-skills

vercel-labs/skills skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

Show all 2

find-skills SKILL.md · github.com
find-skills on skills.sh · skills.sh