Find Skills

find-skills

Discover and manage skills for Prismer.AI academic workspace.

Description

This skill helps users and agents discover, search, and install skills that extend the capabilities of the Prismer.AI workspace. It provides a unified interface for both human users and AI agents to manage the skill ecosystem.

Usage Examples

Discovery:

• "Find a skill for managing citations"
• "What skills are available for LaTeX editing?"
• "Show me data visualization skills"

Information:

• "Tell me about the latex-cite skill"
• "What tools does the stats-helper skill provide?"

Installation:

• "Install the bib-sync skill"
• "Add the methodology-generator skill to my workspace"

Management:

• "List my installed skills"
• "Uninstall the data-viz skill"
• "Update all skills"

Process

1. Identify the user's intent (search, info, install, list, uninstall)
2. Search the skill registry (local workspace + cloud catalog)
3. Present results with clear descriptions and capabilities
4. Execute the requested action (install/uninstall/update)
5. Confirm the action was successful

Tools

skill_search

Search for skills by name, description, or capability.

Parameters:

• query (string, optional): Free-text search query
• category (string, optional): Filter by category (latex, jupyter, pdf, citation, data, writing, general)
• limit (number, optional): Maximum results to return (default: 10)

Returns: Array of matching skills with id, name, description, category, version

skill_info

Get detailed information about a specific skill.

Parameters:

• skillId (string, required): The skill ID or name

Returns: Full skill details including tools, dependencies, author, repository

skill_install

Install a skill to the current workspace.

Parameters:

• skillId (string, required): The skill ID or package name
• version (string, optional): Specific version to install (default: latest)

Returns: Installation status and any setup instructions

skill_list

List all skills installed in the current workspace.

Parameters:

• category (string, optional): Filter by category
• includeBuiltin (boolean, optional): Include built-in skills (default: true)

Returns: Array of installed skills with status

skill_uninstall

Remove a skill from the current workspace.

Parameters:

• skillId (string, required): The skill ID to uninstall

Returns: Uninstallation status

skill_update

Update installed skills to their latest versions.

Parameters:

• skillId (string, optional): Specific skill to update (omit for all)

Returns: Update status for each skill

Categories

Built-in Skills

The following skills are always available:

• prismer-workspace: Core academic workspace tools (LaTeX, Jupyter, PDF, UI control)
• find-skills: This skill for discovering and managing other skills

Skill Manifest Format

Skills are defined by a manifest.json in their directory:

{
  "id": "example-skill",
  "name": "Example Skill",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "A brief description of what this skill does",
  "category": "general",
  "author": "Prismer Team",
  "repository": "https://github.com/prismer/example-skill",
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "example_tool",
      "description": "What this tool does",
      "parameters": {
        "param1": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Parameter description",
          "required": true
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "dependencies": ["prismer-workspace"]
}

Installation Locations

• Local skills: /workspace/skills/<skill-id>/
• Built-in skills: /home/user/.openclaw/workspace/skills/
• Manifest: <skill-dir>/manifest.json
• Implementation: <skill-dir>/index.ts or <skill-dir>/index.py

Security

• Skills run in the container sandbox with limited permissions
• Network access is controlled by workspace security policy
• File access is restricted to /workspace/ directory
• Skills cannot modify other skills or core system files