How do I install the Find Skill skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add npow/find-skill in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Find Skill safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Find Skill?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Find Skill free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Find Skill?

npow (@npow) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Find Skill by npow — Agent Skill

Name: Find Skill
Author: npow

Find Skill

Search across all installed skills (user + plugin) by keyword to discover relevant skills whose descriptions may have been truncated from the main listing. Use when the user references a skill by partial/fuzzy name, asks "is there a skill for X?", or when the main skill listing seems incomplete. Trigger phrases include "find a skill", "is there a skill for", "search skills", "what skill does X", "find skill", "skill search", "look for a skill", "any skill that handles".

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find-skill

Searches ~/.cache/claude-skill-index.json (built by the inject-skill-hints hook) across all SKILL.md files in ~/.claude/skills/ and ~/.claude/plugins/. Returns matches with full descriptions, scores, and paths.

When to use

User asks "is there a skill for X?" or names a skill fuzzily ("the kafka skill")
Main skill listing has truncated descriptions and you suspect a relevant skill exists but you can't see its trigger phrases
You want to discover skills before committing to a manual approach

How to use

Run the CLI:

python3 ~/.claude/skills/find-skill/find_skill.py <query terms>

Flags:

--limit N — max results (default 10)
--full — show full descriptions (default truncates to 200 chars)
--rebuild — force index rebuild (otherwise cached for 24h)

Output: ranked list with score, namespaced ID (e.g. ods-datastores:wal-observability), description, and path.

Examples

# Find anything related to GPU queues
python3 ~/.claude/skills/find-skill/find_skill.py gpu queue capacity

# Search for kafka-related skills with full descriptions
python3 ~/.claude/skills/find-skill/find_skill.py --full kafka

# Force a fresh index rebuild after installing new skills
python3 ~/.claude/skills/find-skill/find_skill.py --rebuild metaflow

Scoring

+1 per query keyword that appears in the skill's description tokens
+3 per query keyword that appears in the skill name
+1 per query keyword that appears as a substring of the description

Skills with the same leaf name (after :) are deduped; cache/ entries (authoritative plugin IDs) are preferred over marketplaces/ entries.

Once you find a relevant skill

Invoke it via the Skill tool:

Skill(skill="<namespaced-id>")

If the ID has spaces or special characters that don't match a Skill tool entry, the listing in your conversation's system reminder is authoritative — cross-reference there.

~/.claude/hooks/inject-skill-hints.py — UserPromptSubmit hook that auto-surfaces top matches on every prompt; this skill is the manual companion for explicit search.

---name: find-skilldescription: Search across all installed skills (user + plugin) by keyword to discover relevant skills whose descriptions may have been truncated from the main listing. Use when the user references a skill by partial/fuzzy name, asks "is there a skill for X?", or when the main skill listing seems incomplete. Trigger phrases include "find a skill", "is there a skill for", "search skills", "what skill does X", "find skill", "skill search", "look for a skill", "any skill that handles".---# find-skillSearches `~/.cache/claude-skill-index.json` (built by the `inject-skill-hints` hook) across all SKILL.md files in `~/.claude/skills/` and `~/.claude/plugins/`. Returns matches with full descriptions, scores, and paths.## When to use- User asks "is there a skill for X?" or names a skill fuzzily ("the kafka skill")- Main skill listing has truncated descriptions and you suspect a relevant skill exists but you can't see its trigger phrases- You want to discover skills before committing to a manual approach## How to useRun the CLI:```bashpython3 ~/.claude/skills/find-skill/find_skill.py <query terms>```**Flags:**- `--limit N` — max results (default 10)- `--full` — show full descriptions (default truncates to 200 chars)- `--rebuild` — force index rebuild (otherwise cached for 24h)**Output:** ranked list with score, namespaced ID (e.g. `ods-datastores:wal-observability`), description, and path.## Examples```bash# Find anything related to GPU queuespython3 ~/.claude/skills/find-skill/find_skill.py gpu queue capacity# Search for kafka-related skills with full descriptionspython3 ~/.claude/skills/find-skill/find_skill.py --full kafka# Force a fresh index rebuild after installing new skillspython3 ~/.claude/skills/find-skill/find_skill.py --rebuild metaflow```## Scoring- +1 per query keyword that appears in the skill's description tokens- +3 per query keyword that appears in the skill name- +1 per query keyword that appears as a substring of the descriptionSkills with the same leaf name (after `:`) are deduped; cache/ entries (authoritative plugin IDs) are preferred over marketplaces/ entries.## Once you find a relevant skillInvoke it via the Skill tool:```Skill(skill="<namespaced-id>")```If the ID has spaces or special characters that don't match a Skill tool entry, the listing in your conversation's system reminder is authoritative — cross-reference there.## Related- `~/.claude/hooks/inject-skill-hints.py` — UserPromptSubmit hook that auto-surfaces top matches on every prompt; this skill is the manual companion for explicit search.

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