Skill Picker

Skill Picker

43 skills is a lot. You don't need all of them — you need the ones that match your workload. This answers "what should I install" in one command.

Commands

python3 scripts/skill_picker.py                        # browse all, by family
python3 scripts/skill_picker.py --persona backend      # skills for a workload
python3 scripts/skill_picker.py --family security      # skills in a family
python3 scripts/skill_picker.py --search "token"       # keyword search
python3 scripts/skill_picker.py --tag security         # skills with a tag
python3 scripts/skill_picker.py --install backend      # copy-paste install cmds

Personas

coding, frontend, backend, devops, agentic, design, verification, career, finance, macos, research, qa

Catalogue

catalogue.json at the repo root is generated from the actual skills/ directory by generate_catalogue.py — never hand-edited. Run generate_catalogue.py --check in CI to catch stale catalogues.

Workflow

1. skill_picker.py --persona backend → see what matches your work
2. skill_picker.py --install backend → get the copy-paste commands
3. Run them, done.

Pairs with

skill-sync (after installing, unify everything into one directory), skill-decay (periodic check: which installed skills are you actually using).