# Skill Picker

> Finds the right skills for your workload from the catalogue. Queries catalogue.json (generated from the actual skills/ directory, never hand-maintained) by persona, family, keyword, or tag, and outputs matching skills with install commands. Use it to answer "what should I install for X" without reading every SKILL.md.

- Skill: `trac3r00/skill-picker` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add trac3r00/skill-picker`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/trac3r00/skill-picker/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- License: MIT
- Author: trac3r00 (https://skillmd.com/u/trac3r00)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/trac3r00/skill-picker

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# 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

```bash
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).