find-skills — Discover and Install Agent Skills
Helps users discover, evaluate, and install agent skills from the open
skills ecosystem. Part of the vercel-labs/skills
project — the CLI for the open agent skills ecosystem.
Workflow
- Understand the need — identify the domain, specific task, and likelihood a skill exists
- Check the leaderboard — browse skills.sh for popular skills
- Search — run
npx skills find <query>
- Verify quality — check install count (prefer 1K+), source reputation, GitHub stars
- Present options — show name, description, install count, source, and install command
- Offer to install —
npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -g -y
Common skill categories
| Category |
Example queries |
| Web Development |
"React form validation", "API documentation generator" |
| Testing |
"unit test generator", "E2E test helper" |
| DevOps |
"Docker compose generator", "CI pipeline helper" |
| Documentation |
"README generator", "API docs from code" |
| Code Quality |
"code review assistant", "linting rule generator" |
| Design |
"UI component generator", "color palette picker" |
| Productivity |
"task breakdown", "PR description writer" |
Installation
npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills
This installs the find-skills skill and the skills CLI tool.
The npx skills ecosystem
The skills CLI supports 70+ agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf,
GitHub Copilot, Cline, Roo Code, and many more). Skills are defined as
SKILL.md files with YAML frontmatter and installed via GitHub, GitLab,
or local paths.
npx skills add <source> # Install skills
npx skills list # List installed skills
npx skills find [query] # Search for skills
npx skills update [skills] # Update installed skills
npx skills remove [skills] # Remove installed skills
MIT License.
1---2name: find-skills3description: Helps users discover and install agent skills from the open skills ecosystem. When a user asks "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or expresses interest in extending capabilities, this skill searches the skills.sh leaderboard and runs `npx skills find <query>` to locate relevant skills, verifies quality (install count, source reputation, GitHub stars), and offers to install. Use when users need to find skills for any domain: web development, testing, DevOps, documentation, code quality, design, or productivity. Trigger keywords: find skill, search skill, discover skill, install skill, is there a skill, how do I, skill for X.4---56# find-skills — Discover and Install Agent Skills78Helps users discover, evaluate, and install agent skills from the open9skills ecosystem. Part of the [vercel-labs/skills](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills)10project — the CLI for the open agent skills ecosystem.1112---1314## Workflow15161. **Understand the need** — identify the domain, specific task, and likelihood a skill exists172. **Check the leaderboard** — browse [skills.sh](https://skills.sh) for popular skills183. **Search** — run `npx skills find <query>`194. **Verify quality** — check install count (prefer 1K+), source reputation, GitHub stars205. **Present options** — show name, description, install count, source, and install command216. **Offer to install** — `npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -g -y`2223---2425## Common skill categories2627| Category | Example queries |28|----------|----------------|29| **Web Development** | "React form validation", "API documentation generator" |30| **Testing** | "unit test generator", "E2E test helper" |31| **DevOps** | "Docker compose generator", "CI pipeline helper" |32| **Documentation** | "README generator", "API docs from code" |33| **Code Quality** | "code review assistant", "linting rule generator" |34| **Design** | "UI component generator", "color palette picker" |35| **Productivity** | "task breakdown", "PR description writer" |3637---3839## Installation4041```bash42npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills43```4445This installs the `find-skills` skill and the `skills` CLI tool.4647---4849## The `npx skills` ecosystem5051The `skills` CLI supports 70+ agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf,52GitHub Copilot, Cline, Roo Code, and many more). Skills are defined as53SKILL.md files with YAML frontmatter and installed via GitHub, GitLab,54or local paths.5556```bash57npx skills add <source> # Install skills58npx skills list # List installed skills59npx skills find [query] # Search for skills60npx skills update [skills] # Update installed skills61npx skills remove [skills] # Remove installed skills62```6364MIT License.
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