finding-skillslisted
Install: claude install-skill oaustegard/claude-skills
# Finding Skills
Skills on disk at `/mnt/skills/user/` are a catalog — too expensive to preload as descriptions in every session's context. This skill is the on-demand accessor, analogous to Anthropic's ToolSearch for MCP tools.
## Usage
```bash
PY=/home/user/.spokes/claude-skills/finding-skills/scripts/skills.py
# List every skill by name (cheap, ~1.4KB)
python3 "$PY" list
# Search by keyword — ranks name matches above description matches
python3 "$PY" search "adversarial review"
# Load the full SKILL.md of a specific skill
python3 "$PY" show challenging
```
In a live CCotw session the script lives at `/mnt/skills/user/finding-skills/scripts/skills.py`.
## When to reach for this
- You have a task where a skill might help but no obvious name comes to mind → `search <keywords>`
- The boot emitted names-only and you want the description of a candidate → `show <name>`
- You want catalog breadth before picking an approach �� `list`
## Pattern
1. `search "<what you want to do>"` — get 3–10 ranked candidates
2. `show <top-pick>` — read its SKILL.md
3. Follow the SKILL.md's instructions (which may point at `scripts/`, `references/`, etc.)
Stop at step 1 if none of the candidates fit — don't shoehorn an unrelated skill onto the task.
## Ranking
- Exact match on skill name: 100
- Substring match on skill name: 10
- Substring match in description: 1 per match (multiple hits compound)
Case-insensitive throughout. Results sorted high-to-low, ties broken by name.
## Output