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finding-skillslisted

Discover and load skills on demand from /mnt/skills/user/. Use when you need a capability but don't know which skill provides it, when the boot-emitted skill list is names-only and you need a full description, or when you want to list the catalog. Verbs are list (names only), search (rank by name/description match against a query), and show (emit the full SKILL.md for a named skill).
oaustegard/claude-skills · ★ 125 · AI & Automation · score 82
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