find-skills

Search and assess installable agent skills through a validated read-only npm CLI wrapper.

Updated Mar 26, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/sciman-top/skills-manager --skill find-skills-sciman-top
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: find-skills
Source: https://github.com/sciman-top/skills-manager/tree/main/overrides/patches/find-skills
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/sciman-top/skills-manager --skill find-skills-sciman-top

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill requires skills, and includes scripts (resource) components.

What problem does it solve? Finding reusable agent skills often means trusting unverified search results or running package commands that mutate your environment. This Skill performs read-only skill discovery, verifies upstream quality and overlap, and never installs anything without separate authorization. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Read-Only Discovery: Runs the skills CLI find command through a hardened PowerShell 7 wrapper that validates the cached npm package before invoking Node. - Security Validation: Confirms the cached package is named skills, its bin points to bin/cli.mjs, and the entrypoint stays inside the npm cache with no reparse-point escapes. - Evidence-Based Recommendations: Checks upstream repository, maintenance, license, permissions, and overlap with native, plugin, MCP, or installed-skill capabilities before returning recommend, do_not_install, or needs_more_evidence. - Use Case: A user asks whether a reusable skill exists for a task. The Skill searches read-only, inspects the candidate's upstream repo and install count, and reports a fit verdict without running skills add or any mutating command. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to search for installable skills matching a specific task, for example to find skills for changelog generation, and review the returned candidate with its source URL and fit verdict.

Frequently Asked Questions about find-skills

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I search for installable agent skills without installing them?▼

Run the search in read-only mode using the skills find command with a specific query. The Skill returns candidates with source URLs, install counts, and a fit verdict, and never runs skills add or update without separate authorization.

How do I search skills on Windows PowerShell 7?▼

Use the search-skills.ps1 wrapper with a Query parameter so npm's generated command shim cannot break the search. On non-Windows hosts, use the native npx skills find command directly.

Does the skills search wrapper modify my npm cache or PATH?▼

The wrapper does not alter PATH or install global packages. It may ask npx.cmd to hydrate the npm cache if the cached CLI is absent, then validates the cached package name, bin path, and cache containment before running it.

What should I check before installing a discovered skill?▼

Check the upstream repository, maintenance activity, license, requested permissions, target-workflow fit, and overlap with native, plugin, MCP, or installed-skill capabilities. Popularity and Awesome or Trending placement count as discovery evidence only.

Why does the skills search fail with no validated CLI found?▼

The error occurs when no cached skills package passes validation, typically because the npm cache is empty or the package fails name, bin, or containment checks. Run npx skills once with network access, then retry the search.