Find Skills
You ask about a task, and Claude uses the Skills CLI to search for matching skills, checks install counts and origin, and installs them if you want.
What is Find Skills?
Find Skills is a skill for Claude and other agents that helps you find installable agent skills from the open skills ecosystem. It kicks in when you ask how to get a task done, look for a skill on a topic or want to extend what your agent can do. It is built on the Skills CLI, which works as a package manager for skills through 'npx skills'.
The workflow follows clear steps. Claude first pins down the domain and the specific task, then checks the leaderboard on skills.sh and, if needed, searches by keyword with 'npx skills find', optionally limited to one GitHub owner. Before recommending anything, Claude checks the install count, the reputation of the source and the GitHub stars of the repository. It then shows you each match with its purpose, source and install command.
Find Skills is useful for anyone who works with agent skills and does not want to browse directories by hand. If Claude finds nothing suitable, it says so, offers to handle the task directly and suggests creating your own skill with 'npx skills init'. It requires that your agent is allowed to run commands through 'npx skills'.
Who it is for
For developers and teams who extend Claude or other agents with skills and want to find suitable, widely used packages quickly.
Use cases
- You need help with pull request reviews and want to know whether a widely used skill for that already exists.
- Your team is building a React app and looks for skills on performance or testing without combing through directories.
- You want to create a changelog and let Claude check which skill is widely used for it and which source it comes from.
What Find Skills does
Search with 'npx skills find'
Claude turns your question into search terms, such as 'npx skills find react performance', and can limit the search to a specific GitHub owner.
Leaderboard first
Before searching through the CLI, Claude checks the leaderboard on skills.sh, which ranks skills by their total number of installs.
Quality check before recommending
Claude does not recommend a skill based on a search hit alone. It checks the install count, the origin of the source and the GitHub stars of the repository.
Install on request
If you want to use a match, Claude installs it with 'npx skills add'. The '-g' flag installs at user level, and '-y' skips confirmation prompts.
Fallback when nothing fits
If no matching skill exists, Claude helps with the task directly and points you to 'npx skills init' so you can create a skill of your own.
Say this to activate the skill
"Is there a skill for pull request reviews?""Find a skill that helps me write tests.""How do I make my React app faster?""Look for a skill for deploying with Docker." Install
npx skills add vercel-labs/skills --skill find-skills
The command installs the original version from the author's repository (Vercel skills CLI, needs Node.js), add -g for all projects. We do not host a copy: updates come straight from the author. Need help with setup? How to install skills →
Checked automatically
- Automated check on 2026-11-01 (revision 92a9a34): 1 files in the skill folder read by pattern search. It found no hidden characters, no instructions to override rules, no download-and-run and no access to credentials.
Independent checks on skills.sh, as of 1 Nov 2026
| Gen Agent Trust Hub | Pass |
|---|---|
| Socket | Pass |
| Snyk | Warn |
Good to know
- The scanner Snyk has flagged a warning for this skill. Gen Agent Trust Hub and Socket report no issues.
- With the '-y' flag, Claude installs skills without asking for confirmation. Review recommended skills yourself before you approve an installation.
- The quality criteria rely on install counts, GitHub stars and well known sources. They do not replace a review of the content of the skills you find.
- The skill requires that your agent is allowed to run commands through 'npx skills'.
- One auditor on skills.sh reports a warning (Snyk). Read its notes before bringing the skill into projects with sensitive data.
- The check is an automated pattern search, not a security guarantee, and reads the skill folder only. The command always installs the author's current version; later versions have not been reviewed by us.
Frequently asked questions about Find Skills
What is Find Skills?
Find Skills is a skill by vercel-labs that lets Claude search for agent skills matching your task, check their quality and install them on request. It relies on the Skills CLI and the leaderboard on skills.sh.
How do I install Find Skills?
You install Find Skills with 'npx skills add vercel-labs/skills --skill find-skills'. After that, Claude uses the skill whenever you ask for a skill for a specific task.
Is Find Skills free?
Find Skills is released under the MIT license and is free to use. Neither the repository nor the skill file mentions any costs for the skill itself.
Who is Find Skills for?
Find Skills is for anyone who works with agent skills regularly, for example in web development, testing, DevOps, documentation or design. Claude handles the search and shortlist and shows you the source and install command.
What data does Find Skills send?
Find Skills runs its searches through the Skills CLI, so your search terms go through 'npx skills find'. The skill file does not describe any other data transfer. Skills you find bring their own content, which you should review individually.
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About this skill
Find Skills comes from vercel-labs and is an open-source project maintained by its author and community.
Author: vercel-labs / github.com. Source: github.com/vercel-labs/skills/tree/main/skills/find-skills. Licence: MIT.
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