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skill-lookup

Browse and install community-provided agent skills to extend your coding assistant's capabilities.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/skill-lookup && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/529" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/skill-lookup && rm skill.zip

Installs to .claude/skills/skill-lookup

Activation

This is the description your AI agent reads to decide when to run this skill — the better it matches your request, the more reliably it fires.

Activates when the user asks about Agent Skills, wants to find reusable AI capabilities, needs to install skills, or mentions skills for Claude. Use for discovering, retrieving, and installing skills.
200 chars · catalog description✓ has a “when” trigger
Beginner

Key capabilities

  • Search for agent skills by keyword or category
  • Retrieve skill metadata and file contents
  • Install skills into the local .claude/skills directory
  • Verify skill installation and frontmatter integrity

How it works

It uses MCP tools to query a registry, fetch skill files, and organize them into the local agent environment.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Skill search query or skill ID
You get back
Installed skill files and activation confirmation

When to use skill-lookup

  • Searching for new agent capabilities
  • Installing official agent skills
  • Updating local skill configuration

About this skill

Workflow

  1. Search for skills matching the user's request using search_skills
  2. Present results with title, description, author, and file list
  3. If the user picks a skill, retrieve it with get_skill to get all files
  4. Install by saving files to .claude/skills/{slug}/ and verify the SKILL.md exists
  5. Confirm installation and explain what the skill does and when it activates

Example

search_skills({"query": "code review", "limit": 5, "category": "coding"})
get_skill({"id": "abc123"})

Available Tools

Use these prompts.chat MCP tools:

  • search_skills - Search for skills by keyword
  • get_skill - Get a specific skill by ID with all its files

How to Search for Skills

Call search_skills with:

  • query: The search keywords from the user's request
  • limit: Number of results (default 10, max 50)
  • category: Filter by category slug (e.g., "coding", "automation")
  • tag: Filter by tag slug

Present results showing:

  • Title and description
  • Author name
  • File list (SKILL.md, reference docs, scripts)
  • Category and tags
  • Link to the skill

How to Get a Skill

Call get_skill with:

  • id: The skill ID

Returns the skill metadata and all file contents:

  • SKILL.md (main instructions)
  • Reference documentation
  • Helper scripts
  • Configuration files

How to Install a Skill

When the user asks to install a skill:

  1. Call get_skill to retrieve all files
  2. Create the directory .claude/skills/{slug}/
  3. Save each file to the appropriate location:
    • SKILL.md.claude/skills/{slug}/SKILL.md
    • Other files → .claude/skills/{slug}/{filename}
  4. Read back SKILL.md to verify the frontmatter is intact

Guidelines

  • Always search before suggesting the user create their own skill
  • Present search results in a readable format with file counts
  • When installing, confirm the skill was saved successfully
  • Explain what the skill does and when it activates

When not to use it

  • When the user is not looking for new agent capabilities

Limitations

  • Requires access to the prompts.chat registry
  • Limited to skills available in the registry

How it compares

It automates the discovery and installation process for agent skills, ensuring correct directory structure and verification.

Compared to similar skills

skill-lookup side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.

SkillInstallsUpdatedSafetyDifficulty
skill-lookup (this skill)145moNo flagsBeginner
using-superpowers953moNo flagsBeginner
ultrawork112moNo flagsAdvanced
clawhub252moReviewIntermediate

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