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.zipInstalls 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.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
When to use skill-lookup
- →Searching for new agent capabilities
- →Installing official agent skills
- →Updating local skill configuration
About this skill
Workflow
- Search for skills matching the user's request using
search_skills - Present results with title, description, author, and file list
- If the user picks a skill, retrieve it with
get_skillto get all files - Install by saving files to
.claude/skills/{slug}/and verify the SKILL.md exists - 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 keywordget_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 requestlimit: 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:
- Call
get_skillto retrieve all files - Create the directory
.claude/skills/{slug}/ - Save each file to the appropriate location:
SKILL.md→.claude/skills/{slug}/SKILL.md- Other files →
.claude/skills/{slug}/{filename}
- Read back
SKILL.mdto 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.
| Skill | Installs | Updated | Safety | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| skill-lookup (this skill) | 14 | 5mo | No flags | Beginner |
| using-superpowers | 95 | 3mo | No flags | Beginner |
| ultrawork | 11 | 2mo | No flags | Advanced |
| clawhub | 25 | 2mo | Review | Intermediate |
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