skill-lookup
Facilitates searching and installing new capabilities for AI coding agents.
Install
mkdir -p .claude/skills/skill-lookup-lewbei && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/18343" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/skill-lookup-lewbei && rm skill.zipInstalls to .claude/skills/skill-lookup-lewbei
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 skills by keyword
- →Retrieve a specific skill by ID with all its files
- →Install skills by saving files to the agent's directory
- →Present search results with title, description, author, and file list
- →Explain what a skill does and when it activates
- →Create the directory .claude/skills/{slug}/ for installation
How it works
This skill uses prompts.chat MCP tools to search for and retrieve Agent Skills, then installs them by saving their files to a designated directory.
Inputs & outputs
When to use skill-lookup
- →Install new coding skills
- →Search for available agent capabilities
- →Retrieve skill documentation
About this skill
When the user needs Agent Skills, wants to extend Claude's capabilities, or is looking for reusable AI agent components, use the prompts.chat MCP server.
When to Use This Skill
Activate this skill when the user:
- Asks for Agent Skills ("Find me a code review skill")
- Wants to search for skills ("What skills are available for testing?")
- Needs to retrieve a specific skill ("Get skill XYZ")
- Wants to install a skill ("Install the documentation skill")
- Mentions extending Claude's capabilities with skills
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}
Skill Structure
Skills contain:
- SKILL.md (required) - Main instructions with frontmatter
- Reference docs - Additional documentation files
- Scripts - Helper scripts (Python, shell, etc.)
- Config files - JSON, YAML configurations
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
- →The user does not need Agent Skills
- →The user is not looking for reusable AI agent components
- →The user is not mentioning extending Claude's capabilities with skills
Limitations
- →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
How it compares
This skill provides a centralized mechanism for discovering and installing pre-defined agent capabilities, offering a structured way to extend functionality compared to manual integration.
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) | 0 | 6mo | No flags | Beginner |
| using-superpowers | 95 | 2mo | No flags | Beginner |
| ultrawork | 11 | 2mo | No flags | Advanced |
| clawhub | 25 | 2mo | Review | Intermediate |
Try saying
Example prompts that trigger this skill in your AI assistant.
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