skills-search

What This Skill Does

The skills-search agent skill acts as a powerful interface between your terminal and the skills.sh ecosystem. Designed specifically for OpenClaw users, it enables real-time querying of the registry to discover, evaluate, and identify agent capabilities. Instead of manually browsing web portals, users can interact directly with the skills registry to find specific functional modules—such as web design best practices, framework guides, or integration tools—simply by inputting natural language keywords. This skill essentially functions as a CLI-based discovery engine, ensuring your agent environment remains extensible and up-to-date with the latest community-contributed or official agent skills.

Installation

To integrate this discovery tool into your environment, use the ClawdHub installer. Open your terminal and execute: clawdhub install skills-search. This command registers the skill within your agent workspace, allowing you to trigger search commands immediately. Once installed, the tool queries the official https://skills.sh/api/skills endpoint to provide accurate, live data on available tools.

Use Cases

This skill is indispensable for developers and agent power users who frequently iterate on their agent configurations. Common use cases include: 1) Rapid discovery of specialized tools for specific tasks, such as finding a 'Twitter API' skill to automate social outreach. 2) Auditing the popularity of community skills by using the --popular flag to ensure you are integrating high-quality, widely adopted code. 3) Streamlining the onboarding of new workflows by using --show-install to immediately grab the necessary installation strings for identified skills.

Example Prompts

1. "Find me the most popular web design skills available so I can improve my agent's frontend tasks."
2. "Search the registry for 'postgres' and tell me the best way to install the top result."
3. "Show me the top 5 most installed agent skills right now to see what the community is prioritizing."

Tips & Limitations

To maximize efficiency, utilize the --limit flag when performing broad searches to avoid overwhelming your terminal with excessive output. Note that this skill purely handles discovery; it does not perform the installation itself, which requires the skills CLI or clawdhub. Always verify the source repository of a skill before installation to ensure code security. The system relies on the official skills.sh API, so internet connectivity is mandatory for all search operations. If you are developing your own skills, ensure you include a 'SKILL.md' file in your GitHub repo to allow this search tool to properly index your contribution for other users to discover.