skills-search

What This Skill Does

The skills-search tool acts as a dedicated interface for the skills.sh registry, enabling users to discover, evaluate, and integrate agent skills directly from the terminal. By querying the official skills.sh API, this utility provides real-time access to a vast ecosystem of capabilities designed for Clawdbot. Users can search by specific keywords, browse the most popular tools based on installation metrics, and obtain clear installation instructions for their agent workflows. It effectively bridges the gap between discovery and execution, ensuring your agent environment remains updated with the latest tools.

Installation

To begin using the skills-search tool, you must have the Clawdhub package manager installed. The installation process is straightforward:

1. Open your terminal.
2. Execute the command: clawdhub install skills-search.
3. Once installed, verify the installation by running skills-search --help.

For advanced users or those contributing to the ecosystem, you can also install specific versions or publish your own skills by following the documentation in the source repository located at openclaw/skills.

Use Cases

• Capability Discovery: Quickly find existing integrations for specific technologies (e.g., "postgres", "twitter", "web design") without leaving your development environment.
• Agent Optimization: Identify the most popular and reliable skills to optimize your agent's performance based on verified install counts.
• Streamlined Setup: Automatically generate install commands for complex dependencies, reducing the manual overhead involved in configuring new agent modules.
• Community Contribution: Manage and register your own custom skills by creating SKILL.md files and publishing them via Clawdhub, making them discoverable to the wider community.

Example Prompts

1. "Search for skills related to web development and show me the most popular ones so I can improve my agent's frontend capabilities."
2. "I need a database interaction skill. Can you look for postgres tools on the skills.sh registry and give me the install command?"
3. "List the top 5 most used skills right now, I want to see what other developers are currently prioritizing for their Clawdbots."

Tips & Limitations

• API Dependency: This tool relies on the https://skills.sh/api/skills endpoint. If the registry is down or experiencing high latency, search results may be delayed or unavailable.
• Sorting: All search results are automatically sorted by install count, which helps in identifying robust, community-tested tools rather than experimental ones.
• TUI Guidance: When installing discovered skills via the skills CLI, pay close attention to the TUI prompts. Always select 'Clawdbot' when prompted to ensure the skill is mapped correctly to your agent's ecosystem.
• Permission Scoping: During the installation flow, it is highly recommended to select 'Project' scope to maintain a clean environment and avoid global dependency conflicts.