Skills.sh Searcher

This skill searches and downloads skills from the skills.sh marketplace, which is the largest directory of AI agent skills.

Core Functionality

1. Search Skills: Search skills by keywords from skills.sh leaderboard
2. Download Skills: Download skill packages to .opencode/skill/ directory
3. Convert to Standard Format: Convert skills.sh data to standard skill_card format
4. Auto-Install: Make skills immediately available for opencode

Usage

Trigger: /skills-sh-searcher <keywords> or "Search skills.sh for PDF skills"

Search Examples

# Search for PDF-related skills
keywords: ['pdf', 'document', 'file']

# Search for web scraping skills
keywords: ['scraping', 'web', 'html', 'bs4']

# Search for data processing skills
keywords: ['data', 'csv', 'json', 'excel']

Download Examples

# Download specific skill
skills-sh-searcher --download anthropics/skills/pdf

# Download multiple skills
skills-sh-searcher --download anthropics/skills/docx
skills-sh-searcher --download anthropics/skills/xlsx

Skills Available on skills.sh

Based on the skills.sh leaderboard, available skills include:

Document Processing Skills

• anthropics/skills/pdf (923 installs) - PDF processing
• anthropics/skills/docx (735 installs) - Word document processing
• anthropics/skills/xlsx (773 installs) - Excel spreadsheet processing
• anthropics/skills/pptx (772 installs) - PowerPoint presentation processing

Web Development Skills

• anthropics/skills/frontend-design (3.9K installs) - Frontend design
• anthropics/skills/webapp-testing (662 installs) - Web app testing
• anthropics/skills/mcp-builder (618 installs) - MCP server builder

Data Processing Skills

• anthropics/skills/webapp-testing - Web scraping
• Various data transformation skills

Testing Skills

• anthropics/skills/webapp-testing - Testing frameworks
• anthropics/skills/test-driven-development - TDD patterns

Development Tools

• anthropics/skills/skill-creator (2.5K installs) - Skill creation guide
• Various IDE and coding patterns

Implementation Workflow

1. Fetch Skills from skills.sh

   • Access skills.sh homepage
   • Parse skill information (name, installs, URL, tags)
   • Filter by keywords if provided

2. Download Skills to .opencode/skill/

   • Get skill details from GitHub
   • Create standardized SKILL.md
   • Copy to .opencode/skill/ directory

3. Quality Filtering

   • Filter by install count (minimum threshold)
   • Filter by relevance to keywords
   • Return top matches

Resources

• scripts/fetch_skills_sh.py - Fetch and parse skills.sh leaderboard
• scripts/download_skill.py - Download skill from GitHub to .opencode/skill/
• references/skills_catalog.json - Cache of available skills

Best Practices

• Always check install count to find popular, reliable skills
• Use specific keywords for better matches
• Download skills with high install counts first
• Verify downloaded skills before using

Notes

• skills.sh uses the format owner/repo/skill_name for skill identification
• Skills are installed using npx skills add <owner/repo> command
• This skill automates that process by:
  1. Finding the right skill
  2. Downloading it from GitHub
  3. Converting to standard SKILL.md format
  4. Placing in .opencode/skill/ directory