# How do you find a skill that already does what you need?

Canonical URL: https://bestskillsforclaude.com/en/skills/find-skills
Language: en
Skill: find-skills
Publisher: Vercel Labs (https://github.com/vercel-labs)
Source: https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills
License as stated by the publisher: MIT
Runtime: Claude Code and other agents supported by the skills CLI
Category: Extend Claude
Last reviewed: 2026-08-05

Search before you write. Most of what people build already exists.

## Short answer
The find-skills skill, part of the Vercel Labs skills CLI, lets an agent search the published skill ecosystem and install by name instead of guessing what exists. It is the cheapest skill in this catalogue to install and the one that prevents the most wasted effort, because the usual alternative is writing something that already exists.

Best for: Anyone assembling a toolkit, or about to write a skill from scratch.
Skip it if: Your environment is locked to an approved internal set, where discovery is not yours to do.

## What to remember
- Search first. The duplicate you avoid writing is the whole return.
- The CLI supports many agents, not only Claude Code.
- Discovery is not endorsement. Read what you install.
- Directory listings age. Check the source repository's activity before adopting.

## What it changes in practice
The skill ecosystem is spread across repositories, marketplaces and directories, so the practical failure is not lack of skills but not knowing they exist. Search from inside the agent removes the browsing step entirely.
It also changes the default instinct. Once discovery is one command away, checking becomes cheaper than writing, which is the correct order.

## Where it disappoints
A directory ranks by popularity and recency, not by whether a skill is right for you, and popularity is a poor proxy for quality in a young ecosystem.
Security matters here more than anywhere else in this catalogue: installing a skill means giving instructions to an agent that can run commands, so read the source first.

## Install and first run
1. Install with the skills CLI from vercel-labs, published under MIT.
2. Search for the task in plain words before writing anything yourself.
3. Read the source of anything you install, because a skill runs with your agent's permissions.

## Questions
### What is the skills CLI?
A command line tool from Vercel Labs for finding and installing agent skills, supporting many agents rather than one.

### Is everything in the directory safe?
No. Listing is not review. Read the source of any skill before installing it.

### Why install this first?
Because it stops you writing a skill that already exists, which is the most common waste in this ecosystem.

## Sources
- vercel-labs/skills on GitHub: https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills
- Agent skills directory listing: https://skills.sh

## Other languages
- Spanish: https://bestskillsforclaude.com/es/skills/find-skills
- Brazilian Portuguese: https://bestskillsforclaude.com/pt-br/skills/find-skills
- Japanese: https://bestskillsforclaude.com/ja/skills/find-skills