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skill-lookup skill

by f·f/prompts.chat·177k stars

Search, retrieve, and install Agent Skills from the prompts.chat registry using MCP tools. Use when the user asks to find skills, browse skill catalogs, install a skill for Claude, or extend Claude's capabilities with reusable AI agent components.

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Install the skill-lookup skill

A skill is a folder. Copy it into your agent's skills folder and the agent loads it when the task matches its description. 

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/f/prompts.chat.git /tmp/prompts.chat
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/prompts.chat/plugins/claude/prompts.chat/skills/skill-lookup ~/.claude/skills/skill-lookup
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In the Claude apps, zip the folder and upload it from the Skills settings. The folder on GitHub

The instructions your agent would load

SKILL.md as published, without the frontmatter. Read it on GitHub

Workflow

  1. Search for skills matching the user's request using search_skills
  2. Present results with title, description, author, and file list
  3. If the user picks a skill, retrieve it with get_skill to get all files
  4. Install by saving files to .claude/skills/{slug}/ and verify the SKILL.md exists
  5. Confirm installation and explain what the skill does and when it activates

Example

search_skills({"query": "code review", "limit": 5, "category": "coding"})
get_skill({"id": "abc123"})

Available Tools

Use these prompts.chat MCP tools:

  • search_skills - Search for skills by keyword
  • get_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 request
  • limit: 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:

  1. Call get_skill to retrieve all files
  2. Create the directory .claude/skills/{slug}/
  3. Save each file to the appropriate location:
  • SKILL.md → .claude/skills/{slug}/SKILL.md
  • Other files → .claude/skills/{slug}/{filename}
  1. Read back SKILL.md to verify the frontmatter is intact

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

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