Can I search for skills by specific categories?

Yes, the tool supports filtering by category slugs and tags, such as 'coding,' 'automation,' or 'documentation,' to help you find relevant capabilities.

Do I need to create my own skills manually?

While you can create your own, Skill Lookup encourages searching the community repository first to leverage existing, high-quality AI patterns and save development time.

Where are the skills stored locally?

Skills are installed into the .claude/skills/ directory within your project, organized by their unique slug for easy management.

What is the Skill Lookup skill for Claude?

Skill Lookup is a specialized tool that allows Claude to search for, retrieve, and install external AI agent skills from the prompts.chat ecosystem.

How do I install a new skill using this tool?

You can ask Claude to 'find a skill for [task]' and then 'install it.' The tool automatically creates the necessary directory structure and saves the implementation files.

Skill Lookup & Installer

Name: Skill Lookup & Installer
Author: f

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142,398

Productivity & Workflow

Discovers, retrieves, and installs reusable AI agent capabilities and domain-specific skills directly into your Claude environment.

About

Skill Lookup & Installer acts as a bridge between Claude and a vast ecosystem of community-driven AI capabilities. It allows users to dynamically extend Claude's functionality by searching for specialized skills, reviewing their documentation, and automating the installation process. By managing the directory structure and file placement within the .claude/skills/ directory, it transforms Claude from a general assistant into a highly customized power tool tailored for specific tasks like code review, security auditing, or frontend design.

Key Features

Seamless integration with the prompts.chat community repository
Full metadata retrieval including instructions, scripts, and documentation
Keyword-based skill discovery across multiple categories and tags
Automated installation to the local .claude/skills/ directory
Support for category-specific filtering to find the right tool quickly
142,398 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Expanding Claude's capabilities with community-built coding and testing tools
Discovering domain-specific AI behaviors for specialized project requirements
Automating the setup of agentic workflows without manual file configuration

About

Key Features

Seamless integration with the prompts.chat community repository
Full metadata retrieval including instructions, scripts, and documentation
Keyword-based skill discovery across multiple categories and tags
Automated installation to the local .claude/skills/ directory
Support for category-specific filtering to find the right tool quickly
142,398 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Expanding Claude's capabilities with community-built coding and testing tools
Discovering domain-specific AI behaviors for specialized project requirements
Automating the setup of agentic workflows without manual file configuration