Agent Skills Phoebe Picks find-skills field test

Published Skill

SkillDiscoveryDesk

Find useful agent Skills without falling for noisy search results.

01 Need

Clarify the job before searching.

03 Verify

Check stars, source, and fit.

04 Decide

Recommend, hold, or reject.

source first install last use case fit

Key features

The Skill is a search workflow, not just a search bar.

Tap each feature to see what it changes in the recommendation process.

01

Clarify the user need

Translate the request into domain, task, input, output, and constraints before searching.

    Interactive demo

    Pick a situation. The desk creates a safer Skill-search brief.

    Design frontend design Skill
    Task
    Find a Skill that turns rough agent-built screens into polished UI.
    Quality gate
    Prefer 10k+ star source or verified top-ranked proof.
    Decision
    Recommend only after a ground-up artifact proves the method.

    Source gate

    The canonical source now clears every publication gate.

    Canonical source

    find-skills

    Source: vercel-labs/skills, skills/find-skills/SKILL.md

    2.7M installs · #1 all-time #1 all-time on Skills.sh · verified 2026-07-25
    Decision

    Publish with proof

    The source clears 10k stars, the workflow has a ground-up demo, and all six concepts were exercised in a 20-Skill research pass.

    Safety finding

    CLI step needs care

    The Skill recommends `npx skills find`. In this field test, direct third-party package execution was not used.

    Field notes

    What the build proved.

    3 strong points

    • It stops the agent from recommending a Skill just because a keyword matches.
    • It turns discovery into a repeatable brief, search, verify, decide workflow.
    • It makes source quality visible before installation.

    3 can be better

    • Leaderboard popularity can hide a lower-install Skill that fits a specialized task better.
    • The CLI path depends on external package execution, so it needs explicit trust.
    • It needs a richer scoring template for installs, source reputation, and artifact proof.

    Day-to-day use

    • Builders can compare Skills before adding more agent instructions.
    • Students can learn how to judge AI tooling sources instead of chasing lists.
    • Leaders can ask for evidence before adopting a new workflow Skill.