skills-discovery

# Skills Discovery

Find community skills and plugins, evaluate quality and safety before use.

<when_to_use>

- Searching for existing skills before building from scratch
- Evaluating community plugins for safety and quality
- Finding inspiration for skill design patterns
- Auditing plugins before installation

NOT for: creating new skills (use skills-dev), validating your own skills (use skills-dev)

</when_to_use>

## Discovery Workflow

1. **Search** — Find candidates via GitHub topics or code search
2. **Filter** — Apply quality heuristics to shortlist
3. **Audit** — Security review before installation
4. **Adapt** — Customize or extract patterns for your use

## GitHub Discovery

### Topic Pages

High-signal discovery starting points:

| Topic | Content | URL |
|-------|---------|-----|
| `claude-code-plugin` | Plugins | https://github.com/topics/claude-code-plugin |
| `claude-code-plugin-marketplace` | Marketplaces | https://github.com/topics/claude-code-plugin-marketplace |
| `claude-code-skills` | Skill packs | https://github.com/topics/claude-code-skills |
| `claude-code-skill` | Individual skills | https://github.com/topics/claude-code-skill |

### Code Search Patterns

Precise searches for specific artifacts:

```text
# Find SKILL.md files in .claude/skills paths
filename:SKILL.md path:.claude/skills

# Find marketplace configurations
".claude-plugin/marketplace.json"

# Find plugin manifests
".claude-plugin/plugin.json"

# Find hook configurations
"PreToolUse" AND hooks

# Find skills with specific features
filename:SKILL.md "context: fork"
filename:SKILL.md "allowed-tools"
filename:SKILL.md "disable-model-invocation"
```

### Recency Filters

Focus on actively maintained projects (adjust dates as needed):

```text
# Updated in last 90 days (calculate: date -v-90d +%Y-%m-%d)
pushed:>YYYY-MM-DD

# Updated since plugins era (Oct 2025+)
pushed:>2025-10-01
```

### Official Sources

| Source | Trust Level | Notes |
|--------|-------------|-------|
| anthrop