Find the right Claude skills for any job

Here's how to set up what I showed in my video. You install one free skill, then ask it to find the right skills for whatever you're working on. You won't write any code.

What you need

• A paid Claude plan. Claude Code comes with Pro, Max and Ultra (and with Team and Enterprise). It isn't in the free plan.
• The Claude desktop app. The skill runs in Claude Code, which is the Code tab of the app, not the regular chat.
• A computer with Node.js 22.20 or newer. It's a free program this skill needs in order to search and install. Step 2 checks for it.

Using Codex instead? The steps are at the end of this guide.

What it does

find-skills is a free skill from Vercel Labs: https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills. It's open source under the MIT licence. A skill is a saved set of instructions Claude follows when the job calls for it.

You tell Claude what you're working on. find-skills looks through skills.sh, a public directory of about 1.3 million skills, and comes back with the best matches. For each one it shows you what it does, how many times it was installed and who published it. You choose, and Claude installs it.

It's the most installed skill on that directory, at about 4.3 million installs when I wrote this.

Step 1: open Claude Code

1. Download the Claude desktop app from claude.ai/download, install it and sign in.
2. Click Code at the top of the sidebar.
3. Make a new folder to work in, for example "Claude skills" in your Documents.
4. In the row under the message box, choose Local, then click the folder control, choose Open folder… and pick that folder.
5. In the same row, choose Auto, so Claude can keep going without stopping to ask at every step.

Keep an eye on it. In Auto, Claude can install programs and edit or change files without asking first. If you'd rather approve each step, choose Manual.

Step 2: install find-skills

Paste this into the message box and press Enter:

Install the find-skills skill for me as a personal skill, so I can use it in any folder. First check that Node.js 22.20 or newer is on my computer, and stop and tell me if it isn't. If it is, run: npx skills add vercel-labs/skills@find-skills -g -y -a claude-code

If Claude says Node.js is missing or too old, that one part is yours. Go to nodejs.org, download the LTS version and run the installer. It may ask for your computer's password, which Claude can't type for you. Then quit and reopen the Claude app, and paste the message again.

When the skill is installed, start a new session in the Code tab so it loads, then type /find-skills to see it in the list.

Rather do it yourself? The install command is on the skill's page.

Step 3: tell it what you're working on

Type this and fill in the brackets. For example, "planning a week of content" or "building a prospecting list":

/find-skills Find a skill for [what you're working on]. Show me the best few, with how many times each was installed and who made it. Don't install anything until I pick one.

Keep the last sentence. Once you say yes, the skill installs without asking again, so this is the moment you stay in control.

You get a short list: what each skill does, how many times it was installed, who published it, and a link to read more.

Step 4: judge it, then pick one

Before you say yes, look at three things:

• Who made it. The name before the slash, like vercel-labs/skills, is who published it on GitHub. The skill itself treats known companies as more trustworthy than names nobody has heard of.
• How many people installed it. The skill prefers 1,000 installs or more and is cautious below 100. This counts how popular a skill is, using anonymous data from the install tool. Popular doesn't mean safe.
• Its page on skills.sh. Open the link. You can read the skill's instructions and see the results of security checks by outside companies.

A skill can tell Claude to run programs on your computer, and skills.sh says plainly that it can't guarantee the quality or security of every skill it lists. If you don't know the maker, ask Claude to read the skill and tell you what it would do before you install it.

When you've picked one, tell Claude:

Install [the skill's name].

It goes in as a personal skill, so it works in any folder. Start a new session so it loads, then ask for it by name, or type / and its name.

If nothing fits, Claude says so. It can do the job without a skill, or help you write your own.

Using Codex instead of Claude Code

find-skills works in Codex too: the project lists Codex as one of the apps it installs into. You'll need a ChatGPT account, the ChatGPT desktop app and Node.js 22.20 or newer. These steps come from the project's GitHub page and OpenAI's docs, and I haven't run them in Codex myself.

1. Download the ChatGPT desktop app from chatgpt.com/download, install it and sign in.

2. Choose Codex from the ChatGPT dropdown, then open a new folder to work in.

3. In the permissions control below the message box, choose Approve for me, so it can keep going without stopping to ask. Keep an eye on it, because it can install programs and change files.

4. Paste this into the message box and press Enter:

   Install the find-skills skill for me as a personal skill, so I can use it in any folder. First check that Node.js 22.20 or newer is on my computer, and stop and tell me if it isn't. If it is, run: npx skills add vercel-labs/skills@find-skills -g -a codex -y
   

5. Start a new chat so the skill loads. If it doesn't show up, restart the app.

Then follow Steps 3 and 4. Instead of typing /find-skills, ask for the skill by name. For example:

Use the find-skills skill to find a skill for [what you're working on]. Show me the best few, with how many times each was installed and who made it. Don't install anything until I pick one.

Written on 9 November 2026 from version 1.7.6 of the skills tool and the project's own pages. Install counts change every day. Claude changes fast: if a menu has moved, look for the same words in the app.