skill-lookup

The skill-lookup tool functions as a direct interface for the prompts.chat MCP server, enabling developers to discover, audit, and integrate pre-built agent components directly into their local environment. Instead of manual copying or navigating browser-based repositories, this skill allows for programmatic querying of the awesome-chatgpt-prompts ecosystem. By triggering this, you retrieve skill metadata, instructional documentation, and supporting logic files required for extension development. It handles the organizational heavy lifting by mapping remote files into the correct .claude/skills/ directory structure. This ensures that agent behaviors remain modular and consistent, allowing for quick deployment of tested scripts and configuration files without leaving your development context. It is the primary mechanism for expanding the functional range of your local AI agent setup through verified, community-sourced skill sets.

When to Use This Skill

• •Quickly adding a new code review or documentation generation capability to a project
• •Browsing available automation helpers without opening a web browser
• •Standardizing skill installations across multiple development environments
• •Fetching specific helper scripts needed for a new workflow

How to Invoke This Skill

Example prompts that trigger this skill in Claude Code, Cursor, or Antigravity:

• “Find me a skill for code reviews
• “Show me what skills are available in the testing category
• “How do I install the documentation skill?
• “Fetch the details for skill ID xyz
• “Search for agent skills related to web scraping

Pro Tips

• 💡Combine `search_skills` with specific `category` and `tag` filters to narrow down results efficiently, especially when dealing with a large skill library.
• 💡Always review the skill's `SKILL.md` and reference documentation using `get_skill` before installation to understand its exact functionality and dependencies.
• 💡For recurring project setups, consider scripting the installation of a set of essential skills to ensure a consistent and productive development environment.

What this skill does

• •Search the remote skill registry using keywords, categories, or tags
• •Retrieve full metadata and associated source files for specific skills
• •Automate the file system setup for new skill installations
• •Validate skill structure before integration
• •Cross-reference community-maintained prompts and scripts

When not to use it

• ✕When you need to write a brand new, custom skill from scratch without external dependencies
• ✕When you are working without an active internet connection
• ✕When the desired functionality is native to your current agent framework

Example workflow

1. Search for relevant skills using a descriptive keyword query
2. Review the search results including title, description, and file count
3. Select the appropriate skill ID from the returned list
4. Call get_skill to download the metadata and source files
5. Create the local .claude/skills/{slug}/ folder
6. Save the retrieved files into their respective locations

Prerequisites

• –MCP server connectivity configured for prompts.chat
• –Read/write access to the .claude directory in the project root

Pitfalls & limitations

• !Failure to verify file paths can lead to orphaned scripts
• !Relying on outdated skill IDs if the repository has been refactored
• !Network timeouts when fetching large skill packages with many helper files

FAQ

How it compares

Unlike manual searching in a browser followed by copy-pasting code, this skill automates the discovery and file-path mapping, reducing configuration errors.

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