Skill Discovery

VerifiedSafe

Dynamically discover all available skills and subagent types. Auto-triggers on keywords like 'show skills', 'list agents'.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
ProductivityBeginner
606/2/2026
Claude Code
#skills#discovery#subagents#agent-types#help

Recommended for

Our review

Lists all available skills and subagent types in the current environment.

Strengths

  • Quick discovery of capabilities
  • Easy natural language invocation
  • Helps users understand available tools and subagents

Limitations

  • Does not provide detailed descriptions of each skill
  • Relies on Task tool definitions for subagent types
  • Only lists skills installed in .claude/skills
When to use it

Use this skill when you need to see what skills are available or remind yourself of available subagent types.

When not to use it

Do not use it when you need a detailed explanation of a specific skill or want to execute a task directly.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score90/100

The skill runs a local Python script to discover skills. No destructive or exfiltrating operations are indicated; it uses Bash only to execute a likely benign script.

No concerns found

Examples

List all skills
show skills
Find subagent types
what agents
Help with skills
help with skills

name: s description: Discover available skills and subagents. Auto-triggers on: /s, show skills, list skills, available skills, what can you do, help with skills, what agents, list agents allowed-tools: Bash, Read

Skill Discovery

Dynamically discover all available skills and subagent types.

Usage

Run the discovery script to list all skills:

python3 .claude/skills/s/scripts/discover.py

Subagent Types

Subagents are spawned via the Task tool. Available types are defined in the Task tool's system description. To see current subagent types, check the subagent_type parameter in your Task tool definition.

Common subagent types include:

  • Explore - Fast codebase exploration, file finding, searches
  • general-purpose - Complex multi-step tasks, research
  • Bash - Git operations, command execution
  • Plan - Architecture decisions, implementation planning

Note: Subagent types are defined by the Task tool, not this skill. Check your tool definitions for the authoritative list.

How Skills Work

Skills live in .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md with YAML frontmatter:

---
name: skill-name
description: What it does AND when to trigger (keywords here!)
allowed-tools: Read, Edit, Write, Task
---
  • Triggering: Skills auto-trigger based on keywords in their description field
  • Invocation: Use /<skill-name> or natural language matching trigger keywords
  • Tools: Each skill declares what tools it can use in allowed-tools

Adding New Skills

Use the skill-creator skill: /skill-creator <description>

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