Automated summary
Retrieves today's date to ensure web searches use the correct year, avoiding outdated results.
Strengths
- Keeps web searches current by using the real year
- Auto-invokes before searches that include a year
- Simple and quick to run
- Prevents stale or incorrect date assumptions
Limitations
- Only corrects the year, not month or day
- Relies on the `date` shell command (may not be available on all platforms)
- Could override a deliberately specified historical year
Use this skill before any web search that contains a year (e.g., 'React 2024') or when looking for recent information like software versions or documentation.
Avoid when the search targets a specific historical year that should remain unchanged, or when no year is involved in the query.
Security analysis
SafeThe skill only runs the 'date' command, which is safe and poses no security risk.
No concerns found
How this analysis is madeExamples
Search for React Query 2024 documentationWhat are the latest Python 2024 release dates?Find Next.js best practices 2024name: today description: Get today's date for web searches and date-sensitive tasks. Auto-invoke before any WebSearch that includes a year (e.g., "React 2024", "Python 2025"), when searching for current documentation, latest releases, or recent information. Ensures searches use the correct current year instead of outdated dates.
Today's Date
Get the current date before performing web searches or date-sensitive operations.
Instructions
- Run
date "+%Y-%m-%d"to get today's date - Extract the current year from the result
- Use this year in web search queries instead of any assumed or hardcoded year
- Report the current date, then proceed with the task using correct dates
When to use
- Before web searches that would include a year (e.g., "React Query 2024" should become "React Query 2025" if we're in 2025)
- When searching for "latest", "current", "recent", or "up-to-date" documentation
- When the user asks about recent releases, current versions, or contemporary information
- Any task where using an outdated year would return stale results
Example
If asked to search for "Next.js best practices 2024" and today is 2025-12-25:
- Get current date: 2025-12-25
- Update search to: "Next.js best practices 2025"
- Perform the corrected search
From the file to a first result
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View the source and supporting filesThis download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.
1. Download the file
Download SKILL.mdFrom the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.
Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.
mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/today-s-date-mmh8qren/download' --output '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren/SKILL.md'2. Check prerequisites
Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.
No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.
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3. Load the skill
After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.
Claude Code
test -f '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/today' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren' '.claude/skills/today'Cursor
test -f '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.cursor/skills' && test ! -e '.cursor/skills/today' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren' '.cursor/skills/today'Codex
test -f '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.agents/skills' && test ! -e '.agents/skills/today' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren' '.agents/skills/today'OpenSkills
OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.
Official OpenSkills installationopenskills install './.skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren'openskills read 'today-s-date-mmh8qren'Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.
For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.
openskills syncManual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.
4. Try a first task
Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:
Read .skill-downloads/today-s-date-mmh8qren/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.
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