Skill Manager

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Skill management

Example prompts

• “/skill-manager”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Node.js
• Docker
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Write, Edit, WebFetch

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1SVN Export (Recommended)
2. 2Git Sparse Checkout
3. 3SKILL.md Only (Fallback)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bd445de. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Bash
  • Read
  • Write
  • Edit
  • WebFetch

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships script files (JavaScript), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • choco
  • brew
  • apt-get
  • yum

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • github.com

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Skill Manager loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 70 tokens; SKILL.md has 659 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~70

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.8k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

• NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md

  allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit, WebFetch

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from buzhangsan/skill-manager at commit bd445de, republished under its MIT licence (© buzhangsan). 659 words, ~1,810 tokens.

name

skill-manager

description

A Claude Code skill that allows you to search, browse, and install skills from a database of 31,767+ community skills with intelligent folder-level downloads. Supports SVN export, Git sparse checkout, and HTTP fallback methods for complete skill folder installation.

allowed-tools

Bash, Read, Write, Edit, WebFetch

version

2.0.0

author

buzhangsan@github

license

MIT

tags

skill-management, package-manager, search, installation, svn, git

requirements

Node.js >= 14.0.0, Internet connection, SVN client (recommended) or Git

I need a skill for Python testing

Find me a skill to help with Docker

Search for skills related to API development

if (SVN available) {
  → Use SVN export (fastest, most efficient)
} else if (Git available) {
  → Use Git sparse checkout (slower but complete)
} else {
  → Download SKILL.md only (minimal fallback)
}

User: I need help with Python testing
Assistant: [Searches database and shows results]
1. pytest-helper (by python-community)
   ⭐ 1,250 stars | 🔀 342 forks
   📝 Helps write and run pytest tests with fixtures and assertions...
   🔗 https://github.com/python-community/pytest-helper

User: Install the first one
Assistant: [Detects SVN, downloads complete folder with all scripts]
   ✓ SVN detected - using efficient folder download
   ✓ Method used: SVN
   ✓ Files installed: SKILL.md, pytest_runner.py, fixtures.py, README.md

User: Find me skills for A股
Assistant: [Shows Chinese stock market skills]

User: Install technical-indicators
Assistant: [SVN not found, uses Git sparse checkout]
   ✓ Git detected - using sparse checkout
   ✓ Method used: Git Sparse Checkout
   ✓ Files installed: SKILL.md, skill.py, references/

User: Show me skills by pytorch
Assistant: [Searches and displays PyTorch organization skills]

User: Find skills for code review
Assistant: [Searches for code review related skills]

© buzhangsan, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 13 other files in the repository root of buzhangsan/skill-manager.

• SKILL.md
• README.md
• data/acc.png
• data/all_skills_with_cn.json.gz
• data/banner.jpeg
• data/group.png
• docs/CHANGELOG.md
• docs/INSTALLATION.md
• docs/PROJECT_SUMMARY.md
• docs/README_CN.md
• docs/README_EN.md
• docs/UPGRADE_GUIDE.md
• src/index.js
• src/package.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bd445de