Execute analyzes existing plugins to extract their capabilities, then adapts and applies those skills to the current task.

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Install Skill Adapter

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill skill-adapter -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace skill-adapter --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/skill-adapter .claude/skills/skill-adapter && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
skill-adapter
GitHub stars
2.8k
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
491 words
Files
12 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
Skills in repo
3,342
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Execute analyzes existing plugins to extract their capabilities, then adapts and applies those skills to the current task.

  • Works in 6 steps: Analyze the user's task to identify the… → Search existing plugins for relevant… → For each relevant plugin discovered,… → …
  • Appropriate context detected
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Prerequisites, Instructions and Output, plus 3 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Skill Adapter is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Execute analyzes existing plugins to extract their capabilities, then adapts and applies those skills to the current task. Acts as a universal skill chameleon that learns from other plugins. Activates when you request "skill adapter" functionality. Use when appropriate context detected. Trigger with relevant phrases based on skill purpose.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 14 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `assets/README.md`, `assets/example_plugin_analysis.json` and `assets/plugin_selection_rules.yaml`). Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code

The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Appropriate context detected
  • With relevant phrases based on skill purpose

Example prompts

  • “skill adapter”
  • “/skill-adapter”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Docker
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob, Bash(cmd:*)

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Analyze the user's task to identify the core capability needed, the domain (security, devops, testing, documentation, etc.), and key…
  2. Search existing plugins for relevant capabilities using file globbing across plugins/community/, plugins/packages/, and plugins/examples/…
  3. For each relevant plugin discovered, extract capabilities from its components
  4. Synthesize extracted patterns by merging complementary approaches, simplifying where possible, and ensuring compatibility with the current…
  5. Apply the adapted skill to the user's task, following the learned methodology while adjusting syntax, tools, and output format to match…
  6. Report which plugins were consulted, what patterns were extracted, and how they were adapted for the current task.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. 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:

    • Read
    • Grep
    • Glob
    • Bash(cmd:*)

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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.

  • Compatibility

    Designed for Claude Code

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Skill Adapter loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 89 tokens; SKILL.md has 491 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~89
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.3k

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 491 words, ~1,236 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/skill-adapter/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 11 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
skill-adapter
description
Execute analyzes existing plugins to extract their capabilities, then adapts and applies those skills to the current task. Acts as a universal skill chameleon that learns from other plugins. Activates when you request "skill adapter" functionality. Use when appropriate context detected. Trigger with relevant phrases based on skill purpose.
allowed-tools
Read, Grep, Glob, Bash(cmd:*)
compatibility
Designed for Claude Code
version
1.24.0
author
Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
license
MIT
tags
example, adapter

Skill Adapter

Overview

Analyzes existing plugins in the repository to extract their capabilities, then synthesizes and applies those learned patterns to the current task. Functions as a universal skill chameleon that discovers relevant plugins, extracts their approaches and methodologies, and adapts them to novel requests.

Prerequisites

  • Read access to the plugins/ directory tree (community, packages, examples categories)
  • grep and find available on PATH for plugin discovery
  • Familiarity with the plugin structure: commands/*.md, agents/*.md, skills/*/SKILL.md, and scripts/

Instructions

  1. Analyze the user's task to identify the core capability needed, the domain (security, devops, testing, documentation, etc.), and key requirements or constraints (see ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/how-it-works.md).
  2. Search existing plugins for relevant capabilities using file globbing across plugins/community/, plugins/packages/, and plugins/examples/ directories. Match on plugin.json descriptions and keyword fields.
  3. For each relevant plugin discovered, extract capabilities from its components:
    • Commands (commands/*.md): read content, extract approach and input/output patterns.
    • Agents (agents/*.md): understand roles, decision-making patterns, expertise areas.
    • Skills (skills/*/SKILL.md): read instructions, extract core capability and tool usage.
    • Scripts (scripts/*.sh, *.py): analyze logic, identify reusable patterns and error handling.
  4. Synthesize extracted patterns by merging complementary approaches, simplifying where possible, and ensuring compatibility with the current environment.
  5. Apply the adapted skill to the user's task, following the learned methodology while adjusting syntax, tools, and output format to match the current context.
  6. Report which plugins were consulted, what patterns were extracted, and how they were adapted for the current task.

Output

A structured adaptation report containing:

  • List of plugins analyzed and capabilities extracted from each
  • The synthesized approach combining relevant patterns
  • The direct application of that approach to the user's task
  • Any caveats or limitations of the adapted skill
Show full SKILL.md (216 more words)Show less

Error Handling

ErrorCauseSolution
No matching plugins foundSearch terms too narrow or domain not representedBroaden search keywords; check alternative categories; fall back to general-purpose approach
Plugin directory inaccessibleMissing read permissions or incorrect pathVerify plugins/ directory exists and permissions allow traversal
Incompatible patternsExtracted approaches conflict with current environmentPrioritize the most relevant plugin's approach; discard conflicting elements
Empty skill/command filesPlugin has stub content without real instructionsSkip that plugin and note it as incomplete; rely on other sources

Examples

Learning code analysis from security plugins: Task: "Analyze this codebase for issues." Process: Discover owasp-top-10-scanner, code-quality-enforcer, and security-audit-agent. Extract OWASP vulnerability checks, complexity/duplication metrics, and dependency scanning patterns. Synthesize a multi-layer analysis covering security, quality, and dependencies. Apply to the target codebase (see ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/example-workflows.md).

Adopting documentation skills: Task: "Generate API documentation." Process: Find api-documenter, openapi-generator, readme-builder. Extract code parsing, OpenAPI spec generation, and hierarchical documentation structuring. Combine into an end-to-end pipeline: parse endpoints, generate spec, create interactive docs, build README.

Learning automation from DevOps plugins: Task: "Automate deployment process." Process: Search DevOps category for deployment, CI/CD, and Docker plugins. Extract build-test-deploy-verify workflows, parallel job patterns, and service orchestration. Adapt to the user's specific tech stack and infrastructure.

Resources

  • ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/how-it-works.md -- detailed five-phase adaptation process
  • ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/example-workflows.md -- end-to-end workflow examples
  • ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/errors.md -- error handling patterns

© jeremylongshore, 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 11 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/.curated/skill-adapter of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/README.md
  • assets/example_plugin_analysis.json
  • assets/plugin_selection_rules.yaml
  • assets/skill_adaptation_template.py
  • references/README.md
  • references/errors.md
  • references/example-workflows.md
  • references/examples.md
  • references/how-it-works.md
  • scripts/README.md
  • scripts/plugin_analyzer.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287

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Questions about Skill Adapter

What does Skill Adapter do?

Execute analyzes existing plugins to extract their capabilities, then adapts and applies those skills to the current task. Skill Adapter is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Execute analyzes existing plugins to extract their capabilities, then adapts and applies those skills to the current task.

When should I use Skill Adapter?

Skill Adapter fits situations like: appropriate context detected; with relevant phrases based on skill purpose.

How do I install Skill Adapter in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill skill-adapter -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/skill-adapter in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/skill-adapter in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Skill Adapter in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill skill-adapter -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/skill-adapter in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/skill-adapter in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Skill Adapter in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill skill-adapter -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/skill-adapter, .gemini/skills/skill-adapter, .github/skills/skill-adapter and .opencode/skills/skill-adapter in your project.

What does Skill Adapter need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Skill Adapter needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3; Docker. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash(cmd:*). Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code.

Does Skill Adapter access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Skill Adapter safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Skill Adapter use?

Skill Adapter is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Skill Adapter use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Skill Adapter?

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Who maintains Skill Adapter?

jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,827 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.