Agent skill

Skill Catalog Builder

by rohitg00 in rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch

Build a bounded Agent Skill catalog across explicit discovery scopes and report collisions before loading instruction bodies.

MITAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Skill Catalog Builder

skills CLI
$ npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill skill-catalog-builder -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch skill-catalog-builder --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/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/phases/13-tools-and-protocols/24-skill-discovery-and-progressive-disclosure/outputs/skill-catalog-builder .claude/skills/skill-catalog-builder && 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-catalog-builder
GitHub stars
66k
Token cost
~249 tokens
SKILL.md length
106 words
Files
4 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
Skills in repo
16
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Build a bounded Agent Skill catalog across explicit discovery scopes and report collisions before loading instruction bodies.

  • Works in 5 steps: Read references/discovery-contract.md. → Review the example host policy in… → Run python3 scripts/build_catalog.py… → …
  • AI & LLM Engineering work in your project
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3

What it does

Skill Catalog Builder is an agent skill from rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch. Build a bounded Agent Skill catalog across explicit discovery scopes and report collisions before loading instruction bodies.

Its SKILL.md is about 250 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `assets/scope-policy.json`, `references/discovery-contract.md` and `scripts/build_catalog.py`).

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering. The repository describes itself as: Learn it. Build it. Ship it for others. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • AI & LLM Engineering work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/skill-catalog-builder”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read references/discovery-contract.md.
  2. Review the example host policy in assets/scope-policy.json; do not assume its order is universal.
  3. Run python3 scripts/build_catalog.py project=PATH user=PATH with scopes listed from highest to lowest precedence.
  4. Inspect the JSON collisions and omitted arrays before activating a skill.
  5. Load only the selected SKILL.md body. Load a direct reference only when that body names it.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cdfd9df. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3

    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.

Context cost

Skill Catalog Builder loads about 249 tokens when it runs, and up to ~409 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 106 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~249
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~409

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 rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch at commit cdfd9df, republished under its MIT licence (© rohitg00). 106 words, ~249 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/skill-catalog-builder/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
skill-catalog-builder
description
Build a bounded Agent Skill catalog across explicit discovery scopes and report collisions before loading instruction bodies.
license
MIT
metadata.lesson
24

Skill catalog builder

Use this skill when an agent host needs deterministic discovery across more than one skill directory.

  1. Read references/discovery-contract.md.
  2. Review the example host policy in assets/scope-policy.json; do not assume its order is universal.
  3. Run python3 scripts/build_catalog.py project=PATH user=PATH with scopes listed from highest to lowest precedence.
  4. Inspect the JSON collisions and omitted arrays before activating a skill.
  5. Load only the selected SKILL.md body. Load a direct reference only when that body names it.

Never execute a bundled script during discovery. Never choose an equal-precedence duplicate by incidental filesystem order.

Return the catalog budget, selected entries, collision resolutions, and omissions.

© rohitg00, 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 3 other files (scripts, references, assets) in phases/13-tools-and-protocols/24-skill-discovery-and-progressive-disclosure/outputs/skill-catalog-builder of rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/scope-policy.json
  • references/discovery-contract.md
  • scripts/build_catalog.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cdfd9df

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Questions about Skill Catalog Builder

What does Skill Catalog Builder do?

Build a bounded Agent Skill catalog across explicit discovery scopes and report collisions before loading instruction bodies. Skill Catalog Builder is an agent skill from rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch. Build a bounded Agent Skill catalog across explicit discovery scopes and report collisions before loading instruction bodies.

When should I use Skill Catalog Builder?

Skill Catalog Builder fits situations like: AI & LLM Engineering work in your project.

How do I install Skill Catalog Builder in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill skill-catalog-builder -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (phases/13-tools-and-protocols/24-skill-discovery-and-progressive-disclosure/outputs/skill-catalog-builder in rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch) into .claude/skills/skill-catalog-builder in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Skill Catalog Builder in Codex?

Run `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill skill-catalog-builder -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (phases/13-tools-and-protocols/24-skill-discovery-and-progressive-disclosure/outputs/skill-catalog-builder in rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch) into .agents/skills/skill-catalog-builder in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Skill Catalog Builder 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 rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill skill-catalog-builder -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-catalog-builder, .gemini/skills/skill-catalog-builder, .github/skills/skill-catalog-builder and .opencode/skills/skill-catalog-builder in your project.

What does Skill Catalog Builder need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Skill Catalog Builder needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Skill Catalog Builder 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 Catalog Builder 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 Catalog Builder use?

Skill Catalog Builder 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 Catalog Builder use?

About 249 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 996 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 160 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Skill Catalog Builder?

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Who maintains Skill Catalog Builder?

rohitg00 (a GitHub user) maintains it in rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, which has 65,983 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.