Agent skill

Agent Registry

by sundial-org in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills

MANDATORY agent discovery system for token-efficient agent loading.

No licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Agent Registry

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill agent-registry -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills agent-registry --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/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/agent-registry .claude/skills/agent-registry && 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
agent-registry
GitHub stars
663
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
345 words
Files
12 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

MANDATORY agent discovery system for token-efficient agent loading.

  • Works in 2 steps: Install the Skill → Migrate Your Agents
  • User task may benefit from specialized agent expertise
  • SKILL.md covers CRITICAL RULE, Workflow, Available Commands and Search First Pattern, plus 4 more sections
  • Runs Python and Shell scripts from its folder; calls python, npx and npm

What it does

Agent Registry is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. MANDATORY agent discovery system for token-efficient agent loading. Claude MUST use this skill instead of loading agents directly from ~/.claude/agents/ or .claude/agents/. Provides lazy loading via searchagents and getagent tools. Use when: (1) user task may benefit from specialized agent expertise, (2) user asks about available agents, (3) starting complex workflows that historically used agents. This skill reduces context window usage by ~95% compared to loading all agents upfront.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 12 other files, including scripts (for example `README.md`, `install.sh` and `package.json`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Web performance and Context engineering. It works with Python. The repository describes itself as: Top OpenClaw skills, with the most popular and useful ones.

When your agent uses it

  • User task may benefit from specialized agent expertise
  • User asks about available agents
  • Starting complex workflows that historically used agents

Example prompts

  • “/agent-registry”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Node.js
  • A Bash shell

Workflow steps

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

  1. Install the Skill
  2. Migrate Your Agents

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b80cde2. 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 8 files in scripts/ (Python and Shell), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python
    • npx
    • npm
    • pip3

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, npm and pip3, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Agent Registry loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 128 tokens; SKILL.md has 345 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~128
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 345 words (~1,125 tokens).

“Lazy-loading system for Claude Code agents. Eliminates the "~16k tokens" warning by loading agents on-demand.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
agent-registry

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 11 other files (scripts) in skills/agent-registry of sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md
  • install.sh
  • package.json
  • scripts/get_agent.py
  • scripts/init_registry.py
  • scripts/list_agents.py
  • scripts/rebuild_registry.py
  • scripts/search_agents.py
  • scripts/search_agents_paged.py
  • scripts/test_questionary.py
  • scripts/test_selection.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b80cde2

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Questions about Agent Registry

What does Agent Registry do?

MANDATORY agent discovery system for token-efficient agent loading. Agent Registry is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. MANDATORY agent discovery system for token-efficient agent loading.

When should I use Agent Registry?

Agent Registry fits situations like: user task may benefit from specialized agent expertise; user asks about available agents; starting complex workflows that historically used agents.

How do I install Agent Registry in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill agent-registry -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/agent-registry in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .claude/skills/agent-registry in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Agent Registry in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill agent-registry -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/agent-registry in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .agents/skills/agent-registry in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Agent Registry 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 sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill agent-registry -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/agent-registry, .gemini/skills/agent-registry, .github/skills/agent-registry and .opencode/skills/agent-registry in your project.

What does Agent Registry need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Agent Registry needs Python and a shell for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python, npx, npm and pip3). Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js; A Bash shell.

Does Agent Registry access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Agent Registry 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 Agent Registry use?

No licence was found for Agent Registry or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Agent Registry use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Agent Registry?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Agent Registry: Claude Statusbar (leeguooooo/claude-code-usage-bar, 378 stars), Cognee Session Memory and Improve (topoteretes/cognee, 32k stars), Rlm (BowTiedSwan/rlm-skill, 182 stars) and File-Based Planning in Arabic (OthmanAdi/planning-with-files, 27k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Agent Registry?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which has 663 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 7, 2026.

Source: sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.