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skill-dict

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Use when the user types `/skill-dict`, asks about their personal skill library at ~/skills-library/, asks "what does <skill> do" about a library entry, asks to sync the library after installing a plugin, or asks to add a skill to the library.

The file

We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

5 rules. About 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 4 are very specific to this project.

  • ≈0

    Common · estimate

    Many files like this have a rule of this kind.

  • ≈1

    Distinctive · estimate

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 4

    Very specific

    Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

  • Common
  • Distinctive
  • Very specific
  1. Very specific:

    If multiple matches, ask via AskUserQuestion.

    line 40
  2. Very specific:

    If no match, tell the user and suggest /skill-dict list to see what's available.

    line 41
  3. Very specific:

    Read just that one file with Read and print it.

    line 42
  4. Distinctive:

    Read-only audit comparing installed plugin versions to upstream sources.

    line 48
  5. Very specific:

    Preserve hand-edits: When sync finds an existing file, do not modify it — even if the manifest disagrees on installed: or version:.

    line 59

≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

Keep what fits and drop the rest. Your version, ready for your agents.
Files
SKILL.md

/skill-dict — Personal skill library at ~/skills-library/

You maintain a hand-curated catalog of every Claude Code skill you've installed or authored. One markdown file per parent unit (a plugin or top-level user-authored skill). Sub-skills inside a plugin live inside the parent's entry, not as separate files.

Library root: ~/skills-library/

skills-library/
├── README.md          ← overview, conventions, entry template
├── INDEX.md           ← scannable table of all entries
├── plugins/           ← installed from marketplaces or npm
│   └── *.md
└── authored/          ← your own skills
    └── *.md

The skill has 5 subcommands. Pick the one matching the user's argument; if none was given, ask which.

Subcommands

list (inline)

Print the contents of ~/skills-library/INDEX.md and stop. Do NOT read other files. The index is a single markdown table — that's the whole point of having it.

show <name> (inline)

  1. Locate the file: try plugins/<name>.md first, then authored/<name>.md. Use Glob if the user used a partial name.
  2. If multiple matches, ask via AskUserQuestion.
  3. If no match, tell the user and suggest /skill-dict list to see what's available.
  4. Read just that one file with Read and print it. Do NOT read other library files.

sync

Reconcile the library against installed plugins + user-authored skills. Idempotent. See references/sync.md for the full algorithm.

check-updates

Read-only audit comparing installed plugin versions to upstream sources. See references/check-updates.md for the full flow.

add <name>

Interactive guided add for self-authored skills. See references/add.md for the questions and template.

General rules

  • Never read more than one library entry file in a single invocation unless the user explicitly asks for "all entries" — the whole point is to keep context cost low.
  • Never delete or move existing library files without explicit user confirmation. sync only adds.
  • Never auto-fill the user's "Where I use it" / "Why I kept it" sections from external assumption — those are your own notes. Stubs leave them empty.
  • No git commits. The CLAUDE workspace root is not a git repo. Don't try.
  • Preserve hand-edits. When sync finds an existing file, do not modify it — even if the manifest disagrees on installed: or version:. your edits win.

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