Skill Manager

Manage Claude Code skills dynamically without restarting. Supports all 519 skills across 21 categories from the claude-code-plugins-plus-skills catalog.

Live Skill Catalog

!ccpi skills list --json 2>/dev/null | python3 -c "import json,sys; skills=json.load(sys.stdin); cats={}; [cats.setdefault(s['category'],[]).append(s['name']) for s in skills]; [print(f'{cat}: {len(names)} skills ({\"installed\" if any(s[\"installed\"] for s in skills if s[\"category\"]==cat) else \"none installed\"})') for cat,names in sorted(cats.items())]" 2>/dev/null || echo "ccpi not available — run from the claude-code-plugins-plus-skills repo"

Platform Surfaces

Surface	Path	Scope
claude	~/.claude/skills/	Global (all projects)
project	<git-root>/.claude/skills/	Current project only
antigravity	~/.gemini/antigravity/skills/	Antigravity AI
gemini	~/.gemini/skills/	Gemini CLI
cursor	~/.cursor/skills/	Cursor IDE

When to Use

Use this skill when the user wants to:

• Install a skill from the 519-skill catalog
• Remove an installed skill
• List available or installed skills
• Search for skills matching a topic
• Check if a specific skill is installed

Proactive Skill Suggestions

When working on a project, if the user's request matches an uninstalled skill's description from the catalog above:

1. Inform the user: "The <skill-name> skill covers this — want me to install it?"
2. If yes, install with: ccpi skills install <skill-name> --surface project
3. Confirm: "✓ installed and immediately available via hot-reload"

Examples of proactive suggestions:

• User asks about Kubernetes → suggest kubernetes-architect (if in catalog)
• User asks about security scanning → suggest code-injection-detector, dependency-vulnerability-checker
• User asks about AWS → suggest skills from 13-aws-skills category

Workflow

Search for Skills

ccpi search <query>

Shows matching skills (with category) and plugins. Offers interactive install prompt.

List Available Skills

ccpi skills list                          # all 519 skills, grouped by category
ccpi skills list --category security      # filter to security categories
ccpi skills list --surface project        # check what's installed in current project
ccpi skills list --json                   # machine-readable (for scripting)

Install a Skill

# Project-local (recommended — scoped to current git repo)
ccpi skills install <skill-name> --surface project

# Global (available in every project)
ccpi skills install <skill-name> --surface claude

# Install all skills in a category
ccpi skills install --category security --surface project

# Install all 519 skills
ccpi skills install --all --surface project

Check installation status first:

WORKSPACE_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)
ls "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/.claude/skills/" 2>/dev/null | sort

Remove a Skill

ccpi skills remove <skill-name> --surface project

Important Notes

• Hot-reload: Installed skills are immediately available without restarting Claude Code
• Symlinks: Skills are symlinked from the repo source — updates propagate instantly
• Source: All 519 skills live in skills/<category>/ in this repo
• Safety: Always confirm before removing skills

Examples

User: "List available skills" → Run ccpi skills list --surface project → display grouped output

User: "Install hooks-mastery skill" → ccpi skills install hooks-mastery --surface project → "✓ hooks-mastery installed → .claude/skills/ — ready to use!"

User: "What security skills are available?" → ccpi skills list --category security → show 50 security skills → Ask which to install

User: "Remove project-bootstrapper" → Confirm → ccpi skills remove project-bootstrapper --surface project → "✓ project-bootstrapper removed (symlink only, source intact)"

User: "Is there a skill for Kubernetes?" → ccpi search kubernetes → show matches → Offer to install

Tutorials

ccpi tutorials      # list 11 tutorial notebooks
ccpi tutorials 7    # open "What is a Skill?" in Jupyter