skill-explorer
Skill Explorer
The user has accumulated a large toolkit (40+ repo skills plus plugin skills loaded into every session). Names blur together, descriptions overlap, and reaching for the wrong entry point (typically orchestrator) wastes a turn before getting redirected. This skill is the deliberate entry point for "what do I have / which one is right for this".
skill-explorer vs its siblings. Use skill-explorer (this skill) to discover, recall, explain, and route — it names the right skill and stops, leaving you to fire it. Use madness when you want that routing decision acted on — it picks the entry point and launches it (confirming first on anything expensive). Use skill-catalog when you want the authoritative generated inventory/counts of what is installed, not a recall or routing answer. (There is no find-skills skill in this repo; that name belongs to a separately-installed plugin.)
It answers four kinds of question:
| Mode | Triggered by | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Recall | "what was that skill called", "I forgot the name of the one that..." | The skill name, in code, plus one sentence on what it does |
| Catalog | "what skills do I have", "list all my skills", "show me the toolkit" | Grouped list, one line per skill |
| Explain | "what does X do", "tell me about X", "when should I use X" | Purpose, when it triggers, what it produces, related skills |
| Route | "which skill for Y", "I want to do Z", "what should I use to..." | One recommended skill (in code) + why; alternates only if the request is genuinely ambiguous |