browse-and-evaluate
Use when exploring the ai-agent-skills catalog to find, compare, and evaluate skills before installing. Always use --fields to limit output size and --dry-run before committing to an install.
What this skill does
# Browse And Evaluate ## Goal Find the right skill for a task without flooding the context window or installing blindly. ## Guardrails - Always use `--fields` on list/search/info to keep output small. Default: `--fields name,tier,workArea,description`. - Always use `--dry-run` before installing anything. - Never install more than 3 skills at once without explicit user confirmation. - Prefer `--format json` in non-interactive pipelines. The CLI defaults to JSON when stdout is not a TTY. - Use `--limit` when browsing large catalogs. Start with `--limit 10`. ## Workflow 1. Search or browse the catalog. ```bash npx ai-agent-skills search <query> --fields name,tier,workArea,description --limit 10 ``` 2. Get details on a candidate. ```bash npx ai-agent-skills info <skill-name> --fields name,description,tags,collections,installCommands ``` 3. Preview the skill content. ```bash npx ai-agent-skills preview <skill-name> ``` 4. Dry-run the install. ```bash npx ai-agent-skills install <skill-name> --dry-run ``` 5. Install only after reviewing the dry-run output. ```bash npx ai-agent-skills install <skill-name> ``` ## Gotchas - The `preview` command sanitizes skill content to strip prompt injection patterns. If content looks truncated, check if suspicious patterns were removed. - Collection installs pull multiple skills. Always `--list` or `--dry-run` a collection before installing. - Upstream (non-vendored) skills require a network fetch at install time. Use `--dry-run` to verify the source is reachable.
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