Claude Code Skills: How to Find, Install, and Create Custom Skills with find-skills and commit-commands
Claude Code becomes much more useful when you extend it with Skills. Skills help automate repetitive tasks, apply consistent workflows, and give Claude specialized instructions for development and other professional tasks.
This guide covers the difference between Skills and Plugins, where to find useful extensions, how to install them, and how to use three practical tools: find-skills, commit-commands, and skill-creator.
Key Takeaways
🔍 find-skills helps you discover Skills for specific tasks.
🧩 Skills can be found through official and third-party marketplaces.
⚙️ You can install extensions using
/plugin installornpx skills add.📦 commit-commands helps streamline repetitive Git operations.
🛠️ skill-creator lets you build custom Skills for your own workflows.
What Is the Difference Between Claude Code Skills and Plugins?
Skills and Plugins both extend Claude Code, but they serve different purposes.
A Skill provides instructions, knowledge, and workflows that help Claude perform a particular task. Examples include code reviews, documentation writing, software testing, and frontend design.
A Plugin is a broader extension package that can bundle Skills, commands, agents, and other capabilities.
In simple terms, a Skill teaches Claude how to perform a specific task, while a Plugin provides a way to package and distribute multiple extensions.
Where Can You Find Claude Code Skills?
The video introduces four places to discover and install useful Skills:
Official Claude Code Plugin Marketplace: A place to discover and install officially available extensions.
skills.sh: An ecosystem for discovering and installing third-party Skills.
SkillsMP: A search platform for exploring available Skills.
SkillHub: Another resource for discovering different Skills.
If you are new to Claude Code, starting with the official marketplace is a sensible approach. When using third-party repositories, check the developer, source code, and requested permissions before installing anything.
How to Install find-skills
find-skills is a Skill designed to help you discover other Skills that match your needs.
For example, if you want to create social media cards or infographics, you can ask find-skills to locate suitable tools instead of manually searching through multiple repositories.
The video demonstrates the following installation command:
npx skills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills --skill find-skills
You can run this command in PowerShell or a terminal environment.
Before installing, check the repository's latest instructions and make sure the installation method is appropriate for your environment.
Automate Git Workflows with commit-commands
Developers frequently repeat Git operations after modifying code, such as reviewing changes and creating commits.
commit-commands is introduced in the video as an official Plugin example that helps streamline these tasks.
You can find and install it through the Discover section of Claude Code's Plugin interface.
If the installed commands do not appear immediately, try reloading the plugin list using:
/reload-plugins
This is a useful troubleshooting step when an extension has been installed but its commands are not yet visible.
Create Your Own Skills with skill-creator
Installing existing Skills is useful, but creating your own can be even more valuable when you regularly perform the same tasks.
The video demonstrates using skill-creator to build custom Skills.
For example, you might regularly follow the same code-review checklist, write documents in a specific format, or apply consistent coding standards across projects.
You can organize these instructions into a custom Skill so Claude can follow the same workflow whenever the task is performed.
This makes it easier to maintain consistency and reduce repetitive instructions.
Security Tips Before Installing Third-Party Skills
Not every Skill available online is trustworthy. Popularity or download counts alone should not determine whether you install an extension.
Keep these precautions in mind:
Check the developer and original repository.
Review the files and permissions required by the Skill.
Inspect installation scripts before executing them.
Remove extensions that you no longer use.
Third-party extensions can introduce security risks, particularly when they execute code or request access to local files and systems.
If you are just getting started with Claude Code, begin by using find-skills to discover useful extensions and try commit-commands to streamline repetitive Git tasks.
Once you understand your own development workflow, use skill-creator to build custom Skills tailored to the way you work.