Skill Discovery & Comparison

Search GitHub for Claude Code skills by keyword, or compare a local skill against alternatives.

How to Run

# Search for skills
bash ~/.claude/skills/skills-janitor/scripts/search.sh <keyword> [--limit N] [--json]

# Compare your skill against GitHub alternatives
bash ~/.claude/skills/skills-janitor/scripts/search.sh --compare <skill-name> [--json]

Search Mode

• <keyword> - required search term (e.g., "marketing", "deployment", "testing")
• --limit N - max results (default: 10)
• --json - raw JSON output

How It Works

1. Searches GitHub repos matching {keyword} claude skill in name/description/README
2. Also searches by topic tag claude-code
3. Cross-references results against your installed skills and plugins
4. Marks each result as INSTALLED or AVAILABLE

Compare Mode (--compare)

Analyzes a local skill against alternatives found on GitHub:

• Composite scoring: 40% keyword overlap, 30% popularity, 15% recency, 15% activity
• Shows marketplace install counts when available
• Reports market position (unique niche vs. crowded space)

search.sh --compare my-marketing-skill

Rate Limits

• Unauthenticated: 60 requests/hour
• Set GITHUB_TOKEN env var for 5,000 requests/hour
• Results cached for 24 hours

Related Skills

• For checking which skills you actually use: /janitor-usage
• For token cost analysis: /janitor-tokens
• For pre-install overlap check: /janitor-precheck