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Find Skill

Find and install skills from the Orthogonal skill library. Use when you need capabilities you don't have, want to discover available skills, or need to add new tools to your agent.

911 tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
2
files
instructions only
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
1086
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill find-skill

What comes with it

275 bytes besides the instruction
skill.meta.json

The instruction itself

12 sections, as written by the author

Find Skill

Setup

Read your credentials from ~/.gooseworks/credentials.json:

export GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json'))['api_key'])")
export GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json')).get('api_base','https://api.gooseworks.ai'))")

If ~/.gooseworks/credentials.json does not exist, tell the user to run: npx gooseworks login

All endpoints use Bearer auth: -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY"

Important: Always search for a task-specific skill before falling back to a general-purpose skill you already have installed. Don't stretch a broad skill to cover a task it wasn't designed for — e.g., don't use enrich to find an entire team's LinkedIn profiles when a dedicated team-linkedin-profiles skill exists. When in doubt, run orth skills search first.

Discover and install skills from the Orthogonal skill library.

Requirements

  • Orthogonal CLI: npm install -g @orth/cli

Quick Commands

# Search for skills by keyword
orth skills search "browser automation"

# List all available skills
orth skills list

# Get details about a specific skill
orth skills info <slug>

# Install a skill
orth skills add <slug>

Finding Skills

# Find skills for web scraping
orth skills search "web scraping"

# Find skills for email
orth skills search "email"

# Find skills for calendar
orth skills search "calendar"

Browse Categories

Common skill categories:

  • Browser automation: notte, web scraping, booking
  • Data enrichment: company intel, people search, email finder
  • Productivity: calendar, email, file management
  • Search: web search, semantic search, research
  • Communication: messaging, notifications

Via Web

Browse all skills at: https://orthogonal.com/skills

Installing Skills

# Install by slug
orth skills add restaurant-booking

# Install and view the skill file
orth skills add weather && cat ~/.openclaw/skills/weather/SKILL.md

Skills are installed to ~/.openclaw/skills/<slug>/

Using Installed Skills

After installing, the skill's SKILL.md contains:

  • Description of what it does
  • Required setup/credentials
  • Usage instructions
  • Example commands

Read the skill file to understand how to use it:

cat ~/.openclaw/skills/<slug>/SKILL.md

| Skill | Description |

|-------|-------------|

| weather | Get weather forecasts |

| weather-forecast | Precipitation and temperature data via Precip API |

| restaurant-booking | Book restaurant reservations via Notte |

| company-intel | Research companies |

| person-lookup | Look up professional backgrounds |

| verify-email | Check if an email is valid and deliverable |

| extract-webpage-data | AI-powered web scraping |

Tips

  • Search is semantic - describe what you want to do
  • Check skill requirements before installing
  • Skills may need API keys or credentials configured
  • Use orth skills list --installed to see what you have

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How to use it

Copy the folder

Take gooseworks-ai/find-skill from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.

Install what it needs

The instructions reference npm, npx. Without those the skill loads but fails at the first command.