get_skill
Get detailed information and documentation for a specific skill
LABSCO SUMMARY
Skills fetched when a task needs them, instead of pasted into the prompt in advance.
Four calls stand between the session and a catalogue that can grow without costing context, and refresh_skills means additions land without a restart. What comes back from invoke_skill is instructions rather than execution, so the value of this server is entirely the value of the repository behind it.
What it is
A four-tool front end to a repository of agent skills: list what exists, read one in full, invoke it with parameters, refresh the cache.
What you get
- list_skills enumerates the invokable skills, narrowed by a filter or by source
- get_skill returns the documentation for one skill by its id
- invoke_skill takes parameters and returns formatted instructions for that skill
- refresh_skills re-reads the catalogue from the repository behind it
Requirements
No account and no key; the catalogue comes from the repository the server is pointed at.
Setup effort
One command — npx awesome-agent-skills-mcp
USE CASES
01
Checking whether the catalogue already covers the task in front of you
Refresh first if the repository has moved since the session started, then list what is available narrowed by filter or source, and read the one that looks close before committing to it.
02
Pulling a skill's instructions into the middle of a task
Read the skill to learn what parameters it expects, then invoke it with them and get formatted instructions back to work from — the skill supplies the method, the session does the work.
4 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
invoke_skill
Invoke a skill with parameters to get formatted instructions
list_skills
List all available agent skills that can be invoked
refresh_skills
Refresh skills cache from the repository
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
4 tools when we connected. The 100+ skills are data returned by the tools, not tools: list_skills enumerates them and invoke_skill runs one by skill_id.
Requires
- npx on PATH
- Node.js >= 20.0.0
Where it runs
All 3 documented clients run the server on your machine.
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 4 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Server setup
Build from source
TERMINAL
git clone https://github.com/shadowrootdev/awesome-agent-skills-mcp.git
cd awesome-agent-skills-mcp
npm install
npm run buildnpx
TERMINAL
npx awesome-agent-skills-mcpMCP Clients
VS Code
VS CODE · JSON
{
"servers": {
"awesome-agent-skills": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"awesome-agent-skills-mcp"
]
}
}
}Claude Desktop
CLAUDE DESKTOP · JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"awesome-agent-skills": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"awesome-agent-skills-mcp"
]
}
}
}OpenCode
OPENCODE · JSON
{
"mcp": {
"awesome-agent-skills": {
"type": "local",
"command": [
"npx",
"awesome-agent-skills-mcp"
],
"enabled": true
}
}
}
