# Skill Search

> A "ToolSearch for skills" — searches your SKILL.md files by keyword, exact name, or required-term filter so the model can fetch full skill descriptions on demand. Mirrors Claude Code's internal ToolSearch scoring algorithm 1:1, but for skills instead of MCP tools. Pairs with two bundled slash-commands: /optimize-skill-context sets SLASHCOMMANDTOOLCHARBUDGET=1 to free Claude Code's ~1% skill-description budget (forcing names-only mode), and /restore-skill-descriptions reverses it. Slash-comm

## Facts
- Page: https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-pettha-mcp-skill-search-mcp-skill-search
- tashan id: plugin:pettha/mcp-skill-search/mcp-skill-search
- Source: https://github.com/PettHa/mcp-skill-search
- Type: plugin
- Category: devtools
- tashan score: 27.0 / 100
- Adoption: 11.0
- Upkeep: 47.0
- Freshness: 63.0
- Evidence coverage: 84% of the inputs this score can use
- Health: active
- Instruction depth: not yet graded
- GitHub stars: 1
- License: MIT
- Official: no

## Install

```sh
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install mcp-skill-search@claude-community
```

## Security audit
Not scanned. We audit npm-published capabilities; this one has no npm package we can resolve, or has not reached the queue. This is not a clean bill of health.

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Measured 2026-09-13 by tashan (https://tashan.sh) from public evidence. Scorer s5.