# jev-capability-advisor

A skill that recommends which installed skill or MCP tool fits the task at hand. Handy once your project has more of them than you can keep in your head.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2600 installs · ★ 8
- Author: stark-ai-de
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/skill-maintenance/jev-capability-advisor/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jev-capability-advisor

## What it does

The skill takes the capability list the client hands it — IDs, names, descriptions, activation restrictions — and returns a recommendation for the task. The `general` profile can suggest one to three capabilities; `next_skill` names a single skill to load next and does not assess the remaining work. Discovery, activation, permissions and execution stay with the client.

Recommendations need HTTPS access to `api.typesafe.ai:443`, working TypeSafe credentials and Python 3.10+. Installation, hook trust, processing consent and network permission are four separate things, and the skill grants none of them: it never edits the sandbox, firewall, proxy or approval policy. A denial ends the attempt — no retry, no alternate route. Without usable API access there is no Jev recommendation, and native client selection or a local `Inspect` does not count as one.

Inside you get references for the network contract, hook integration and the catalog, plus `scripts/jev_hooks.py` and `scripts/hook_catalog.py`. The catalog is built as a bare JSON array from current skill cards and MCP definitions, with built-in host tools excluded. You can validate its shape locally with `--offline-candidates`; that check makes no network call and needs no credentials.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill jev-capability-advisor -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/jev-capability-advisor/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/jev-capability-advisor/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill jev-capability-advisor -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/jev-capability-advisor/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill jev-capability-advisor -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/jev-capability-advisor/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install stark-ai-de/agent-skills jev-capability-advisor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/jev-capability-advisor/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill jev-capability-advisor -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills --path skills/skill-maintenance/jev-capability-advisor
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/jev-capability-advisor/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill jev-capability-advisor -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/skill-maintenance/jev-capability-advisor/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick the right skill for a task from a long installed list
- name one skill to load next when you want to keep going
- see which MCP tools are actually available in the current session
- build a capability catalog from skill cards and MCP definitions
- wire repeated advice into your own host through a hook

## Example prompts
- Which installed skill fits refactoring this module best?
- Choose one skill to load next for this task
- Show me the current catalog of available skills and MCP tools

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: jev-capability-advisor
description: Recommend available skills or MCP tools using TypeSafe Jev, or explicitly choose one next skill. Use when the user requests capability advice, candidate inspection, selection evaluation, or reusable host integration. Native client selection remains the default and fallback.
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: >-
  Requires Python 3.10+, TypeSafe API credentials, and host-authorized
  HTTPS access to api.typesafe.ai for recommendations.
metadata:
  author: stark-ai-de
  category: skill-maintenance
  version: "0.3.3"
---

# Jev Capability Advisor

## Goal

Return a task-specific recommendation from capabilities actually available in the current client. The default `general` profile can recommend one to three capabilities; explicit `next_skill` recommends one skill without assessing remaining work. The client retains discovery, activation, permissions, and execution.

## Network prerequisite

Recommendations need host-authorized HTTPS access to `api.typesafe.ai:443` and
existing TypeSafe credentials. Installation, hook trust, processing consent and
network permission are separate. The user or administrator owns permissions;
the skill never edits sandbox, firewall, proxy or approval policy. Use an
applicable native approval route only when needed. A denial ends the attempt:
no alternate route, repeated prompt or automatic retry. Follow the
[network and failure contract](references/network-access.md) for actionable,
secret-free messages. Without usable API access, no Jev recommendation was
produced; native selection and local `Inspect` are not Jev advice.

The contract is the same on native Windows, macOS and Linux; WSL is a separate
environment, not a prerequisite. Use the installed OS-native Python interpreter.
Concrete host approval controls belong in the [hook reference](references/hook-integration.md).

## Enabled-hook entry
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