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registry-browser — Claude Code skill: search watched skill registries

Searches watched registries for skills, lists matches with descriptions, and offers to show the full SKILL.md before you install anything.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill registry-browser -a claude-code
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What registry-browser does

The skill reads the watched registries list from ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-builder-hub/CLAUDE.md, walks each registry, and matches your query against skill names and descriptions. For GitHub repos it pulls the skills/ directory listing and the frontmatter of every SKILL.md; for marketplace-style registries it fetches the index. Results are cached in references/registry-cache.json, so repeat searches are fast. The cache refreshes once it is older than 7 days, or whenever you ask.

Matches come back as a list: skill name, registry, description from frontmatter, plus two options — view the full SKILL.md or install. Preview fetches the whole file, so you read it before deciding. Matching is plain keyword search; the registries are small enough that fuzzy search would be overkill. If a registry groups skills by category, you can browse that way too.

Adding a registry takes a URL. The skill fetches it, checks that it is a skills repo (it has skills/ or .claude-plugin/), shows you what is inside, and writes it into the watched list after you confirm. It does not install anything — skill-installer handles that. It also does not rate or review skills: you get the SKILL.md and judge for yourself. And it only searches watched registries, not the open internet.

What it helps with

  • find a skill for a specific task across several registries
  • read a SKILL.md before installing, not after
  • add a new skills registry to the watchlist
  • see what skills a registry actually contains
  • browse skills by category when a registry organizes them that way

Example prompts for the agent

  • find a skill for contract work
  • what's out there for legal project management
  • add this registry to the watchlist: <url>

How to install registry-browser

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill registry-browser -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/registry-browser/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/registry-browser/

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about registry-browser

How do I install registry-browser in Claude?

Run npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill registry-browser -a claude-code. The skill lands in ~/.claude/skills/registry-browser/SKILL.md.

What does registry-browser do?

It searches watched registries for skills, shows matches with their descriptions, and lets you open the full SKILL.md before installing. It can also add a new registry to the watchlist.

Does it install skills itself?

No. It browses and previews only. skill-installer does the installing.

Source text

SKILL.md · Apache-2.0
---
name: registry-browser
description: >
  Search watched registries for community legal skills, showing matches with
  descriptions and offering to show the full SKILL.md before install. Use when
  the user says "browse", "search skills", "find a skill for", "what's out
  there for", or wants to add a new registry to the watchlist.
argument-hint: "[search query]"
---

# /registry-browser

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-builder-hub/CLAUDE.md` → watched registries.
2. Use the workflow below.
3. Search each registry. Show matches with descriptions.
4. Offer to show full SKILL.md for any match.

---

## Purpose

Find skills across the watched registries. Search, preview, decide.

## Load context

`~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-builder-hub/CLAUDE.md` → watched registries list.

## Workflow

### Step 1: Fetch registry indexes

For each watched registry:

- GitHub repos: fetch `skills/` directory listing and each `SKILL.md` frontmatter (name + description).
- Marketplace-style registries: fetch the index.

Cache the index locally (`references/registry-cache.json`) so browsing is fast. Refresh cache if >7 days old or on request.

### Step 2: Search

Match query against skill names and descriptions. Simple keyword match is fine — these are small enough that fuzzy search is overkill.

Also: browse by category if the registry organizes skills that way.

### Step 3: Present matches

```markdown
## Search: "[query]"

**Found [N] skills across [M] registries:**

### [skill-name]
**From:** [registry name]
**Description:** [from frontmatter]
[View full SKILL.md] [Install]

### [skill-name]
[...]
```

### Step 4: Preview

On "view full SKILL.md": fetch and show the whole file. User reads it before deciding to install. No surprises.

### Step 5: Add a registry

If the user has a URL to a registry not in the watchlist:

1. Fetch it, validate it's a skills repo (has `skills/` or `.claude-plugin/`)
2. Show what's in it
3. Add to `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-builder-hub/CLAUDE.md` → watched registries on confirmation

## Default registries

- **lpm-skills** — 14 legal project management skills. Practice-agnostic. Good starting point.
- Space for others to be added as the ecosystem grows.

## What this skill does not do

- Install anything. It browses. skill-installer installs.
- Rate or review skills. It shows you the SKILL.md; you judge.
- Search the whole internet. Only watched registries.

© anthropics · Apache-2.0 · anthropics/claude-for-legal

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