Skill Discovery

Discover and browse skills from OpenSpace's local registry and cloud skill library.

When to use

• User asks "what skills are available?" or "is there a skill for X?"
• You encounter an unfamiliar task — a proven skill can save significant tokens over trial-and-error
• You need to decide: handle a task yourself, or delegate to OpenSpace

Cloud access

search_skills is local-only. If the user wants cloud results, or a cloud operation reports a missing/invalid key, set up cloud access first and use cloud_browse_skills.

Ask for email and agent_name. Ask for password only through secure secret input; it must be 8 to 72 characters. Do not ask for passcode/OTP because cloud_auth_flow does not accept one.

cloud_auth_flow(action="bootstrap_agent_key", email="user@example.com", password="<secure-password>", agent_name="openspace-local-agent")

If secure password input is not available, ask the user to run:

openspace-cloud-auth bootstrap-agent-key --email user@example.com --agent-name openspace-local-agent

After setup, use cloud_browse_skills.

search_skills

search_skills(query="automated deployment with rollback")

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
query	yes	—	Natural language or keywords
limit	no	20	Max results

cloud_browse_skills

Use this single cloud tool when local search is not enough. Continue calling the same tool with the returned next_actions[].action.

cloud_browse_skills(action="search_skills", query="automated deployment with rollback")
cloud_browse_skills(action="local_placement", query="automated deployment with rollback")
cloud_browse_skills(action="local_placement", local_category_path="technology/computing/deployment")
cloud_browse_skills(action="import_skill", cloud_skill_id="<cloud_skill_id>", local_category_path="technology/computing/deployment/rollback")

Use recall and pull_projection only when you need package discovery or package outlines before choosing a skill. Concrete skill search should start with search_skills.

Choose local_category_path for the user's local package taxonomy. It uses the same shape as cloud package paths, but is stored independently and may be more specific than the current cloud tree. Use local_placement to inspect existing paths and create a nearby child path before importing.

After search

Results are returned to you (not executed). Cloud imports return a local_path after cloud_browse_skills(action="import_skill", ...).

Found a matching skill?
├── YES, and I can follow it myself
│     → read SKILL.md at local_path, follow the instructions
├── YES, but I lack the capability
│     → delegate via execute_task (see delegate-task skill)
└── NO match
      → handle it yourself, or delegate via execute_task

Notes

• This is for discovery — you see results and decide. For direct execution, use execute_task from the delegate-task skill.
• Cloud skills have been evolved through real use — more reliable than skills written from scratch.
• Always tell the user what you found (or didn't find) and what you recommend.