List Skills

Display all available skills organized by category with descriptions.

Purpose

Help users discover available skills in Nexus. Shows both system skills (built-in) and user skills (custom) organized by category.

Time Estimate: Instant

Workflow

Step 1: Run Skill Scanner

python 00-system/core/nexus-loader.py --list-skills

Parse the JSON output to get all skills with their names and descriptions.

Step 2: Organize by Category

Group skills by their folder location:

Category Location Description

Learning 00-system/skills/learning/

Onboarding and tutorials

Projects 00-system/skills/projects/

Project management

Skill Dev 00-system/skills/skill-dev/

Skill creation and sharing

System 00-system/skills/system/

System utilities

Tools 00-system/skills/tools/

Productivity tools

Integrations 00-system/skills/notion/ , airtable/ , beam/

External tool connections

User Skills 03-skills/

Your custom skills

Step 3: Display Skills

Output format:

Available Skills

Learning (onboarding)

• setup-goals: Personalize Nexus with your goals and role
• setup-workspace: Configure your workspace folder structure
• learn-projects: Tutorial on project system
• learn-skills: Tutorial on skill system
• learn-nexus: Advanced system mastery

Projects

• create-project: Create a new project with guided planning
• execute-project: Work on a project systematically
• archive-project: Archive completed projects
• bulk-complete: Mark multiple tasks complete

System

• close-session: Save progress and end session
• list-skills: This skill - show all available skills
• validate-system: Check system health
• validate-workspace-map: Sync workspace documentation

Tools

• mental-models: 30+ thinking frameworks for decisions
• generate-philosophy-doc: Create best practices documents

Integrations

• notion-connect: Connect to Notion databases
• airtable-connect: Connect to Airtable bases
• beam-*: Beam.ai agent management (10 skills)

User Skills

[List any skills in 03-skills/ or "None yet - say 'create skill' to add one!"]

Tip: Say the skill name or trigger phrase to use it.

Notes

• User skills in 03-skills/ take priority over system skills

• Skill triggers are in the description (e.g., "say 'create project'")

• Some skills are internal (e.g., master skills) and not directly triggered

Success Criteria

• All system skills listed by category

• All user skills listed (or "none yet" message)

• Each skill shows name and brief description

• Tip provided on how to use skills