Claude-skill-registry better-icons

Use when working with icons in any project. Provides CLI for searching 200+ icon libraries (Iconify) and retrieving SVGs. Commands: `better-icons search <query>` to find icons, `better-icons get <id>` to get SVG. Also available as MCP server for AI agents.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/data/better-icons" ~/.claude/skills/majiayu000-claude-skill-registry-better-icons && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/data/better-icons/SKILL.md

Better Icons

Search and retrieve icons from 200+ libraries via Iconify.

CLI

# Search icons
better-icons search <query> [--prefix <prefix>] [--limit <n>] [--json]

# Get icon SVG (outputs to stdout)
better-icons get <icon-id> [--color <color>] [--size <px>] [--json]

# Setup MCP server for AI agents
better-icons setup [-a cursor,claude-code] [-s global|project]

Examples

better-icons search arrow --limit 10
better-icons search home --json | jq '.icons[0]'
better-icons get lucide:home > icon.svg
better-icons get mdi:home --color '#333' --json

Icon ID Format

prefix:name

- e.g.,

lucide:home

mdi:arrow-right

heroicons:check

Popular Collections

lucide

mdi

heroicons

tabler

ph

ri

solar

iconamoon

MCP Tools (for AI agents)

Tool	Description
`search_icons`	Search across all libraries
`get_icon`	Get single icon SVG
`get_icons`	Batch retrieve multiple icons
`list_collections`	Browse available icon sets
`recommend_icons`	Smart recommendations for use cases
`find_similar_icons`	Find variations across collections
`sync_icon`	Add icon to project file
`scan_project_icons`	List icons in project

TypeScript Interfaces

interface SearchIcons {
  query: string
  limit?: number        // 1-999, default 32
  prefix?: string       // e.g., 'mdi', 'lucide'
  category?: string     // e.g., 'General', 'Emoji'
}

interface GetIcon {
  icon_id: string       // 'prefix:name' format
  color?: string        // e.g., '#ff0000', 'currentColor'
  size?: number         // pixels
}

interface GetIcons {
  icon_ids: string[]    // max 20
  color?: string
  size?: number
}

interface RecommendIcons {
  use_case: string      // e.g., 'navigation menu'
  style?: 'solid' | 'outline' | 'any'
  limit?: number        // default 10
}

interface SyncIcon {
  icons_file: string    // absolute path
  framework: 'react' | 'vue' | 'svelte' | 'solid' | 'svg'
  icon_id: string
  component_name?: string
}

API

All icons from

https://api.iconify.design