skillmesh

Retrieve the most relevant SkillMesh cards from a registry and inject a Codex-ready context block before coding. Use when a task spans many domains and you want top-K routing instead of loading the full skill catalog.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/varunreddy/SkillMesh

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

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/varunreddy/SkillMesh "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/skillmesh" ~/.claude/skills/varunreddy-skillmesh-skillmesh && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/skillmesh/SKILL.md

source content

How to use

Ask:

Route this request with SkillMesh: <your task>

Run the router script to emit routed context.
Continue the task using only the returned top-K cards.

Command

Use

scripts/route.sh

(or

scripts/route.py

) to emit context:

scripts/route.sh --provider codex --registry <path> --query "<query>" --top-k 5

Role Commands

List available roles and install a role bundle (role card + missing dependency cards):

skillmesh roles
skillmesh roles list
skillmesh Data-Analyst install
skillmesh roles install Data-Analyst

Use

--dry-run

to preview install changes.

skillmesh

is not on

PATH

, use:

scripts/roles.sh

(interactive)

Parameters

--registry

: Registry file path (

tools.yaml

tools.json

, or

roles.registry.yaml

```
--provider
```
:
```
codex
```
(default) or
```
claude
```
.
```
--top-k
```
: Number of cards to retrieve (default
```
5
```
).
```
--backend
```
:
```
auto
```
,
```
memory
```
, or
```
chroma
```
(default
```
auto
```
).
```
--dense
```
: Enable optional dense reranking.
```
--instruction-chars
```
: Max instruction chars per expert (default
```
700
```
).
```
--query
```
: User request text.

Notes

If
```
--registry
```
is omitted, the router uses
```
SKILLMESH_REGISTRY
```
.

skillmesh

is not on

PATH

, the router falls back to

python -m skill_registry_rag