Skill

Skill SDeenAdmin/skill-valet/skill

Parks the Claude Code skills you're not using and fetches them the moment you need them — mid-session, per prompt, no restart. ~21ms UserPromptSubmit hook, fail-open, opt-in config.

Install

npx -y skills add SDeenAdmin/skill-valet --skill skill

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Use when the session feels bloated or slow, the user mentions "too many skills", "context bloat", "skill list is huge", asks why a skill disappeared or isn't available, or wants to manually park/unpark skill groups mid-session. skill-valet automatically moves unused user-skill directories out of ~/.claude/skills so the per-turn skill list stays lean, and brings them back the moment a prompt needs them.

SKILL.md

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skill-valet

skill-valet is a UserPromptSubmit hook that keeps the per-turn skill list lean. It keyword-classifies each prompt into skill groups (defined in ~/.claude/skill-valet.json), moves a group's skill directories back into ~/.claude/skills/ when the prompt needs them, and parks groups that have been idle for park_after turns (default 20) into ~/.claude/skills-off/.

When invoked, do this

Run python3 <path-to>/skill_valet.py status to show the user which groups are ON / PARKED / PARTIAL, the turn counter, and idle times.
If the user asks why a skill is missing: check whether it belongs to a parked group (status output) or sits in ~/.claude/skills-off/.
Manual overrides on request:
- on <group> / off <group> — force a group in or out now
- all-on — restore every managed skill
- pause / resume — kill switch: while paused the hook does nothing
To change what is managed: edit ~/.claude/skill-valet.json — move a skill name between always_on (never touched) and a group's skills list, or tune the group's keywords.

Honest boundaries — state these when relevant

Next-turn effect, not same-turn. A skill un-parked by this prompt appears in the skill list from the NEXT turn onward. If the user needs a parked skill right now, run on <group> and ask them to re-send the request.
User skills only. Plugins, plugin skills, and MCP servers are bound to session start — skill-valet cannot switch those mid-session; a restart (or profile switcher) is required.
Hooks are NEVER touched — by design. Hooks are the user's deterministic safety layer; skill-valet has no code path that reads or modifies them.
Multi-session caveat. Directory moves are global: parking a group affects every concurrently running Claude Code session on this machine.
Fail-open. If the hook errors it silently does nothing (exit 0) — it will never block a prompt. If behavior seems off, check ~/.claude/skill-valet-state.json and the config for JSON validity.

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