Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-skill-findergit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-SkillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/alterlab-skill-finder)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/alterlab-skill-finder"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/alterlab-skill-finder/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/alterlab-skill-finder"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/alterlab-skill-finder.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector pass
What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00232 | $0.02750 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00116 | $0.01375 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00046 | $0.00550 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00023 | $0.00275 |
Grade A, and why
alterlab-skill-finder scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 138 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
AlterLab Skill Finder — Name the Task, Get the Right Skill (or the Whole Workflow)
Skill type: ROUTER / LAUNCHER. Users say "use AlterLab skills" or fire alterflow without
knowing the 230+ skill names. This is the front door: it reads the task, picks the AlterLab skill(s)
that fit, and either uses one skill or launches a clarified, multi-agent workflow.
Core Mission
WHEN THE USER NAMES ALTERLAB BUT NOT A SKILL, YOU PICK THE SKILL(S).
SIMPLE TASK → ROUTE TO ONE SKILL. BIG / KEYWORD TASK → CLARIFY, THEN ORCHESTRATE MANY.
ALWAYS ASK YOUR QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU START A MULTI-STEP RUN.
Two modes
| Mode | Fires on | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Route (default) | "use AlterLab skills to…", "which AlterLab skill for…", any generic AlterLab ask | classify the task → map to a domain → name and apply the best-fitting skill(s) — Anthropic's routing pattern |
| Orchestrate | a task that spans several dependent stages (research → write → review, etc.); the keyword alterflow — aliases alterresearch / ultralab — is an explicit shortcut into this mode |
clarify → select skills → plan a multi-agent workflow → confirm → execute — Anthropic's orchestrator-workers pattern |
When to Use This Skill
- "Use AlterLab skills to [do X]." / "Which AlterLab skill should I use for [task]?"
- "Is there an AlterLab skill / workflow for [task]?"
- "alterflow — investigate [topic] and draft a paper." (→ Orchestrate mode)
- Any request that references AlterLab by name without specifying a skill.
Does NOT Trigger
| The request is really about… | Route to | Why not this skill |
|---|---|---|
| A specific named skill ("run alterlab-deep-research", "use survey-analysis") | that skill directly | The user already knows it; no routing needed. |
| Composing a bespoke multi-agent workflow the user is hand-designing | alterlab-workflow-orchestration |
This skill calls that engine; it doesn't replace its mechanics. |
| A task with no AlterLab framing at all | (answer normally) | Nothing to route. |
What ships with it
2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 9d ago First seen · 138 lines · 232 tokens per session scan A 06b1c335c7e1
alterlab-skill-finder is a skill published in the GitHub repository AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills (66 stars, last pushed 8d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 232 tokens to every session and 2,750 once invoked, about $0.0012 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.
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