Smithers Ask
Ask questions about Smithers using your installed agent.
Installation
- Make sure Claude is on your device and in your terminal.
Skills load from
~/.claude/skills/when Claude Code starts up — so you need it on your machine first. If you don't have it yet, install it once with the command below, then runclaudein any terminal to verify.One-time setupnpm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-codeAlready have it? Skip ahead.
- Paste into Claude Code or into your terminal.
This copies the whole skill folder into
~/.claude/skills/smithers-ask-smithersai/— the SKILL.md plus any scripts, reference docs, or templates the skill ships with. Safe default: works for every skill.Faster alternative (instruction-only skills)
Skips the clone and grabs only the SKILL.md file. Don't use this if the skill ships Python scripts, reference markdowns, or asset templates — they won't be downloaded and the skill will fail when it tries to load them.
Quick install (SKILL.md only)Sign up to copy - Restart Claude Code.
Quit and reopen Claude Code (or any other agent that loads from
~/.claude/skills/). New skills are picked up on startup. - Just ask Claude.
Skills auto-activate when your request matches the skill's description — no slash command needed. Trigger phrases live in the skill's own frontmatter; you can read them in the “What this skill does” section above.
Prefer to read the source first? Open on GitHub.
When Claude uses it
Ask a question about Smithers using your installed agent and the Smithers MCP server. Run `smithers ask --help` for usage details.
What this skill does
smithers ask
Ask a question about Smithers using your installed agent and the Smithers MCP server.
Arguments
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
question | string | no | The question to ask |
Options
| Flag | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--agent | string | Explicitly select which agent CLI to use | |
--listAgents | boolean | false | List detected agents plus their bootstrap mode and exit |
--dumpPrompt | boolean | false | Print the generated system prompt and exit |
--toolSurface | string | semantic | Choose which Smithers MCP tool surface to expose |
--mcp | boolean | true | Bootstrap the Smithers MCP server. Use --no-mcp for prompt-only fallback. |
--printBootstrap | boolean | false | Print the selected bootstrap configuration and exit |
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