v0.1.0 to v0.1.0

1 added, 1 removed. Audit A to A.

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name: jev-skill-select

- description: Use when you have many skills installed and are unsure which one, if any, applies to the current request, or when asked to make skill loading cheaper or more accurate. Jev ranks the whole skill catalog against the turn and says whether any skill is needed at all.

+ description: Use when unsure which of many installed skills applies to a request, if any, or when asked to make skill loading cheaper or more accurate. Jev ranks the whole catalog and may say no skill is needed.

version: 0.1.0

license: MIT

metadata:

hermes:

tags: [jev, typesafe, skills, routing]

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# Skill selection with Jev

Two requests, about 0.9 s for a few hundred skills. The first ranks every skill against the turn (side-by-side batches, each with a "none" option). The second reads the top five properly, judges each on its own, and may reject them all. Small talk and ordinary turns come back with no skill.

## On Hermes

`/jev skills on` makes the `hermes-jev` plugin do this once per fresh turn. When a skill clearly fits, a one-line suggestion is attached to the turn naming it; load it with `skill_view` unless it plainly does not apply. It reads the profile's skills folder and respects `skills.disabled`.

## Asking directly (any agent)

```bash

jev pick-skill --turn "<the request>" # searches Hermes, Claude Code, Codex and ./skills folders

jev pick-skill --turn "..." --root ~/my/skills # or name the folders

```

Reply: `needs_skill` (0–1) and up to three `{name, path, match}`. Load the first one whose `match` is 0.5 or more. An empty list means proceed without a skill; do not go hunting for one.

## Notes

- It reads only each skill's `name` and `description` from its front matter, so a skill with a vague description will not be found. Fix the description, not the threshold.

- The turn is redacted before sending; a turn that looks like it holds a secret is not sent, and you get an empty list.

- A suggestion is advice. If the loaded skill does not match the task once you read it, drop it and carry on.