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Skill Scout — Find Free Skills & AI Tools for ChatGPT and Codex
Skill Scout helps you find existing free Skills, plugins, connectors and AI tools for a specific task in ChatGPT or Codex. It clarifies essential requirements and asks permission before searching. It then checks primary sources for capabilities, compatibility, permissions, hidden costs and setup effort. A requested Skill is not silently replaced by a website, and unverified claims are clearly identified.
The result
• A shortlist of existing solutions matched to your task, with direct links to developers, documentation and terms of use.
• A clear status for each candidate: Suitable, Needs confirmation or Excluded, with concrete reasons.
• Checks for mandatory costs across the whole workflow, including subscriptions, APIs, hosting, quotas, licensing and commercial use.
• A comparison of capabilities, ChatGPT/Codex compatibility, data permissions, setup effort and ongoing maintenance.
• Separate treatment of Skills, plugins and services; duplicate checks; and three independent Skill indicators: capability, installation and practical testing.
• An auditable register of all assessed candidates, including exclusions, with dated evidence. A register file is created only with approval.
The first answer is concise. Detailed evidence remains available in the full register or on request; missing information is not presented as proof.
How it works
1. Define the need. Reuses requirements already supplied and asks up to three brief questions only when necessary.
2. Obtain consent. Requests approval before web research; permission to create a separate register file is requested independently.
3. Search. Reviews Russian- and English-language sources, prioritising the requested tool category and simple free options.
4. Verify. Reviews official instructions, pricing, licences, permissions and the full path from data source to processing to delivered outcome.
5. Report. Presents a short comparison and one next action. It does not install, run or change anything without approval.
Requirements
• ChatGPT with Skills support or Codex with Skills support, with Skill Scout installed.
• A task description, essential functions and the target platform. Previously supplied requirements do not need to be repeated.
• Access to current web sources for documentary verification. Without web research, current feature, pricing and availability claims may remain unconfirmed.
• No dedicated server, separate API key, paid third-party service or local package is needed by this Skill: the ZIP contains instructions and an icon only. ChatGPT/Codex access is subject to the platform's own plan and limits.
• Approval to search, plus separate permission to save a register file. Installation, execution of third-party code, configuration changes and external actions require separate approval.
Skill Scout cannot guarantee a suitable no-cost solution exists. It is an independent Skill, not an official OpenAI product or a product of any third-party directory.
Quick start
1. Import skill-scout.zip using the supported Skills installation feature in ChatGPT or Codex. The internal Skill name is Skill Scout.
2. Start a new conversation. Describe the task and specify the type of solution you want: a Skill, plugin, connector or any ready-made AI tool.
3. Use the sample prompt. Skill Scout will ask only essential questions and request separate approval before searching.
Use Skill Scout. Find a completely free Skill for [task] in ChatGPT. Mandatory capabilities: [list]. First clarify only critical requirements and ask for approval to search. Verify safety, compatibility, installation and true mandatory costs. Do not install anything without my approval.
4. After the report, ask for the full register, a deeper check of one candidate or setup guidance.