by Dianel555 · Dianel555/DSkills
6 CLI tool skills for AI coders — Grok search, Exa semantic search, sequential thinking, time utilities, Serena code nav, ace-tool prompt enhancement.
A tight collection of 6 skills aimed at giving coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI) better tool-shaped capabilities: grok-search (Grok API web search), exa (semantic search via Exa), sequential-think (iterative reasoning engine), time (tz utilities), Serena (semantic code navigation), and ace-tool (semantic code search + prompt enhancement).
When to use: You inherited a large repo and want to jump to symbol definitions / usages, not grep.
Outcome: Navigation that feels like a real IDE.
When to use: The problem isn't amenable to one-shot answers.
Outcome: A reasoned design path.
When to use: Keyword search isn't catching what you actually mean.
Outcome: Better research starting points than keyword search.
When to use: Scheduling a meeting or scheduled job across timezones.
Outcome: No more 'wait, is that yesterday?' errors.
Serena through DSkills powers the semantic nav step of TDD
Sequential-think + swing-review for high-stakes decisions
| Tool | Inputs | When to call | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| grok-search | query | Web search | Grok API quota |
| exa | query | Semantic search | Exa API quota |
| sequential-think | problem | Hard design problems | 0 |
| time | tz op | Scheduling | 0 |
| serena | symbol query | Code navigation | 0 |
| ace-tool | prompt or code query | Prompt sharpening | 0 |
Serena returns no resultsReindex; confirm Serena is pointed at the right repo root
Exa 401EXA_API_KEY missing or wrong
curl https://api.exa.ai/search with the key| Alternative | When to use it instead | Tradeoff |
|---|---|---|
| Skills-4-SE | You want 180+ skills not 6 tight ones | More noise |