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Getting started

Requirements

Python 3.11+
Optional: Ananke Plexus (pip install ananke-plexus), Claude Code, or GitHub Copilot

Install

pip install dex-trove          # or: uv tool install dex-trove   /   pipx install dex-trove
dex --version                  # dex-trove 0.1.0

The whole library (970 items) is inside the wheel. No network access is needed after installation.

Find something

dex search terraform review
dex search diagram --kind skill -n 10
dex list --source neo-pragnya
dex list --kind plugin --json

Search is weighted (name > title > tags > description), and every word must match. You can also browse the catalog on the website, where each item has its own page.

Inspect before you install

dex show neo-pragnya/marvellous-aws-architecture-docs

Marvellous AWS Architectures Docs  (skill:neo-pragnya/marvellous-aws-architecture-docs@1.0.0)
Marvellous AWS Architectures Docs: build AWS-reference-style architecture diagrams as code …
source:   Neo Pragnya (first-party) — https://github.com/Neo-Pragnya/Dex-Trove/tree/main/trove/skills/…
licence:  MIT (first-party default (sources.yaml))
inspired: AWS Reference Architecture Diagrams https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/reference-architecture-diagrams/
inspired: mingrammer/diagrams (MIT) https://github.com/mingrammer/diagrams
files:    README.md, SKILL.md, assets/examples/concept_cards.py, …
path:     …/site-packages/dex_trove/skills/neo-pragnya.marvellous-aws-architecture-docs

dex show --json prints the full dex.json record (item format).

Install

# Claude Code, for your user (~/.claude/skills/systematic-debugging/)
dex install superpowers/systematic-debugging --target claude

# Claude Code, for this project only (./.claude/…)
dex install anthropic/mcp-builder --target claude --scope project

# GitHub Copilot, for this repository (./.github/skills/git-commit/)
dex install awesome-copilot/git-commit --target copilot

# A whole plugin: every member skill and agent
dex install awesome-copilot/arize-ax --target copilot

# Anywhere, keeping the full normalised item (including ananke.yaml and dex.json)
dex install anthropic/canvas-design --target dir --path ./vendor

See Installing items for where each kind goes and what each tool does with it.

References

Wherever a command takes REF, you can write:

Form	Example
`namespace/name`	`awesome-copilot/git-commit`
bare `name` (if unique)	`git-commit`
`kind:namespace/name`	`skill:awesome-copilot/git-commit`

If a bare name is ambiguous, dex lists the candidates.

With Ananke

pip install ananke-plexus
ananke registry init
ananke registry learn python:dex-trove        # everything
# or a slice:
dex ananke sync --kind skill --source superpowers
ananke registry search debugging

See Ananke integration.

Next steps

Understand what each kind is.
Read why an item is or isn’t included.
Contribute a new source or a first-party skill.

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