Index Manager

by RobThePCGuy

Index Manager is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by RobThePCGuy in Claude-Patent-Creator.

179 stars27 forkson RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-CreatorAdded 2026/09/07+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/24

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Install Index Manager

Copy Index Manager into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator/tree/main/skills/index-manager ~/.claude/skills/index-manager

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/index-manager/SKILL.md in RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/index-manager
Collection: One of 17 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 2109 skills

What Index Manager does

Index Manager manages the MPEP search index lifecycle, including PDF downloads, index builds, maintenance, and optimization. Use it when rebuilding, repairing, or updating the patent search index.

Index Manager is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Index Manager comes from a repository tagged bigquery, claude-code, claude-code-plugin, faiss and mcp-server.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Index Manager Skill

Expert system for managing MPEP search index lifecycle: PDF downloads, index building, maintenance, updates, optimization.

FOR CLAUDE: All dependencies installed, system operational.

Go directly to appropriate phase
Scripts/tools in mcp_server/
Use patent-creator CLI when available
Only run diagnostics if operations fail

When to Use

Building/rebuilding MPEP index, corruption/missing files, optimization, adding content, troubleshooting.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Index Manager

What else does RobThePCGuy publish alongside Index Manager?
Index Manager is one of 17 skills that DirSkills catalogs from RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include BigQuery Patent Search, Development Assistant and EPC Patent Search. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Index Manager does, and is maintained by RobThePCGuy in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator page.
How does Index Manager compare to other Automation skills?
Index Manager ranks #1922 by stars among the 2109 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Index Manager against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.