"""Skill loading — Anthropic SKILL.md format with progressive disclosure. A skill is a folder containing `SKILL.md` (YAML frontmatter: name, description, optional allowed-tools) + a markdown body of instructions + optional resources/scripts. Progressive disclosure: at session start only the catalog (name + description) is injected into the agent's context; the full body is loaded on demand via the `load_skill` tool. """ from __future__ import annotations from dataclasses import dataclass, field from pathlib import Path from typing import Optional import aisuite as ai @dataclass class Skill: name: str description: str instructions: str = "" # full body — loaded on demand path: Optional[str] = None allowed_tools: list[str] = field(default_factory=list) class SkillLoader: def __init__(self, dirs: list[str | Path]) -> None: self._skills: dict[str, Skill] = {} for directory in dirs: self._discover(Path(directory)) def _discover(self, directory: Path) -> None: if not directory.is_dir(): return for sub in sorted(directory.iterdir()): md = sub / "SKILL.md" if md.is_file(): skill = _parse_skill(md) self._skills[skill.name] = skill def names(self) -> list[str]: return list(self._skills) def get(self, name: str) -> Optional[Skill]: return self._skills.get(name) def catalog(self) -> list[dict]: return [ {"name": s.name, "description": s.description} for s in self._skills.values() ] def _parse_skill(md: Path) -> Skill: text = md.read_text(encoding="utf-8") name, description, allowed, body = md.parent.name, "", [], text if text.startswith("---"): end = text.find("\n---", 3) if end != -1: frontmatter = text[3:end] body = text[end + 4 :].lstrip("\n") for line in frontmatter.splitlines(): if ":" not in line: continue key, value = line.split(":", 1) key, value = key.strip().lower(), value.strip() if key == "name" and value: name = value elif key == "description": description = value elif key in ("allowed-tools", "allowed_tools"): allowed = [t.strip() for t in value.split(",") if t.strip()] return Skill( name=name, description=description, instructions=body.strip(), path=str(md.parent), allowed_tools=allowed, ) def skill_catalog_text(loader: SkillLoader) -> str: catalog = loader.catalog() if not catalog: return "" lines = [f"- {c['name']}: {c['description']}" for c in catalog] return ( "Available skills — call load_skill(name) to load one's full instructions when " "it's relevant to the task:\n" + "\n".join(lines) ) def skill_tools(loader: SkillLoader) -> list: def load_skill(name: str) -> dict: """Load a skill's full instructions + resources path by name. Call this when a skill from the catalog is relevant to the current task.""" skill = loader.get(name) if skill is None: return {"error": f"unknown skill: {name}", "available": loader.names()} return { "name": skill.name, "instructions": skill.instructions, "resources_path": skill.path, } return [ ai.tool( load_skill, metadata=ai.ToolMetadata( category="skills", risk_level="low", capabilities=["load_skill"] ), ) ]