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Skills Toolset

Load and execute skills - reusable prompt-based capabilities.

Basic Usage

agents:
  my_agent:
    tools:
      - type: skills

Available Tools

Skills Tools

load_skill

Load a Claude Code Skill and return its instructions.

Parameters:

Name Type Required Description
skill_name string Name of the skill to load, or a skill:// URI. Use skill:// URI to load a specific reference file: skill://skill-name/references/file.md
arguments string Optional space-separated arguments for substitution

Hints: read-only, idempotent

Category: read

list_skills

List all available skills.

Hints: read-only, idempotent

Category: read

Configuration Reference

Skills Toolset

Configuration for skills toolset.

Provides tools to discover and load Claude Code Skills from the pool's skills registry. Skills are discovered from configured directories (e.g., ~/.claude/skills/, .claude/skills/).

Skills Toolset (YAML)
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toolsets:
- type: skills
  tools: null  # Optional tool filter to enable/disable specific tools.
  max_skills: null  # Maximum number of skills to inject.
  namespace: null  # Optional namespace prefix for tool names