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title: has_skill
slug: /reference/python/agents/agent-base/has-skill
description: Check whether a specific skill is currently loaded on the agent.
max-toc-depth: 3
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Check whether a specific skill is currently loaded.

## **Parameters**

<ParamField path="skill_name" type="str" required={true} toc={true}>
  Skill name to check.
</ParamField>

## **Returns**

`bool` -- `True` if the skill is loaded, `False` otherwise.

## **Example**

```python {5-6}
from signalwire import AgentBase

agent = AgentBase(name="assistant", route="/assistant")
agent.add_skill("datetime")
print(agent.has_skill("datetime"))  # True
print(agent.has_skill("web_search"))  # False
```