setup

Initialize the skill: validate environment variables, check packages, initialize API clients, and prepare resources. Called once when the skill is loaded.

This is an abstract method — you must implement it in every SkillBase subclass.

Returns

bool — True if setup succeeded, False to indicate the skill should not be loaded.

Example

import os
from signalwire.core.skill_base import SkillBase
class WeatherSkill(SkillBase):
    SKILL_NAME = "weather"
    SKILL_DESCRIPTION = "Provides weather information"
    REQUIRED_PACKAGES = ["requests"]
    REQUIRED_ENV_VARS = ["WEATHER_API_KEY"]
    def setup(self) -> bool:
        if not self.validate_packages():
            return False
        if not self.validate_env_vars():
            return False
        self.api_key = os.getenv("WEATHER_API_KEY")
        return True
    def register_tools(self):
        pass  # See register_tools page