claude_skills

Load Claude Code-style SKILL.md files as agent tools. Each SKILL.md file in the configured directory becomes a SWAIG function, with YAML frontmatter parsed for metadata.

Tools: Dynamically created from SKILL.md files

Requirements: PyYAML

Multi-instance: Yes

skills_path

strRequired

Path to the directory containing Claude skill folders. Each subfolder must contain a SKILL.md file.

include

listDefaults to ["*"]

Glob patterns for skill folder names to include.

exclude

listDefaults to []

Glob patterns for skill folder names to exclude.

tool_prefix

strDefaults to claude_

Prefix for generated function names. Use an empty string for no prefix.

prompt_title

strDefaults to Claude Skills

Title for the prompt section that lists available skills.

prompt_intro

strDefaults to You have access to specialized skills. Call the appropriate tool when the user's question matches:

Introductory text for the prompt section.

skill_descriptions

dictDefaults to {}

Override descriptions for specific skills. Keys are skill names, values are description strings.

response_prefix

str

Text to prepend to skill results.

response_postfix

str

Text to append to skill results.

allow_shell_injection

boolDefaults to False

Enable shell command preprocessing in skill bodies. Security warning: allows arbitrary shell execution.

allow_script_execution

boolDefaults to False

Discover and list scripts/ and assets/ files in prompt sections.

ignore_invocation_control

boolDefaults to False

Override disable-model-invocation and user-invocable frontmatter flags. When True, all discovered skills are registered regardless of invocation control.

shell_timeout

intDefaults to 30

Timeout in seconds for shell injection commands.

1 from signalwire import AgentBase
2 
3 class MyAgent(AgentBase):
4     def __init__(self):
5         super().__init__(name="assistant", route="/assistant")
6         self.set_prompt_text("You are a helpful assistant.")
7         self.add_skill("claude_skills", {
8             "skills_path": "/path/to/skills/directory",
9             "tool_prefix": "skill_"
10         })
11 
12 agent = MyAgent()
13 agent.serve()

Load Claude Code-style SKILL.md files as agent tools. Each SKILL.md file in the configured directory becomes a SWAIG function, with YAML frontmatter parsed for metadata.

Tools: Dynamically created from SKILL.md files

Requirements: PyYAML

Multi-instance: Yes

skills_path

strRequired

Path to the directory containing Claude skill folders. Each subfolder must contain a SKILL.md file.

include

listDefaults to ["*"]

Glob patterns for skill folder names to include.

exclude

listDefaults to []

Glob patterns for skill folder names to exclude.

tool_prefix

strDefaults to claude_

Prefix for generated function names. Use an empty string for no prefix.

prompt_title

strDefaults to Claude Skills

Title for the prompt section that lists available skills.

prompt_intro

strDefaults to You have access to specialized skills. Call the appropriate tool when the user's question matches:

Introductory text for the prompt section.

skill_descriptions

dictDefaults to {}

Override descriptions for specific skills. Keys are skill names, values are description strings.

response_prefix

str

Text to prepend to skill results.

response_postfix

str

Text to append to skill results.

allow_shell_injection

boolDefaults to False

Enable shell command preprocessing in skill bodies. Security warning: allows arbitrary shell execution.

allow_script_execution

boolDefaults to False

Discover and list scripts/ and assets/ files in prompt sections.

ignore_invocation_control

boolDefaults to False

Override disable-model-invocation and user-invocable frontmatter flags. When True, all discovered skills are registered regardless of invocation control.

shell_timeout

intDefaults to 30

Timeout in seconds for shell injection commands.

1 from signalwire import AgentBase
2 
3 class MyAgent(AgentBase):
4     def __init__(self):
5         super().__init__(name="assistant", route="/assistant")
6         self.set_prompt_text("You are a helpful assistant.")
7         self.add_skill("claude_skills", {
8             "skills_path": "/path/to/skills/directory",
9             "tool_prefix": "skill_"
10         })
11 
12 agent = MyAgent()
13 agent.serve()

1	from signalwire import AgentBase
2
3	class MyAgent(AgentBase):
4	def __init__(self):
5	super().__init__(name="assistant", route="/assistant")
6	self.set_prompt_text("You are a helpful assistant.")
7	self.add_skill("claude_skills", {
8	"skills_path": "/path/to/skills/directory",
9	"tool_prefix": "skill_"
10	})
11
12	agent = MyAgent()
13	agent.serve()