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title: addSkill
slug: /reference/typescript/agents/skill-manager/add-skill
description: Add and initialize a skill instance.
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[ref-skillbase]: /docs/server-sdks/reference/typescript/agents/skill-base

Add a skill to the manager. Validates env vars, calls `setup()`, and marks
the skill as initialized. Throws `Error` if a duplicate non-multi-instance
skill is added.

## **Parameters**

<ParamField path="skill" type="SkillBase" required={true} toc={true}>
  The skill instance to add.
</ParamField>

## **Returns**

`Promise<void>`