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title: SkillRegistry
slug: /reference/typescript/agents/skill-registry
description: Global singleton registry for discovering and instantiating skills.
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[ref-skillbase]: /docs/server-sdks/reference/typescript/agents/skill-base
[ref-skills]: /docs/server-sdks/reference/typescript/agents/skills
`SkillRegistry` is a global singleton for registering, discovering, and
instantiating skills by name. Skills can be registered programmatically or
auto-discovered from directories via the `SIGNALWIRE_SKILL_PATHS` environment
variable.
```typescript {1}
import { SkillRegistry } from '@signalwire/sdk';
```
## **Methods**
Get the global singleton instance.
Register a skill factory by name.
Create a skill instance from the registry.
Check if a skill name is registered.
Remove a skill registration.
Lock skill names to prevent overwriting.
List all registered skill names.
List skills with manifests.
Get a skill's manifest.
Add a directory for skill discovery.
Get all skill search paths.
Discover skills from a directory.
Discover skills from all search paths.
Get a skill's parameter schema.
Get schemas for all registered skills.
List skills grouped by source.
Remove all registrations.
## **Properties**
The number of currently registered skills (getter).
## **Example**
```typescript {4-5,8}
import { SkillRegistry, SkillBase } from '@signalwire/sdk';
const registry = SkillRegistry.getInstance();
registry.register('my-skill', (config) => new MySkill(config));
console.log(registry.listRegistered()); // ['my-skill', ...]
// Create an instance from the registry
const skill = registry.create('my-skill', { apiKey: 'abc' });
```