{
  "title": "Agent Skills",
  "description": "Open directory convention for reusable agent instructions, references, assets, and optional scripts centered on SKILL.md.",
  "slug": "agent-skills",
  "locale": "en",
  "seoTitle": "Agent Skills compatibility reference — Can My Agent Use",
  "socialTitle": "Agent Skills compatibility",
  "socialDescription": "Discovery, progressive loading, resources, and script boundaries for Agent Skills.",
  "llmSummary": "Agent Skills are portable directories centered on SKILL.md. Discovery, progressive loading, resource use, script execution, and install scopes are distinct compatibility features.",
  "audience": "Architects and engineers evaluating agent capability packaging.",
  "contentKind": "specification",
  "status": "published",
  "tags": [
    "skills",
    "instructions",
    "packaging"
  ],
  "updated": "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "published": "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "authority": "Agent Skills maintainers",
  "revision": "living",
  "maturity": "open standard",
  "structure": "SKILL.md with YAML frontmatter and directory conventions",
  "sourceId": "S-043",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://agentskills.io/specification",
  "summary": "Package reusable instructions with optional references, assets, and scripts.",
  "roles": [
    "skill-author",
    "consuming-agent",
    "host"
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "SKILL.md",
    "skills"
  ],
  "body": "An Agent Skill is a directory whose `SKILL.md` provides metadata and instructions. Optional references, assets, and scripts can extend the package.\n\nThe catalog separates discovery from progressive loading, resource resolution, script execution, and scope precedence. Recognizing a skill directory does not establish identical lifecycle or trust behavior across hosts.",
  "html": "/specs/agent-skills",
  "markdown": "/specs/agent-skills.md",
  "json": "/api/v1/specs/agent-skills.json"
}