| name | skill-preloading |
| description | Reference for the two-tier skill loading system — preloaded vs category-gated skills, how to add/remove preloaded skills, and the external-services category layout. |
Skill Preloading System
How It Works
preloaded: true in SKILL.md frontmatter → skill appears in system prompt with full description- Without
preloaded: true → skill hidden, browsable via skills_list(category=...)
- Category descriptions come from each folder's
DESCRIPTION.md (frontmatter description: field)
- Description truncation was removed from
agent/skill_utils.py
Current Preloaded Skills (23)
recall, writer, plan, skill-creator, skill-preloading, render-cli, grok-search, mcporter, babysit-pr, ralph-mode, firecrawl, stably-cli, porkbun-cli, copilot-money-cli, appfigures-cli, bird-twitter, apple-search-ads, dataforseo-cli, google-ads-cli, meta-ads-cli, prometheus-cli, last30days, dogfood
To Add a New Preloaded Skill
Add preloaded: true to the SKILL.md frontmatter:
---
name: my-skill
preloaded: true
description: What this skill does
---
External Services Category
All CLI-based third-party service skills live in external-services/. Renamed: copilot-money→copilot-money-cli, appfigures→appfigures-cli, dataforseo→dataforseo-cli, google-ads→google-ads-cli, meta-ads→meta-ads-cli, prometheus→prometheus-cli, porkbun→porkbun-cli (merged 6 sub-skills).
Implementation
- Runtime:
agent/prompt_builder.py on live-config branch (exiao/hermes-agent#6)
- Skills:
main branch (exiao/skills#115)
