skills.py DOX

Purpose

• Own the skills.py API endpoint.
• This module lists and manages available skills for settings and agent-facing skill flows.
• Keep this file-level DOX profile synchronized with skills.py because this directory is intentionally flat.

Ownership

• skills.py owns the runtime implementation.
• skills.py.dox.md owns durable notes about responsibilities, contracts, side effects, and verification for that implementation.
• Classes:
• Skills (ApiHandler)
  • async process(self, input: Input, request: Request) -> Output
  • list_skills(self, input: Input)
  • delete_skill(self, input: Input)

Runtime Contracts

• HTTP handlers must derive from helpers.api.ApiHandler; WebSocket handlers must derive from helpers.ws.WsHandler.
• Update this file whenever request payloads, authentication or CSRF requirements, response shapes, route side effects, or WebSocket event contracts change.
• Skills is an ApiHandler.
• Skills defines process(...).
• Observed side-effect areas: filesystem reads, filesystem deletion.
• Imported dependency areas include: helpers, helpers.api.

Key Concepts

• Important called helpers/classes observed in the source: skills.list_skills, result.sort, str.strip, skills.delete_skill, projects.get_project_folder, runtime.is_development, Exception, self.list_skills, strip, files.normalize_a0_path, files.get_abs_path, self.delete_skill, files.is_in_dir, projects.get_project_meta.
• Keep request/response, tool, or helper semantics documented here at the same time as source changes.

Work Guidance

• Preserve authentication, CSRF, loopback, and API-key checks unless the endpoint contract explicitly changes.
• Update frontend callers, plugin callers, and tests together when payload shape changes.
• Use helpers.api.Response for non-JSON responses, files, redirects, or status-specific replies.

Verification

• Run endpoint-specific or API/WebSocket tests for changed behavior; smoke-test browser callers when no focused test exists.
• Related tests observed by source search:
  • tests/test_a0_connector_prompt_gating.py
  • tests/test_browser_agent_regressions.py
  • tests/test_document_query_plugin.py
  • tests/test_fasta2a_client.py
  • tests/test_office_canvas_setup.py
  • tests/test_office_document_store.py
  • tests/test_skills_runtime.py
  • tests/test_time_travel.py

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