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# Skill Manager • AI Agent SDK

> skill_manager: Lazily initialize SkillManager only when skills are accessed.

# skill\_manager

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> This is a method of the [**Agent**](../classes/Agent) class in the [**agent**](../modules/agent) module.

Lazily initialize SkillManager only when skills are accessed.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def skill_manager() -> Any
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Any">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `SkillManager`
* `add_skill`
* `discover`

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/agent/agent.py` at line 1695
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## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Skills Concept" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/docs/concepts/skills" />

  <Card title="Skills Feature" icon="star" href="/docs/features/skills" />
</CardGroup>