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# Validate Skill • AI Agent SDK

> validate_skill: Validate a skill's requirements against available capabilities.

# validate\_skill

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> This is a method of the [**CapabilityValidator**](../classes/CapabilityValidator) class in the [**capability\_validator**](../modules/capability_validator) module.

Validate a skill's requirements against available capabilities.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def validate_skill(skill: SkillProperties, available_tools: Optional[Set[str]], available_servers: Optional[Set[str]]) -> ValidationResult
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="skill" type="SkillProperties" required={true}>
  Skill to validate
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="available_tools" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Set of available tool names (auto-detected if None)
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="available_servers" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Set of available server names (auto-detected if None)
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="ValidationResult">
  ValidationResult with validation status and details
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `is_empty`
* `ValidationResult`
* `os.getenv`

## Used By

* [`SkillManager.validate_skill_capabilities`](../functions/SkillManager-validate_skill_capabilities)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/skills/capability_validator.py` at line 91
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## Related Documentation

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

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