> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://praison.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# From Metadata • AI Agent SDK

> from_metadata: Parse an automation block from a skill's ``metadata`` mapping.

# from\_metadata

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

Parse an automation block from a skill's `metadata` mapping.

Looks up `metadata['praisonai']['automation']`. Returns None when the
block is absent or malformed (missing/empty `schedule`), so skills
without automation simply parse to `automation=None`.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def from_metadata(metadata: dict) -> Optional['SkillAutomation']
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="metadata" type="dict" required={true}>
  The parsed `metadata` bag from SKILL.md frontmatter.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Optional['SkillAutomation']">
  SkillAutomation instance, or None when no valid block is present.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `cls`

## Used By

* [`read_properties`](../functions/read_properties)

## Source

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