> ## 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.

# Load Assets • AI Agent SDK

> load_assets: Load asset paths from skill's assets/ directory (Level 3).

# load\_assets

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

Load asset paths from skill's assets/ directory (Level 3).

Note: For binary assets, only paths are returned, not contents.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def load_assets(skill: LoadedSkill) -> dict
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="skill" type="LoadedSkill" required={true}>
  LoadedSkill instance
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="dict">
  Dict mapping asset names to their paths
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `assets_dir.exists`
* `assets_dir.is_dir`
* `assets_dir.iterdir`
* `asset_file.is_file`

## Used By

* [`SkillLoader.load_all_resources`](../functions/SkillLoader-load_all_resources)

## Source

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