> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Activate By Name • AI Agent SDK

> activate_by_name: Activate a skill by name.

# activate\_by\_name

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

Activate a skill by name.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def activate_by_name(name: str) -> bool
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="name" type="str" required={true}>
  Skill name
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="bool">
  True if activation succeeded
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `get_skill`
* `activate`

## Source

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