> ## 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.

# discover • AI Agent SDK

> discover: Discover skills from directories.

# discover

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

Discover skills from directories.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def discover(skill_dirs: Optional[List[str]], include_defaults: bool) -> int
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="skill_dirs" type="Optional" required={false}>
  List of directory paths to scan
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="include_defaults" type="bool" required={false} default="True">
  Whether to include default skill directories
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="int">
  Number of skills discovered
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `discover_skills`
* `add`
* `LoadedSkill`

## Used By

* [`Agent.skill_manager`](../functions/Agent-skill_manager)

## Source

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