Edit Skill • AI Agent SDK

edit_skill: Edit an existing skill's content (full rewrite).

edit_skill

Method

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This is a method of the SkillManager class in the manager module.

Edit an existing skill’s content (full rewrite).

Signature

python

def edit_skill(name: str, content: str, propose: Optional[bool]) -> dict

Parameters

ParamField str

Skill name to edit

ParamField str

New skill content

ParamField Optional[bool]

If True, stage the mutation for human approval instead of writing to disk. Defaults to the manager’s `write_approval policy. Pass propose=False` to write directly.

Returns

ResponseField dict

Dict with success status

Uses

get_skill
skill_file.exists
f.read
removeprefix
activate

Used By

SkillManager.edit

Source

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praisonaiagents/skills/manager.py at line 732