Skills¶

Skills are reusable agent capabilities that provide procedural knowledge and best practices. CIAB supports skills from skills.sh and custom skill sources.

Configuration¶

[[workspace.skills]]
source = "vercel-labs/ai-sdk-best-practices"
version = "v2.0"
enabled = true

Fields¶

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`source`	string	Yes	—	Skill identifier (owner/repo format or URL)
`version`	string	No	latest	Specific version or tag
`name`	string	No	—	Override display name
`enabled`	boolean	No	`true`	Toggle without removing
`config`	object	No	`{}`	Skill-specific configuration

How Skills Work¶

During provisioning, enabled skills are installed via:

npx skillsadd <source>

This installs the skill's configuration files, prompts, and rules into the agent's environment, giving it access to specialized knowledge and procedures.

Examples¶

# Popular community skills
[[workspace.skills]]
source = "vercel-labs/ai-sdk-best-practices"

[[workspace.skills]]
source = "community/typescript-patterns"

# Custom internal skills
[[workspace.skills]]
source = "shakedaskayo/internal-coding-standards"
version = "v3.1"

# Temporarily disabled skill
[[workspace.skills]]
source = "experimental/new-framework"
enabled = false

Custom Skills¶

You can create your own skills by following the skills.sh specification. Skills are Git repositories with a standard structure that agents can consume.