Agents & tools · Glossary term

What is Skill Bundle?

The complete installable skill directory, including `SKILL.md` and every reference, script, asset, fixture, or companion file required by the workflow.

Why does Skill Bundle matter?

Copying only the entry file can leave valid-looking instructions that point to missing resources or lose the deterministic code the workflow depends on.

Skill Bundle in practice

Install the tree as one unit, record hashes and source revision, validate the installed copy, and show collisions before replacing an existing bundle.

What is the common confusion about Skill Bundle?

`SKILL.md` is the entry point, not necessarily the entire artifact.

Learn Skill Bundle in the course

Start with

  • Skill Evals, Packaging, and Portability

    A skill is finished when its package survives linting, routes on the right requests, improves a measured task, stays inside policy, and degrades honestly on another host.

    Phase 13: Tools & Protocols

Taught in Phase 13: Tools & Protocols.

  • Agent SkillA discoverable directory of procedural instructions whose entry point is `SKILL.md`, with optional references, scripts, and assets that a…
  • Skill CatalogThe compact model-visible inventory of eligible skills, usually containing routing metadata such as name, description, and an internal…
  • Reproducible BuildA build whose declared source, environment, and instructions can be independently rerun to produce bit-for-bit identical specified…
  • Provenance AttestationAuthenticated, machine-readable metadata that binds an artifact to claims about how, where, when, and from which inputs it was produced.
  • Skill DiscoveryA runtime pipeline that searches configured roots, identifies candidate skill directories, validates their package contract, attaches…

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