Yichen Jiang
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A settings namespace is now a kind; each registration is an instance
filed under the caller's nearest named scope (dsh-scope gains
createScope(..., { id }) and scopeIdOf). Instances resolve defaults →
composition base → global user section → scopes.<id>.<ns>. Global writes
fan out to every instance gated on its own resolved value; scoped writes
commit one instance. Revisions are per section so a scope nothing has
registered yet can still be written when the kind exists. describe(),
the controller verbs, and both events take an optional trailing scope.
Presets name their standing scopes preset/<id>; skill-filesystem is the
first consumer, resolving customSkillDirs per scope with live updates.
description, kind
| description | kind |
|---|---|
| The skill group map: reusable agent instructions discovered from providers and loaded through the session catalog and skill tool, for users and maintainers navigating the group. | package-group |
skill/ — skill capability family
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Summary
The skill group gives agents and users access to reusable, task-specific instructions on demand. Providers contribute skills — from local project or user directories, bundled packages, or remote services — and the registry merges their catalogs and resolves the winning skill for each name. A consumer publishes the available skills as a durable session catalog and exposes a model-facing skill loader tool, so the model sees sorted skill names and descriptions and can load the full instructions of any listed skill; users can also invoke a skill directly with /name. Provider type does not change what the model sees, because all model-facing rendering lives in one consumer package. Mount the packages you need: the registry plus at least one provider, and the consumer for model access.
Table of Contents
Packages
| Package | Role | ctx key |
|---|---|---|
skill/ |
Registry that merges skill catalogs from any provider and resolves the winning skill for a name | ctx.skills |
skill-filesystem/ |
Discovers skills from project, custom, and user directories and watches them for changes | registers on ctx.skills |
skill-badge/ |
Bundles the official "powered by dsh" badge skill, disabled by default | registers on ctx.skills |
tool-skill/ |
Publishes the session skill catalog and the model-facing skill loader tool |
registers on ctx.tools |
Related documentation
Start with the subsystem reference for the shared vocabulary, then read the Agent Notes for the design rationale.
- Skill subsystem reference — the registry, provider contract, local discovery priority, and the catalog and tool.
- Skill system Agent Note — how the family is split and the layered registry design.
- Skill catalog hot-refresh Agent Note — the durable initial catalog and replacement lifecycle.
- Skill invocation policy Agent Note — the model and user invocation controls.
Dev Note
Working context for maintainers — click to expand
None.