#Example Agent Skills

siGit Code supports the open Agent Skills format. A skill is a folder containing a SKILL.md file — YAML frontmatter (name and description, at minimum) followed by Markdown instructions. Skills can bundle scripts/, references/, and assets/ that the agent reads on demand.

#Installing a skill

Copy a skill folder into one of the directories siGit scans (in priority order):

• .sigit/skills/ or .claude/skills/ in your project (project-local)
• ~/.config/sigit/skills/ (honours $SIGIT_CONFIG_DIR)
• ~/.claude/skills/ (shared with the broader ecosystem)

For example, to install the commit-message skill here for the current project:

mkdir -p .sigit/skills
cp -R examples/skills/commit-message .sigit/skills/

The folder name must match the skill's name field.

#How siGit uses them

siGit follows the spec's progressive disclosure:

1. Discovery — at the start of each turn, siGit loads only each skill's name and description into the skill tool's description.
2. Activation — when your task matches a skill, the agent calls the skill tool with that name, which loads the full SKILL.md into context.
3. Execution — the agent follows the instructions, reading any bundled files from the skill's directory with its normal file and command tools.

Run /skills to list the skills siGit can see.