Add public skills from OpenHands repository#1
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This commit migrates all skills from the OpenHands/skills directory to this separate skills repository. These skills can now be loaded independently and versioned separately from the main OpenHands codebase. Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
Move all skill .md files into a skills/ subdirectory to keep the repository root clean and organized. Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
Add detailed README.md that explains: - What Skills are (formerly Microagents) - Two types: General and Keyword-Triggered - How to use Skills in OpenHands - How to create custom Skills for projects - Contributing guidelines with templates - Frontmatter reference documentation - Examples from the skills/ directory Based on OpenHands documentation at: https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/microagents Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
General skills do not use frontmatter. Updated: - Changed 'Frontmatter: Optional' to 'Frontmatter: Not used' - Removed frontmatter from general skill example - Removed frontmatter from general skill template - Clarified in frontmatter reference that general skills don't use it Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
Reduced README from 200+ lines to 88 lines: - Simplified overview and skill types sections - Removed verbose templates and detailed guidelines - Reduced contributing section to essentials - Streamlined frontmatter reference - Condensed examples section - Briefly mentioned microagents name and backward compatibility Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
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This PR migrates all public skills from the main OpenHands repository to this dedicated skills repository.
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Motivation
Moving skills to a separate repository enables:
Related Work
load_public_skills()function to automatically load skills from this repositoryThis is part of the effort discussed in OpenHands/software-agent-sdk#1219 to centralize and externalize the skills/microagents library.
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