Skills

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Skills / Commands / Agents

The Direct engine supports invocable skills / commands / agents. Scanned from local Claude Code / Codex installs; invoked via the / menu or the ⚡ button.

Sources

src/main/skills.ts scans:

Path	Source	Type
<resources>/skills/* (packaged) or skills/* (dev)	Built-in (read-only)	skill
~/.claude/skills/*	Claude Code user skills	skill
~/.claude/commands/*	Claude Code user commands	command
~/.claude/agents/*	Claude Code user agents	agent
Claude Code plugins	Installed plugin content (~/.claude/plugins/*)	various
~/.codex/skills/*	Codex skills	skill
Installed KinetAios plugins	Plugin-contributed (read-only)	various

Each skill is a directory with a SKILL.md (frontmatter: name / description).

Built-in skills ship with the app (v3.7.3+). The first one, data-analysis, ports the V3 analysis discipline: schema before conclusions, compute via tools not mental math, intermediate results on disk, sourced conclusions, cross-checked key figures. Invoke it via /data-analysis, or let V3 auto-load it when data files appear in the task.

Invocation

/ menu (input box)

Type / as the first character in the main window's input → slash menu pops up listing all available skills / commands / agents. Navigate with arrow keys + Enter, or click.

After selecting:

• The skill's body (SKILL.md content) is injected into the systemPrompt's skillSection for the next turn
• The input auto-fills /skill-name; the user adds arguments + Enter

⚡ button

The main window's ⚡ Skill button → opens the same menu, mouse-friendly entry.

Injection

EngineRunOpts.skillBlock?: string — Direct only.

engines.ts:131:

const skillSection = skillBlock ? `\n\n# Current Skill directive (user invoked via /, please follow)\n${skillBlock}` : '';

Concatenated into systemPrompt (after baseSystemPrompt, before rules).

Direct-only. Claude Code / Codex skills go through their respective CLI's / mechanism (not injected here).

Trigger timing

A skill's body is only injected on the turn the user invokes /skill-name. Not persisted to subsequent turns (unless invoked again).

Skills panel (Settings → Skills, v3.7.2+)

Aggregates every skill/command/agent from all sources (Claude Code / Codex / built-in / plugins) into one searchable panel. User-level skills are editable in-app (opens the source file in an editor modal); plugin and built-in skills are read-only. Changes take effect immediately — no restart.

Adding a new skill

Add a directory in Claude Code's or Codex's standard location:

~/.claude/skills/my-skill/
  SKILL.md    # frontmatter: name, description; body: instructions

Restart KinetAios → it's scanned → /my-skill is available.

Key source files

• src/main/skills.ts — scanning logic
• src/shared/types.ts:51 — SkillInfo / SkillType
• src/renderer/app.ts — slash menu + ⚡ button rendering
• src/main/main.ts — list-skills IPC