/**
* skill-loader.ts — Preload specific skill files and inject their content into the system prompt.
*
* When skills is a string[], reads each named skill from .pi/skills/ or ~/.pi/skills/
* and returns their content for injection into the agent's system prompt.
*/
import { homedir } from "node:os";
import { join } from "node:path";
import { isUnsafeName, safeReadFile } from "./memory.js";
export interface PreloadedSkill {
name: string;
content: string;
}
/**
* Attempt to load named skills from project and global skill directories.
* Looks for:
/.md, /.txt, /
*
* @param skillNames List of skill names to preload.
* @param cwd Working directory for project-level skills.
* @returns Array of loaded skills (missing skills are skipped with a warning comment).
*/
export function preloadSkills(
skillNames: string[],
cwd: string
): PreloadedSkill[] {
const results: PreloadedSkill[] = [];
for (const name of skillNames) {
// Unlike memory (which throws on unsafe names because it's part of agent setup),
// skills are optional — skip gracefully to avoid blocking agent startup.
if (isUnsafeName(name)) {
results.push({
name,
content: `(Skill "${name}" skipped: name contains path traversal characters)`,
});
continue;
}
const content = findAndReadSkill(name, cwd);
if (content === undefined) {
// Include a note about missing skills so the agent knows it was requested but not found
results.push({
name,
content: `(Skill "${name}" not found in .pi/skills/ or ~/.pi/skills/)`,
});
} else {
results.push({ name, content });
}
}
return results;
}
/**
* Search for a skill file in project and global directories.
* Project-level takes priority over global.
*/
function findAndReadSkill(name: string, cwd: string): string | undefined {
const projectDir = join(cwd, ".pi", "skills");
const globalDir = join(homedir(), ".pi", "skills");
// Try project first, then global
for (const dir of [projectDir, globalDir]) {
const content = tryReadSkillFile(dir, name);
if (content !== undefined) {
return content;
}
}
return undefined;
}
/**
* Try to read a skill file from a directory.
* Tries extensions in order: .md, .txt, (no extension)
*/
function tryReadSkillFile(dir: string, name: string): string | undefined {
const extensions = [".md", ".txt", ""];
for (const ext of extensions) {
const path = join(dir, name + ext);
// safeReadFile rejects symlinks to prevent reading arbitrary files
const content = safeReadFile(path);
if (content !== undefined) {
return content.trim();
}
}
return undefined;
}