feat: add prerequisites field to skill spec — hide skills with unmet dependencies

Skills can now declare runtime prerequisites (env vars, CLI binaries) via
YAML frontmatter. Skills with unmet prerequisites are excluded from the
system prompt so the agent never claims capabilities it can't deliver, and
skill_view() warns the agent about what's missing.

Three layers of defense:
- build_skills_system_prompt() filters out unavailable skills
- _find_all_skills() flags unmet prerequisites in metadata
- skill_view() returns prerequisites_warning with actionable details

Tagged 12 bundled skills that have hard runtime dependencies:
gif-search (TENOR_API_KEY), notion (NOTION_API_KEY), himalaya, imessage,
apple-notes, apple-reminders, openhue, duckduckgo-search, codebase-inspection,
blogwatcher, songsee, mcporter.

Closes #658
Fixes #630
This commit is contained in:
kshitij 2026-03-08 12:55:09 +05:30
parent 76545ab365
commit f210510276
17 changed files with 336 additions and 11 deletions

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@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ SKILL.md Format (YAML Frontmatter, agentskills.io compatible):
platforms: [macos] # Optional — restrict to specific OS platforms
# Valid: macos, linux, windows
# Omit to load on all platforms (default)
prerequisites: # Optional — runtime requirements
env_vars: [API_KEY] # Env vars that must be set (checked via os.getenv)
commands: [curl, jq] # CLI binaries that must be on PATH (checked via shutil.which)
# Skills with unmet prerequisites are hidden from the
# system prompt and flagged with a warning in skill_view.
compatibility: Requires X # Optional (agentskills.io)
metadata: # Optional, arbitrary key-value (agentskills.io)
hermes:
@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ Usage:
import json
import os
import re
import shutil
import sys
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Dict, Any, List, Optional, Tuple
@ -118,6 +124,43 @@ def skill_matches_platform(frontmatter: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
return False
def check_skill_prerequisites(frontmatter: Dict[str, Any]) -> Tuple[bool, List[str]]:
"""Check if a skill's declared prerequisites are satisfied.
Skills declare prerequisites via a top-level ``prerequisites`` dict
in their YAML frontmatter::
prerequisites:
env_vars: [TENOR_API_KEY]
commands: [curl, jq]
Returns:
(all_met, missing) True + empty list if all met, else False + list
of human-readable descriptions of what's missing.
"""
prereqs = frontmatter.get("prerequisites")
if not prereqs or not isinstance(prereqs, dict):
return True, []
missing: List[str] = []
env_vars = prereqs.get("env_vars") or []
if isinstance(env_vars, str):
env_vars = [env_vars]
for var in env_vars:
if not os.getenv(str(var)):
missing.append(f"env ${var}")
commands = prereqs.get("commands") or []
if isinstance(commands, str):
commands = [commands]
for cmd in commands:
if not shutil.which(str(cmd)):
missing.append(f"command `{cmd}`")
return (len(missing) == 0), missing
def check_skills_requirements() -> bool:
"""Skills are always available -- the directory is created on first use if needed."""
return True
@ -262,12 +305,19 @@ def _find_all_skills() -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
description = description[:MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH - 3] + "..."
category = _get_category_from_path(skill_md)
skills.append({
prereqs_met, prereqs_missing = check_skill_prerequisites(frontmatter)
entry = {
"name": name,
"description": description,
"category": category,
})
}
if not prereqs_met:
entry["prerequisites_met"] = False
entry["prerequisites_missing"] = prereqs_missing
skills.append(entry)
except Exception:
continue
@ -635,6 +685,17 @@ def skill_view(name: str, file_path: str = None, task_id: str = None) -> str:
"usage_hint": "To view linked files, call skill_view(name, file_path) where file_path is e.g. 'references/api.md' or 'assets/config.yaml'" if linked_files else None
}
# Prerequisite check — warn the agent if requirements are unmet
prereqs_met, prereqs_missing = check_skill_prerequisites(frontmatter)
if not prereqs_met:
result["prerequisites_met"] = False
result["prerequisites_missing"] = prereqs_missing
result["prerequisites_warning"] = (
f"This skill requires {', '.join(prereqs_missing)} which "
f"{'is' if len(prereqs_missing) == 1 else 'are'} not available. "
f"Tell the user what's needed before attempting to use this skill."
)
# Surface agentskills.io optional fields when present
if frontmatter.get('compatibility'):
result["compatibility"] = frontmatter['compatibility']