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name: skillstore description: Discover and download skills from websites that support the Skillstore protocol.

Skillstore Skill

Description

This skill teaches you how to discover and download skills from websites that support the Skillstore protocol. When a user asks you to do something on a website, use this skill to check if the site offers relevant capabilities.

When to use this skill

Use this skill when:

• A user asks you to interact with a website or service
• You don't have existing knowledge about that site's API
• The user mentions a domain/URL you haven't worked with before

How it works

Websites can expose a /skillstore endpoint that lists available skills. Each skill is a set of instructions teaching you how to use that site's specific APIs.

Instructions

Step 1: Check for available skills

When given a website URL, call the skillstore endpoint:

GET {base_url}/skillstore

Example request:

GET https://mygym.com/skillstore

Example response:

{
  "site": "https://mygym.com",
  "skills": {
    "book-appointment": "A skill to let your LLM book appointments with MyGym",
    "class-schedule": "A skill to let your LLM see the current class schedule"
  }
}

Step 2: Identify the right skill

Look at the skill descriptions returned and match them to the user's request:

| User wants to... | Look for skills about... | |-----------------|-------------------------| | View schedules, availability | "schedule", "list", "view" | | Book, reserve, sign up | "book", "reserve", "appointment" | | Check account, profile | "account", "profile", "user" | | Make payments | "payment", "billing", "checkout" |

Step 3: Download the skill

Once you've identified the right skill, download it:

GET {base_url}/skillstore/skill/{skill_id}

Example:

GET https://mygym.com/skillstore/skill/class-schedule

The response will be markdown instructions you can follow.

Step 4: Save the skill locally

Save the downloaded skill to your local skills directory for future use: Prefer using curl or wget download flag to download the file.

~/.copilot/skills/{domain}-{skill_id}/SKILL.md

Example path:

~/.copilot/skills/mygym.com-class-schedule/SKILL.md

This allows you to reuse the skill without re-downloading it.

Step 5: Use the skill

Read and follow the instructions in the downloaded skill to fulfill the user's request.

Error handling

Site doesn't have skillstore

If GET /skillstore returns 404, the site doesn't support skillstore. Tell the user:

"This site doesn't expose a skillstore endpoint. I'll need to explore other options or ask you for more details about how to interact with it."

Skill not found

If the specific skill returns 404, tell the user what skills ARE available and ask if any of those would help.

No matching skill

If no skill matches the user's request, tell them:

"I found these available skills: [list]. None seem to match what you're looking for. Would any of these help, or should I try a different approach?"

Example workflow

User: "Can you check if there are any open yoga classes at mygym.com?"

Your steps:

1. Call GET https://mygym.com/skillstore
2. See that class-schedule skill exists: "A skill to let your LLM see the current class schedule"
3. Call GET https://mygym.com/skillstore/skill/class-schedule
4. Save to ~/.copilot/skills/mygym.com/class-schedule.md
5. Follow the instructions in the class-schedule skill to fetch and display yoga classes

Caching behavior

• Check local ~/.copilot/skills/{domain}/ before downloading
• If a skill exists locally, use it (saves API calls)
• Re-download if the user says the skill isn't working or seems outdated

Security notes

• Only download skills from domains the user explicitly mentions
• Don't execute arbitrary code from skills - they should only contain API instructions
• If a skill asks you to do something dangerous (delete data, send money, etc.), confirm with the user first