Skills
List Skills
GET
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api
/
v1
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fs
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ls?uri=viking:
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agent
/
skills
/
List Skills
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/'import requests
url = "https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/"
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET'};
fetch('https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": "ok",
"result": [
{
"name": "search-web",
"uri": "viking://agent/skills/search-web/",
"type": "directory"
},
{
"name": "calculator",
"uri": "viking://agent/skills/calculator/",
"type": "directory"
},
{
"name": "code-runner",
"uri": "viking://agent/skills/code-runner/",
"type": "directory"
}
],
"time": 0.05
}
{
"status": "ok",
"result": [
"search-web",
"calculator",
"code-runner"
],
"time": 0.02
}
List all available skills in the knowledge base. Skills can be invoked by agents to perform specific tasks.
Skills are stored at
viking://agent/skills/ in the Agent General File System (AGFS).Authentication
Requires API key authentication viaX-API-Key header.
Query Parameters
string
required
The URI to list. Use
viking://agent/skills/ to list all skills.boolean
default:"false"
If true, returns only skill names. If false, returns full metadata.
Response
string
Response status (
ok or error)array
number
Request processing time in seconds
Example
curl -X GET "http://localhost:1933/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/" \
-H "X-API-Key: your-key"
# List all skills with metadata
skills = client.ls("viking://agent/skills/")
for skill in skills:
print(f"{skill['name']}: {skill['uri']}")
# Simple list (names only)
names = client.ls("viking://agent/skills/", simple=True)
print(names) # ['search-web', 'calculator', 'code-runner']
openviking ls viking://agent/skills/
{
"status": "ok",
"result": [
{
"name": "search-web",
"uri": "viking://agent/skills/search-web/",
"type": "directory"
},
{
"name": "calculator",
"uri": "viking://agent/skills/calculator/",
"type": "directory"
},
{
"name": "code-runner",
"uri": "viking://agent/skills/code-runner/",
"type": "directory"
}
],
"time": 0.05
}
{
"status": "ok",
"result": [
"search-web",
"calculator",
"code-runner"
],
"time": 0.02
}
Skill Storage Structure
Each skill is stored as a directory containing:.abstract.md- L0: Brief description.overview.md- L1: Parameters and usageSKILL.md- L2: Full documentation- Auxiliary files - Any additional resources
Reading Skill Content
After listing skills, use the content API to read skill documentation at different levels:uri = "viking://agent/skills/search-web/"
# L0: Brief description
abstract = client.abstract(uri)
# L1: Parameters and usage overview
overview = client.overview(uri)
# L2: Full skill documentation
content = client.read(uri)
Related Endpoints
- Add Skill - Add a new skill
- Search Skills - Semantic search for skills
- Remove Skill - Delete a skill
List Skills
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/'import requests
url = "https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/"
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET'};
fetch('https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.example.com/api/v1/fs/ls?uri=viking://agent/skills/")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": "ok",
"result": [
{
"name": "search-web",
"uri": "viking://agent/skills/search-web/",
"type": "directory"
},
{
"name": "calculator",
"uri": "viking://agent/skills/calculator/",
"type": "directory"
},
{
"name": "code-runner",
"uri": "viking://agent/skills/code-runner/",
"type": "directory"
}
],
"time": 0.05
}
{
"status": "ok",
"result": [
"search-web",
"calculator",
"code-runner"
],
"time": 0.02
}