> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://praison.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# From Metadata • AI Agent SDK

> from_metadata: Parse an automation block from a skill's ``metadata`` mapping.

# from\_metadata

Method

> This is a method of the [**SkillAutomation**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/classes/SkillAutomation.md) class in the [**models**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/models.md) module.

Parse an automation block from a skill's `metadata` mapping.

Looks up `metadata['praisonai']['automation']`. Returns None when the
block is absent or malformed (missing/empty `schedule`), so skills
without automation simply parse to `automation=None`.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def from_metadata(metadata: dict) -> Optional['SkillAutomation']
```

## Parameters

**metadata** `dict` *required*

The parsed `metadata` bag from SKILL.md frontmatter.

### Returns

**Returns** `Optional['SkillAutomation']`

SkillAutomation instance, or None when no valid block is present.

## Uses

* `cls`

## Used By

* [`read_properties`](../functions/read_properties)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/skills/models.py#L170)
>
> `praisonaiagents/skills/models.py` at line 170


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