> ## 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.

# Activate By Name • AI Agent SDK

> activate_by_name: Activate a skill by name.

# activate\_by\_name

Method

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

Activate a skill by name.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def activate_by_name(name: str) -> bool
```

## Parameters

**name** `str` *required*

Skill name

### Returns

**Returns** `bool`

True if activation succeeded

## Uses

* `get_skill`
* `activate`

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/skills/manager.py#L425)
>
> `praisonaiagents/skills/manager.py` at line 425


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