> ## 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.

# Get Skill • AI Agent SDK

> get_skill: Get a skill by name.

# get\_skill

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.

Get a skill by name.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def get_skill(name: str) -> Optional[LoadedSkill]
```

## Parameters

**name** `str` *required*

Skill name

### Returns

**Returns** `Optional[LoadedSkill]`

LoadedSkill or None if not found

## Used By

* [`SkillManager.activate_by_name`](../functions/SkillManager-activate_by_name)
* [`SkillManager.get_allowed_tools`](../functions/SkillManager-get_allowed_tools)
* [`SkillManager.invoke`](../functions/SkillManager-invoke)
* [`SkillManager.get_instructions`](../functions/SkillManager-get_instructions)
* [`SkillManager.load_resources`](../functions/SkillManager-load_resources)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/skills/manager.py#L403)
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> `praisonaiagents/skills/manager.py` at line 403

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## Related Documentation

> [card] [Skills Concept](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/concepts/skills)

> [card] [Skills Feature](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/skills)


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