> ## 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.

# Restore Skill • AI Agent SDK

> restore_skill: Restore a previously archived skill back to active use.

# restore\_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.

Restore a previously archived skill back to active use.

## Signature

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

## Parameters

**name** `str` *required*

Archived skill name

**skill\_dir** `Optional[str]`

Optional destination directory (defaults to the first default skill dir)

### Returns

**Returns** `dict`

Dict with success status

## Uses

* `src.exists`
* `src.is_dir`
* `expanduser`
* `Path`
* `get_default_skill_dirs`
* `base_path.mkdir`
* `dest.exists`
* `shutil.move`
* `add_skill`

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/skills/manager.py#L956)
>
> `praisonaiagents/skills/manager.py` at line 956

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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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