> ## Documentation Index
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# From Frontmatter • AI Agent SDK

> from_frontmatter: Parse requirements from skill frontmatter.

# from\_frontmatter

Method

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

Parse requirements from skill frontmatter.

Normalizes various naming conventions:

* requires\_servers, requires\_tools (Hermes/OpenClaw style)
* allowed-tools (existing PraisonAI convention)
* openclaw (OpenClaw-specific hints)

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def from_frontmatter(metadata: dict) -> 'SkillRequirements'
```

## Parameters

**metadata** `dict` *required*

Raw frontmatter dict

### Returns

**Returns** `'SkillRequirements'`

SkillRequirements instance

## 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#L54)
>
> `praisonaiagents/skills/models.py` at line 54


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