> ## 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.

# Discover Skill • AI Agent SDK

> discover_skill: Discover a single skill from a directory path.

# discover\_skill

Function

> This function is defined in the [**discovery**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/discovery.md) module.

Discover a single skill from a directory path.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def discover_skill(skill_path: str) -> Optional[SkillProperties]
```

## Parameters

**skill\_path** `str` *required*

Path to a skill directory

### Returns

**Returns** `Optional[SkillProperties]`

SkillProperties if valid, None otherwise

## Uses

* `resolve`
* `expanduser`
* `Path`
* `path.exists`
* `path.is_dir`
* `find_skill_md`
* `read_properties`

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/skills/discovery.py#L166)
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> `praisonaiagents/skills/discovery.py` at line 166

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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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