> ## 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.

# Format Skill For Prompt • AI Agent SDK

> format_skill_for_prompt: Format a single skill as XML for system prompt.

# format\_skill\_for\_prompt

Function

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

Format a single skill as XML for system prompt.

The `description` is truncated at 1,536 characters (G22) to keep the
system-prompt listing bounded even with large skill libraries.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def format_skill_for_prompt(skill: SkillMetadata) -> str
```

## Parameters

**skill** `SkillMetadata` *required*

No description available.

### Returns

**Returns** `str`

The result of the operation.

## Uses

* `html.escape`

## Used By

* [`generate_skills_xml`](../functions/generate_skills_xml)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/skills/prompt.py#L24)
>
> `praisonaiagents/skills/prompt.py` at line 24

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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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