> ## 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 Default Skill Dirs • AI Agent SDK

> get_default_skill_dirs: Get default skill directory locations.

# get\_default\_skill\_dirs

Function

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

Get default skill directory locations.

Uses centralized paths.py for consistent path management.
Returns directories in precedence order (high to low):

1. Project: ./.praisonai/skills/ or ./.claude/skills/
2. User: \~/.praisonai/skills/
3. System: /etc/praison/skills/ (admin-managed)

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def get_default_skill_dirs() -> List[Path]
```

### Returns

**Returns** `List[Path]`

List of existing skill directories

## Uses

* `Path.cwd`
* `get_project_data_dir`
* `project_skills.exists`
* `project_skills.is_dir`
* `claude_skills.exists`
* `claude_skills.is_dir`
* `p.exists`
* `p.is_dir`
* `get_skills_dir`
* `user_skills.exists`

## Used By

* [`discover_bundles`](../functions/discover_bundles)
* [`discover_skills`](../functions/discover_skills)
* [`SkillManager.restore_skill`](../functions/SkillManager-restore_skill)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/skills/discovery.py#L14)
>
> `praisonaiagents/skills/discovery.py` at line 14

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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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