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# To Prompt • AI Agent SDK

> to_prompt: Generate prompt XML from skill directories.

# to\_prompt

Function

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

Generate prompt XML from skill directories.

This is the main entry point for generating the \<available\_skills>
block to inject into agent system prompts.

## Signature

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

## Parameters

**skill\_dirs** `List[Path]` *required*

List of paths to skill directories

### Returns

**Returns** `str`

XML string with \<available\_skills> block

## Uses

* `Path`
* `skill_dir.exists`
* `skill_dir.is_dir`
* `read_properties`
* `SkillMetadata.from_properties`
* `generate_skills_xml`

## Used By

* [`Agent.get_skills_prompt`](../functions/Agent-get_skills_prompt)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/skills/prompt.py#L76)
>
> `praisonaiagents/skills/prompt.py` at line 76


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