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Skills

The task-oriented guide to packaging reusable instructions, testing selection behavior, and using skills with assistant and workflow flows.

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PrerequisitesA CALIBER deployment with skill access
Reviewed 2026-08-10 · current main branch docs contract

Use this page for the practical path around skills: package them, test their selection behavior, and understand how they shape assistant or workflow output.

At a glance

TaskStart hereDeep reference
package a reusable instruction assetdefine the skill surface and testsSkills architecture
verify the right skill is selectedrun trigger/selection coverageSkills architecture
use a skill with Ariainspect the assistant flowAria assistant
use a skill in examplesfollow a cookbook or SDK recipeSDK recipes

1. What skills are for in CALIBER

Skills are reusable instruction assets. They let you keep repeatable behavioral guidance separate from the rest of the workflow or assistant logic.

2. Common tasks

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author or update a skillSkills architecture
verify trigger behaviorSkills architecture
understand how the assistant chooses or applies a skillAria assistant
package skill logic for developer workflowsSDK recipes

3. Common failure modes

SymptomFirst thing to check
The skill exists but is not usedtrigger cases or selection conditions are too weak
A skill package is installed but not activeinstallation and enablement are separate steps
Output changed after calibrationinspect the evidence loop and packaged instructions together

CALIBER : Contextual Adaptive Lifecycle for Intelligent Build, Evaluation, and Refinement — this page is generated from the authoritative Markdown sources in docs/ and the repository-level ARCHITECTURE.md.