Skills

Per-folder SKILL.md instructions loaded on demand.

Docs on GitHub

Skills are per-folder SKILL.md files with a YAML frontmatter header. zot discovers them at startup, surfaces their names in the system prompt, and exposes a built-in skill tool the model uses to load the body on demand. The agent pulls in exactly the instructions it needs, nothing more.

Built-in and user-installed skills load by default from .zot/skills/, $ZOT_HOME/skills/, .claude/skills/, or .agents/skills/. Use --no-skill to disable all skill discovery.