Skill files

Draft skill files that teach agents how to use your API.

A skill file should be reviewed product guidance, not a raw endpoint dump. Sourced's current public path is the playbook: use the OpenAPI contract to draft the right auth, workflow, example, and safety instructions before installing anything in an agent environment.

01Details

What belongs in a reviewed skill file

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API purpose, base URL, auth requirements, environment variables, and account-safety boundaries.

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Common workflows described as agent steps, not just endpoint lists.

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Operation examples, request/response shapes, pagination, rate-limit notes, and destructive-action warnings.

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Links back to canonical docs, llms.txt, generated SDKs, and MCP tools.

02Teams

How teams should use the playbook

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Start from the OpenAPI contract and existing docs, then draft the agent-facing workflow guidance.

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Have an engineer review safety constraints, auth wording, and destructive operations.

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Install the reviewed skill file into the agent environment or repo alongside SDK/docs artifacts.

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Refresh the file after OpenAPI changes so the agent instructions do not drift.

03Details

Manual path vs Sourced path

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Manual path: write a skill from scratch, audit every endpoint, and remember to update it on each API release.

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Sourced path today: generate SDKs, docs, llms.txt, and MCP artifacts from one OpenAPI source, then use the skill-file playbook for reviewed agent instructions until first-party skill-file emission is shipped.