Skills loaded but not injected into agent session
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Skills load successfully (show in
clawdbot skills status<available_skills>enabled: trueSolution
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Summary: Skills loaded but not injected into agent session
Symptoms:
Agent's
Root Cause:
Session skill snapshots are cached with a version number. Refresh only happens when
The version only gets bumped when the file watcher detects changes in:
Plugin skill directories
But NOT:
Bundled skills (
Config changes that affect eligibility (like adding
So when a skill becomes eligible due to config changes (e.g., adding an API key or installing a binary), the snapshot version stays at
Workaround:
Touch any file in a watched skills directory to bump the version:
Then send a new message (or /
Suggested Fix:
Bump
Config changes affect
Gateway restarts (or at least on config reload)
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Summary: Skills loaded but not injected into agent session
Symptoms:
clawdbot skillsAgent's
<available_skills>/resetRoot Cause:
Session skill snapshots are cached with a version number. Refresh only happens when
snapshotVersion > 0session.version < snapshotVersionThe version only gets bumped when the file watcher detects changes in:
{workspace}/skills/~/.clawdbot/skills/skills.load.extraDirsPlugin skill directories
But NOT:
Bundled skills (
/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/clawdbot/skills/Config changes that affect eligibility (like adding
skills.entries.*.apiKeySo when a skill becomes eligible due to config changes (e.g., adding an API key or installing a binary), the snapshot version stays at
0shouldRefreshSnapshotfalseWorkaround:
Touch any file in a watched skills directory to bump the version:
mkdir -p ~/clawd/skills && touch ~/clawd/skills/.trigger && rm ~/clawd/skills/.triggerThen send a new message (or /
resetSuggested Fix:
Bump
snapshotVersionConfig changes affect
skills.entries.*Gateway restarts (or at least on config reload)
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