acquiring-skills
SKILL.md
Acquiring New Skills
This skill teaches you how to safely discover and install skills from external sources.
SAFETY - READ THIS FIRST
Skills can contain:
- Markdown files (.md) - Risk: prompt injection, misleading instructions
- Scripts (Python, TypeScript, Bash) - Risk: malicious code execution
Trusted Sources (no user approval needed for download)
https://github.com/letta-ai/skills- Letta's community skillshttps://github.com/anthropics/skills- Anthropic's official skills
Untrusted Sources (ALWAYS verify with user)
For ANY source other than letta-ai or anthropics:
- Ask the user before downloading
- Explain where the skill comes from
- Get explicit approval