Skills

Skills define the tasks your AI Engineer can perform, like Kubernetes operations, CI/CD workflows, or security tasks. Multiple Skills can be grouped into Personas which represent specific roles (for example, DevOps Engineer or Full Stack Engineer).

At its core, a Skill is a folder containing a SKILL.md file. This file includes required metadata (at minimum, name and description), and instructions that tell the Agent how to perform a specific task. A Skill can also include supporting assets such as scripts, templates, and reference materials. Learn more about Skills here.

There are three ways to assign Skills to an Engineer:

Pre-Built Skills: The DuploCloud platform provides pre-built Skills that you can use to quickly create and configure your first Engineer.

External Skills: You can use Skills from third-party vendors directly within the platform. Examples include:

• Pulumi Agent Skills

• HashiCorp Agent Skills

• Azure Agent Skills

Custom Skills: You can create your own Skills from scratch to meet your organization’s specific requirements.

Assigning Skills to an Engineer:

1. Navigate to Skills and click Add.

2. Enter a Name and detailed Description.

1. Select the Skill Type (External or Custom).

2. Optionally, add a Description for the Skill.

1. Specify the Skills package:

• External Packages: Enter the link to the Skills package.

• Custom Packages: upload/paste a Skill.md file or a Skill Package in .zip format into the Package File field.

1. Click Update to save.

Example: Typical SKILL.md File

# Terraform Management Skill

## Description
Expert in Terraform infrastructure as code for AWS, Azure, and GCP.

## Capabilities
- Create and modify Terraform configurations
- Manage state files and remote backends
- Troubleshoot plan and apply errors
- Implement modules and workspaces
- Handle provider version constraints

## Best Practices
- Always run `terraform plan` before apply
- Use remote state with locking
- Implement proper variable validation
- Tag all resources appropriately
- Use modules for reusable components

## Common Commands
```bash
terraform init
terraform plan -out=tfplan
terraform apply tfplan
terraform destroy
terraform state list
```
## Error Handling
- Check for state lock issues
- Verify provider credentials
- Validate syntax with `terraform validate`
- Review dependency cycles

Example: Typical Skill Folder Structure

skills/
├── SKILLS.md
├── infrastructure/
│   ├── terraform.md
│   ├── kubernetes.md
│   └── cloud-provisioning.md
├── cicd/
│   ├── pipeline-management.md
│   └── deployment-strategies.md
├── observability/
│   ├── monitoring.md
│   └── logging.md
├── security/
│   ├── scanning.md
│   └── secrets-management.md
└── incident-response/
    ├── troubleshooting.md
    └── root-cause-analysis.md