yao-agent
Agent management expert. ALWAYS invoke this skill when you need to list available agents, download or reference agent source code, deploy agent code to the host, or query the LLM connector matrix. Do not guess agent structures — use this skill first.
Install / Use
npx skills add YaoApp/yao --skill yao-agentInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
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Our assessment of yao-agent
yao-agent scores 90/100 on our quality scale, 243rd of 811 AI & Machine Learning skills we index (top 30%).
Its SKILL.md is 3.4 KB long, split into 7 sections with 5 code examples: a solid amount of guidance for an agent.
With 8,024 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 4 days ago, so yao-agent is actively maintained.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 88/100, with 1 caution from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I install yao-agent?
- Run
npx skills add YaoApp/yao --skill yao-agent. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does yao-agent work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is yao-agent safe to use?
- It declares no license and scores 88/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is yao-agent still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 4 days ago, so yao-agent is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: yao-agent description: Agent management expert. ALWAYS invoke this skill when you need to list available agents, download or reference agent source code, deploy agent code to the host, or query the LLM connector matrix. Do not guess agent structures — use this skill first.
Agent Tools
Five tools for managing agents on the host, called via bash.
agent_list
List available agents. Returns ID, name, description, and capabilities for each agent.
tai tool agent_list '{}'
tai tool agent_list '{"namespace": "smith"}'
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-------------|--------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| namespace | string | no | Filter by namespace (e.g. yao, smith). Omit for all. |
agent_download
Download a smith-namespace agent into the development directory for editing. Restricted to smith namespace only — for other agents, use agent_reference.
tai tool agent_download '{"id": "smith.weather"}'
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|--------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| id | string | yes | Agent ID in dot notation. Must be smith.*. |
Downloaded code lands in agent-smith-dev/assistants/smith/<name>/.
agent_reference
Download agent source code from the host into .references/ for read-only study. Any agent across all namespaces can be referenced.
tai tool agent_reference '{"id": "yao.slides"}'
tai tool agent_reference '{"id": "yao.keeper"}'
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|--------|----------|----------------------------------------------------|
| id | string | yes | Agent ID in dot notation (e.g. yao.slides) |
Referenced code lands in agent-smith-dev/.references/<namespace>/<name>/.
agent_deploy
Deploy agent source code from the sandbox development directory to the host. Restricted to the smith namespace only — attempts to deploy to other namespaces will be rejected.
tai tool agent_deploy '{"id": "smith.weather"}'
tai tool agent_deploy '{"id": "smith.weather", "message": "add SUI page"}'
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|--------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| id | string | yes | Agent ID in dot notation. Must use smith namespace. |
| message | string | no | Optional deploy message for logging. |
agent_connectors
Get the current user's LLM connector matrix. Returns metadata for each role (default, heavy, light, vision, etc.) without API keys. Use this to understand which models are available and their capabilities.
tai tool agent_connectors '{}'
No parameters required.
Guidelines
- Use
agent_listto discover agents before downloading or referencing agent_downloadis for editing smith agents — code lands inagent-smith-dev/assistants/smith/<name>/agent_referenceis for studying any agent — code lands inagent-smith-dev/.references/<namespace>/<name>/- Deploy is restricted to the
smithnamespace for safety - Connector data never includes API keys, secrets, or tokens
- All output is JSON
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.
