Install a skill from an R package

Install a skill bundled in an R package. Packages can bundle skills in their inst/skills/ directory, where each subdirectory containing a SKILL.md file is a skill.

Note that if a package is attached with library(), its skills are automatically available without installation — btw discovers skills from all attached packages at runtime. Use this function when you want to permanently copy a skill to your project or user directory so it remains available regardless of which packages are loaded.

Usage

btw_skill_install_package(
  package,
  skill = NULL,
  scope = "project",
  overwrite = NULL
)

Arguments

package

Name of an installed R package that bundles skills.

skill

Optional skill name. If NULL and the package contains multiple skills, an interactive picker is shown (or an error in non-interactive sessions).

scope

Where to install the skill. One of:

• "project" (default): Installs to a project-level skills directory, chosen from .btw/skills/ or .agents/skills/ in that order. If one already exists, it is used; otherwise .btw/skills/ is created.

• "user": Installs to the first of ~/.btw/skills, ~/.config/btw/skills, or tools::R_user_dir("btw")/skills that already exists, defaulting to ~/.btw/skills if none do.

• A directory path: Installs to a custom directory, e.g. scope = ".openhands/skills". Use I("project") or I("user") if you need a literal directory with those names.

overwrite

Whether to overwrite an existing skill with the same name. If NULL (default), prompts interactively when a conflict exists; in non-interactive sessions defaults to FALSE, which errors. Set to TRUE to always overwrite, or FALSE to always error on conflict.

Value

The path to the installed skill directory, invisibly.

See also

Other skills: btw_skill_install_github(), btw_tool_skill()