using-service-skills

To find and load the right expert skill, request the assistant to scan the service catalog and activate the matching persona. It inspects the catalog, looks up the relevant SKILL.md, and adopts that persona to assist with your specific service request.

Progressive skill loading activates only the necessary expert persona instead of loading all skills upfront. It uses read-only tool use and catalog inspection to keep the activation fast and strictly scoped to your current task.

Yes, you can use service skills for troubleshooting specific domains like auth or databases. The skill discovers the registered expert persona for that service and loads it to provide scoped assistance for your troubleshooting request.

When no matching expert exists in the service catalog, the skill provides a graceful fallback. It explains that no matching persona was found and points you toward creating a new service skill to handle that specific domain.

You do not need a pre-registered service catalog to discover expert personas. The skill can read an injected service catalog, but it will also generate one when needed so available personas remain lightweight and easy to scan.

You should avoid using progressive skill activation if your task requires loading multiple expert personas simultaneously. This approach uses read-only tools and scoped SKILL.md lookups designed for fast single-persona activation rather than parallel multi-skill orchestration.