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To ensure an AI agent invokes the correct skill before responding, you must locate and load the appropriate Skill tool at the start of a conversation. This establishes a consistent workflow by enforcing the priority order of user instructions over skills and default behavior.

The priority order when loading skills in an AI workflow is user instructions first, then skills, and finally default system behavior. This ensures user commands always take precedence over built-in capabilities and baseline responses.

You should invoke a skill tool at the start of a chat and whenever user instructions may require a skill. This guarantees the appropriate skill is located and loaded before any response is generated across supported platforms.

Yes, this skill invocation workflow works with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and OpenHarness. It provides platform-aware guidance to load and execute skills correctly across these supported environments.

To locate and invoke an appropriate skill, a Skill frontmatter containing both a name and a description is required. This metadata allows the system to identify and load the correct skill before generating a response.

An AI agent needs to locate skills before replying to ensure the correct built-in capability is considered and applied. This prevents default behavior from overriding specialized skills when user instructions require specific functionality.