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14 changes: 11 additions & 3 deletions docs/docs/cli/skill.md
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Expand Up @@ -125,9 +125,17 @@ and included in the agent's prompt context when relevant.

## Auto Skill Discovery

When running a task, ralph-starter can also query the skills.sh
registry to find and install relevant skills automatically.
If you want to disable this behavior, set:
Auto skill discovery is opt-in. When enabled, ralph-starter
queries the skills.sh registry to find and install relevant
skills automatically.

Enable it by setting:

```bash
RALPH_ENABLE_SKILL_AUTO_INSTALL=1
```

You can also force-disable it with:

```bash
RALPH_DISABLE_SKILL_AUTO_INSTALL=1
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion src/skills/auto-install.ts
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Expand Up @@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ async function installSkill(candidate: SkillCandidate, globalInstall: boolean):

export async function autoInstallSkillsFromTask(task: string, cwd: string): Promise<string[]> {
if (!task.trim()) return [];
if (process.env.RALPH_DISABLE_SKILL_AUTO_INSTALL === '1') return [];
const autoInstallEnabled = process.env.RALPH_ENABLE_SKILL_AUTO_INSTALL === '1';
if (!autoInstallEnabled || process.env.RALPH_DISABLE_SKILL_AUTO_INSTALL === '1') return [];

const queries = buildSkillQueries(task);
if (queries.length === 0) return [];
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