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What are Skills

A skill is a markdown file telling the mimo agent what rules to follow in specific contexts. On each conversation turn, matched skill content is injected into the system prompt automatically.

What a skill looks like

---
name: python-style
description: When writing Python code, always include type hints and a docstring.
triggers:
  - python
  - .py
---


Whenever you write or edit Python files:
1. Add type hints to all function signatures
2. Include a one-line docstring for every function
3. Prefer `pathlib.Path` over `os.path`

Drop this into ~/.mimo/skills/ and the next time you tell mimo “write a Python script”, the model auto-applies these rules.

Fully Anthropic-compatible

mimo-tui uses exactly the Claude Code Skills format. Drop your .claude/skills/*.md in unchanged — zero migration.

Load order

Loaded in order, duplicates overwrite earlier ones:

PathScope
~/.mimo/skills/*.mdGlobal (all projects)
./.claude/skills/*.mdCurrent workspace (Claude Code compat)
./.mimo/skills/*.mdCurrent workspace (mimo-specific)

Trigger matching

On the first turn of each conversation:

  1. mimo reads your latest message
  2. For each loaded skill:
    • If triggers is present: matches if any trigger keyword appears
    • Otherwise: fuzzy-matches words ≥4 chars from description
  3. Matched skill bodies are appended to the system prompt

Multiple skills can match — all of them get injected.

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