Workspace skills live on the workspace filesystem, and the agent's read_file
and execute tools already operate there. read_skill now returns "dir", the
absolute skill directory, for workspace skills, so the agent can read or run
bundled supporting files (for example a scripts/ helper) with the workspace
tools. The field is omitted for personal skills, which are database-backed and
have no files. read_skill_file is unchanged.
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> Mux updated this PR on behalf of Mike.
## Summary
- Add experimental personal skills API helpers and an Agents settings UI
for listing, creating, editing, deleting, and importing SKILL.md
content.
- Add docs, Storybook coverage, and unit tests for backend-compatible
SKILL.md parsing.
- Address review feedback by simplifying frontmatter scalar parsing,
clarifying the UI parser scope, defaulting personal skill queries to
`me`, and patching React Query caches after create, update, and delete.
- Merge latest `main` and resolve the Agents sidebar refactor conflicts.
## Validation
- pre-commit hook
- `go test ./codersdk/workspacesdk -run TestParseSkillFrontmatter
-count=1`
- `go test ./coderd/x/chatd/chattool -run 'Test' -count=1`
- `cd site && pnpm test --
src/pages/AgentsPage/utils/personalSkills.test.ts
src/api/queries/userSkills.test.ts src/utils/fileSize.test.ts
--runInBand`
- `cd site && pnpm lint:types`
- `cd site && pnpm lint:check`
Adds three new documentation pages for major shipped features that had
no docs, and updates the platform controls index to reflect current
state.
## New pages
### Extending Agents (`extending-agents.md`)
Covers two workspace-level extension mechanisms:
- **Skills** — `.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md` directory structure,
frontmatter format, auto-discovery, `read_skill`/`read_skill_file`
tools, size limits, lazy loading
- **Workspace MCP tools** — `.mcp.json` format, stdio and HTTP
transports, tool name prefixing, discovery lifecycle and caching
### MCP Servers (`platform-controls/mcp-servers.md`)
Admin MCP server configuration:
- CRUD via **Agents** > **Settings** > **MCP Servers**
- Four auth modes: none, OAuth2 (with auto-discovery), API key, custom
headers
- Availability policies: `force_on`, `default_on`, `default_off`
- Tool governance via allow/deny lists
- Permission model and secret redaction
### Usage & Insights (`platform-controls/usage-insights.md`)
Three admin dashboards:
- **Usage limits** — spend caps with per-user and per-group overrides,
priority hierarchy, enforcement behavior
- **Cost tracking** — per-user rollup with token breakdowns, date
filtering, per-model and per-chat drill-down
## Updated files
- **`platform-controls/index.md`** — Moved MCP servers, usage limits,
and analytics from "Where we are headed" into "What platform teams
control today" with links to the new pages. Removed the tool
customization roadmap section (now covered by MCP servers page).
- **`manifest.json`** — Added nav entries for all three new pages.
## Resulting nav hierarchy
```
Coder Agents
├── Getting Started
├── Early Access
├── Architecture
├── Models
├── Platform Controls
│ ├── Template Optimization
│ ├── MCP Servers ← NEW
│ └── Usage & Insights ← NEW
├── Extending Agents ← NEW
└── Chats API
```
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