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iii-directory

v0.8.0

Engine introspection, workers registry proxy, filesystem-backed skills, system prompts, and agent profiles, kit install and update with reviewed plans, plus function search ranked by the judge worker (falling back to local hybrid/lexical) with a conditional pre-generate hint.

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Install

bash
iii trigger compose::add worker=iii-directory@0.8.0

Run in your project with the iii engine running. Exact versions are immutable and digest-pinned.

Functions12

directory::skills::get

Function

Fetch one filesystem-backed skill by id and return its raw markdown body plus id, title, type, function_id, and modified_at. A worker overview is addressed by the bare worker name (e.g. "iii-sandbox") — that is the id `list`/`index` hand back. Input is forgiving: "iii-sandbox/index", "iii-sandbox/SKILL.md", a trailing ".md", and an iii:// prefix all resolve to the same overview; and if the exact id misses, the worker name is matched case-insensitively as a substring ("sandbox" finds "iii-sandbox"). `title` prefers frontmatter `title:` over the body H1; `type` is the frontmatter `type:`. There is no `description` field here (the body already opens with that paragraph) — use directory::skills::list for the teaser-only view. On a miss you get a `D110 not_found` message naming the closest ids and the next function to call.

Request
  • idstringrequired

    Skill id (the same string returned by `directory::skills::list`, e.g. `"directory/skills/list"`). Two ergonomic variants are also accepted: the file-path form `<id>.md` (the trailing `.md` is stripped) and the legacy `iii://{id}` URI form. Other URI schemes are rejected. The filename `SKILLS.md` is aliased to `index.md` to match the filesystem scanner.

Response
  • bodystringrequired

    Raw markdown body (post-frontmatter) from disk. Note: there is no `description` field. `description` is the body's first paragraph, which is already inside `body` — every caller asking for the body would otherwise pay for the prefix twice. Use `directory::skills::list` rows when you want the teaser without the full body.

  • function_idstring

    Frontmatter `function_id:` when present — the canonical bus function id this skill documents (e.g. `sandbox::create`). The response's `id` field is the SKILL path on disk; `function_id` is what the agent should pass to `agent_trigger`. `null` when the skill isn't 1:1 with a single function.

  • idstringrequired
  • modified_atstringrequired

    File mtime as RFC 3339.

  • titlestringrequired

    Frontmatter `title:` when present and non-empty, otherwise the first `# H1` line in the body, otherwise the bare `id`.

  • typestring

    Frontmatter `type:` (e.g. `index`, `how-to`, `reference`). `null` when the file has no frontmatter or omits the key.

directory::prompts::list

Function

List filesystem-backed prompts (name, description, modified_at) from skills_folder.

Request
Empty object
Response
  • promptsobject[]required
    • descriptionstringrequired
    • modified_atstringrequired

      File mtime as RFC 3339.

    • namestringrequired

directory::__on_worker_added

Function

Internal: auto-download skills on worker add event.

Request
valueunknown
Response
valueunknown

directory::prompts::get

Function

Fetch one filesystem-backed prompt by name. Returns the raw markdown body plus name, description, and modified_at — no envelope, no templating.

Request
  • namestringrequired
Response
  • bodystringrequired

    Raw markdown body (post-frontmatter) from disk.

  • descriptionstringrequired
  • modified_atstringrequired

    File mtime as RFC 3339.

  • namestringrequired

directory::skills::list

Function

List skills as one row PER SKILL (id, title, type, function_id, description, bytes, modified_at) from skills_folder — use this when you need individual skill ids. A worker overview row's `id` is the bare worker name (e.g. `iii-sandbox`); pass it straight to directory::skills::get. For a per-WORKER overview instead, call directory::skills::index. Filters: `search` (case-insens. substring vs id+title+description), `prefix` (worker-namespace prefix; matches the overview row and its sub-skills), `type` (exact frontmatter type match). Pass `include_description: false` for token-light id+title+type rows (default: descriptions included). `title` prefers frontmatter `title:` over the body H1. Each row's `function_id` is the callable bus id (e.g. `sandbox::create`) — pass THAT to agent_trigger, not the row's `id` (which is a documentation address).

Request
  • include_descriptionboolean

    When `false`, the response omits the first-paragraph `description` field on every row. Useful for token-light pickers that only need `id` + `title` + `type`. Default `true`.

  • prefixstring

    Exact prefix match against `id`. Combine with `search` to scope a fuzzy match to one worker namespace, e.g. `prefix: "sandbox/"`.

  • searchstring

    Case-insensitive substring match against `id`, `title`, and (when `include_description` is true) the first body paragraph. Omitted rows are filtered out cheaply on the FsSkill { id } pass before the per-file frontmatter read, so a narrowed list is dramatically cheaper for the caller than the unfiltered one.

  • typestring

    Exact match against the frontmatter `type:` field (`index`, `how-to`, `reference`, ...). `null` for entries with no frontmatter `type:`.

Response
  • skillsobject[]required
    • bytesinteger· uintrequiredmin 0
    • descriptionstringrequired

      First paragraph of the body, empty when the file has only headings. Also empty when the caller passed `list { include_description: false }` for a token-light row.

    • function_idstring

      Frontmatter `function_id:` when present — the canonical bus function id this skill documents (e.g. `sandbox::create`). The row's `id` field is the SKILL path on disk (e.g. `sandbox/skills/sandbox/create`); `function_id` is what an agent should pass to `agent_trigger`. `null` for skills that aren't 1:1 with a single function (index/reference).

    • idstringrequired
    • modified_atstringrequired

      File mtime as RFC 3339 (best effort; empty if unavailable).

    • titlestringrequired

      Frontmatter `title:` when present and non-empty, otherwise the first `# H1` line in the body, otherwise the bare `id`.

    • typestring

      Frontmatter `type:` (e.g. `index`, `how-to`, `reference`). `null` when the file has no frontmatter or omits the key.

directory::skills::download_from_registry

Function

Download one worker's skills + prompts from the workers registry into skills_folder. `worker` is required; pass either `version` (exact semver) OR `tag` (e.g. "latest", the default when both are omitted), not both. Files in the destination namespace are overwritten file-by-file. A missing worker returns a `D310 not_found` naming the next function to call. To pull from a GitHub repo instead, use directory::skills::download_from_repo.

Request
  • tagstring

    Registry tag to pull (e.g. `"latest"`). Mutually exclusive with `version`. Defaults to `"latest"` when neither is provided.

  • versionstring

    Explicit semver to pull. Mutually exclusive with `tag`.

  • workerstringrequired

    Worker name in the registry (e.g. `"shell"`).

Response
  • namespacestringrequired
  • prompts_writtenstring[]required
  • skills_writtenstring[]required
  • sourceunknownrequired

directory::skills::download

Function

Download skills + prompts into skills_folder from EITHER source. Prefer the explicit directory::skills::download_from_registry / directory::skills::download_from_repo, whose schemas can't be mixed up. Pass {repo, skill, branch?} to clone one skill folder from a GitHub repo (branch defaults to "main"), or {worker, version?|tag?} to pull from the workers registry (tag defaults to "latest"). Specify exactly ONE source set. Files in the destination namespace are overwritten file-by-file.

Request
  • branchstring

    Source A: branch to clone. Defaults to `"main"`. Pass `"master"` (or any other branch name) for repos whose default branch is not `main`.

  • repostring

    Source A: GitHub repo URL. Pair with `skill`.

  • skillstring

    Source A: subfolder under `skills/` inside the repo. Doubles as the destination namespace inside `skills_folder`.

  • tagstring

    Source B: registry tag to pull (e.g. `latest`). Mutually exclusive with `version`. Defaults to `"latest"` when neither `version` nor `tag` is provided.

  • versionstring

    Source B: explicit semver to pull. Mutually exclusive with `tag`.

  • workerstring

    Source B: workers registry name. Pair with exactly one of `version` / `tag`.

Response
  • namespacestringrequired
  • prompts_writtenstring[]required
  • skills_writtenstring[]required
  • sourceunknownrequired

directory::registry::workers::list

Function

List workers from the public registry (api.workers.iii.dev). Optional free-text `search` is matched fuzzily by the registry; omit it to browse by `total_downloads DESC`. Pagination is cursor-based with a server-authored page size — pass back `pagination.next_cursor` as `cursor` to fetch the next page. Shares the core `name` / `description` / `version` fields with the engine's `engine::workers::list`. Results are cached for `registry_cache_ttl_ms` (default 60s).

Request
  • cursorstring

    Opaque cursor returned by a previous call's `pagination.next_cursor`. Pass back verbatim to fetch the next page; omit (or pass `null`) to fetch the first page.

  • searchstring

    Optional free-text query. Forwarded to the registry as `?search=…`; the registry ranks results by `pg_trgm` similarity against `lower(name)` and `lower(description)`. When omitted, results are ordered by `total_downloads DESC`.

Response
  • paginationobjectrequired

    Pagination envelope returned alongside a worker-list page. Mirrors the OpenAPI `Pagination` schema.

    • has_moreboolean
    • next_cursorstring

      Opaque cursor for the next page. `null` on the last page.

    • page_sizeinteger· uint32min 0

      Server-authored page size. The client cannot override this.

  • workersobject[]required
    • authorany of
      any of (2)
      Variant 1
      • namestring
      • pfpstring

        Profile picture URL. `null` when the author hasn't uploaded one.

      • verifiedboolean
      Variant 2
      valuenull
    • configunknown

      Free-form runtime configuration block from the publish payload.

    • dependenciesobject[]
      • namestringrequired
      • versionstringrequired
    • descriptionstring
    • imagestring

      Container image tag, populated only for `type=image` workers.

    • namestringrequired
    • repostring
    • supported_targetsstring[]
    • total_downloadsinteger· uint64min 0
    • typestring

      Worker kind — `binary`, `image`, or `engine`.

    • versionstring

      Latest published version (worker-list) or the resolved version (worker-info, when called with `version` / `tag`).

directory::skills::download_from_repo

Function

Download one skill folder from a GitHub repo into skills_folder. `repo` (the repo URL) and `skill` (the subfolder under `skills/`, which also names the destination namespace) are required; `branch` defaults to "main". The repo URL is validated (https / ssh / git@ only). To pull a published worker instead, use directory::skills::download_from_registry.

Request
  • branchstring

    Branch to clone. Defaults to `"main"`.

  • repostringrequired

    GitHub repo URL (validated: https / ssh / git@ only).

  • skillstringrequired

    Subfolder under `skills/` inside the repo. Doubles as the destination namespace inside `skills_folder`.

Response
  • namespacestringrequired
  • prompts_writtenstring[]required
  • skills_writtenstring[]required
  • sourceunknownrequired

directory::skills::index

Function

Render a per-WORKER overview: one short markdown block per installed worker (each worker's root overview doc `<ns>/index`, whether or not it declares frontmatter `type: index`). Each block is a `## <worker title>` heading, the first paragraph of that worker's overview, and a `directory::skills::get` call to read the full reference. Token-light by design and intended for system-prompt injection; for individual per-SKILL rows call directory::skills::list.

Request
Empty object
Response
  • bodystringrequired

    Rendered markdown document — one short `## <title>` block per installed worker (each worker's root overview doc, whether or not it declares frontmatter `type: index`), carrying the worker's first-paragraph overview and a `directory::skills::get` call to read the full reference. Sorted lex by id.

  • workers_countinteger· uintrequiredmin 0

    Number of worker entries rendered (i.e. the count of worker overview rows that survived the filter). Cheap sanity check that doesn't require re-parsing the body.

directory::registry::workers::info

Function

Fetch full registry metadata for one worker: worker envelope (same core fields as the engine's `engine::workers::list` row shape, plus registry-only `type` / `config` / `supported_targets` / `total_downloads` / `dependencies` / `image`), readme, full API reference (functions + triggers schemas), and the tree of skill / prompt file paths fetched from the registry's /w/{slug}/skills endpoint. Pass either `version` or `tag` (defaults to tag="latest"). Results are cached for `registry_cache_ttl_ms`.

Request
  • namestringrequired

    Worker name in the registry (e.g. `"resend"`).

  • tagstring
  • versionstring

    Mutually exclusive with `tag`. If neither is provided we fall back to `tag: "latest"`.

Response
  • api_referenceobjectrequired
    • functionsobject[]
      • descriptionstring
      • metadataunknown
      • namestringrequired
      • request_schemaunknown
      • response_schemaunknown
    • triggersobject[]
      • descriptionstring
      • invocation_schemaunknown
      • metadataunknown
      • namestringrequired
      • return_schemaunknown
  • readmestring
  • skills_treeobjectrequired
    • promptsobject[]
      • descriptionstring
      • namestringrequired
    • skillsobject[]
      • pathstringrequired
  • workerall ofrequired

    Same shape as `directory::registry::workers::list` rows (and the engine's `engine::workers::list` rows for the shared core fields).

    all of (1)
    Variant 1
    • authorany of
      Show 2 nested
      any of (2)
      Variant 1
      • namestring
      • pfpstring

        Profile picture URL. `null` when the author hasn't uploaded one.

      • verifiedboolean
      Variant 2
      valuenull
    • configunknown

      Free-form runtime configuration block from the publish payload.

    • dependenciesobject[]
      Show 2 nested
      • namestringrequired
      • versionstringrequired
    • descriptionstring
    • imagestring

      Container image tag, populated only for `type=image` workers.

    • namestringrequired
    • repostring
    • supported_targetsstring[]
    • total_downloadsinteger· uint64min 0
    • typestring

      Worker kind — `binary`, `image`, or `engine`.

    • versionstring

      Latest published version (worker-list) or the resolved version (worker-info, when called with `version` / `tag`).

directory::engine::functions::info

Function

Full detail for one engine function: schemas, owning worker, and registered triggers that target it. Proxies to the engine's native engine::functions::info for the core data.

Request
  • function_idstringrequired

    Fully-qualified function id on the bus (e.g. `sandbox::create`).

Response
  • descriptionstring
  • function_idstringrequired
  • metadataunknown
  • registered_triggersobject[]required
    • configunknownrequired
    • idstringrequired
    • trigger_typestringrequired
  • request_schemaunknown
  • response_schemaunknown
  • worker_namestring

Triggers2

directory::skills::on-change

Trigger

Fires after every successful directory::skills::download that wrote at least one skill markdown file.

Invocation
valueunknown
Return
valueunknown

directory::prompts::on-change

Trigger

Fires after every successful directory::skills::download that wrote at least one prompt markdown file.

Invocation
valueunknown
Return
valueunknown

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