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dropthejase lets you hand Mike your own playbooks

Users can now upload reference packs the agent pulls in only when a task actually calls for them.

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dropthejase has added support for what the fork calls Skills: self-contained knowledge packages a user uploads - a short manifest plus whatever reference files go with it. Mike keeps them in cloud storage and pulls the contents in on demand rather than stuffing everything into the model's working memory up front. The agent figures out on its own which skill a question needs and reads only that. The idea is to keep Mike fast and focused until a specialist task - say, classifying a system under the EU AI Act, which is the demo pack shown in the docs - genuinely requires the deeper material.

The packs are strictly read-only by design, so an uploaded skill can't be used to make the agent write or alter files. There's also a new file-tree interface for browsing and uploading them.

So what Worth a look for legal teams that want to feed an AI assistant their own checklists, playbooks, or regulatory guides without rebuilding the model.

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SHA Subject Author Date
5641aca5 feat(skills): full Strands Skills support for louisMain agent Jason Lee 2026-05-15 ↗ GitHub
commit body 
Full-stack implementation of read-only knowledge injection via Strands Skills.

Infra:
- storage-stack: skillsBucket (S3, BLOCK_ALL, CORS GET/HEAD/PUT for CF domain)
- api-stack: SKILLS_BUCKET_NAME env, grantReadWrite to API Lambda, read-only S3 policy on AgentCore role
- bin/app.ts: wire skillsBucket into ApiStack

Agent:
- lib/skills.ts: ensureSkillsDownloaded - lists S3 prefix, downloads to /tmp/<userId>/skills/, skips if cached
- tools/read-local-file.ts: path-sandboxed file reader, returns ImageBlock/DocumentBlock for supported types
- agent.ts: AgentSkills plugin (vended-plugins/skills), read_local_file tool, skillsBase param
- index.ts: ensureSkillsDownloaded runs in parallel with doc context + history load

API:
- routes/skills.ts: GET /skills, POST /skills/prepare, DELETE /skills/:skillName,
  GET /skills/:skillName/files, GET /skills/:skillName/file (presigned GetObject)

Frontend:
- SkillsList: folder-browser UI with virtual tree built from flat S3 paths,
  expandable skill rows (Puzzle icon), amber folder icons for subdirs,
  file viewer modal (image/PDF/text; "Preview not supported" for others),
  right-click context menu delete, upload validation (SKILL.md required,
  name must match folder name)
- mikeApi: listSkills, getSkillUploadUrl, deleteSkill, listSkillFiles, getSkillFileUrl
- App.tsx + AppSidebar: /skills route + nav item

Scripts:
- deploy-agent.sh: reads SkillsBucketName from CFN, passes as SKILLS_BUCKET_NAME to AgentCore
b135fc31 feat(skills): skills UI polish - font sizes, folder tree, file viewer, upload validation Jason Lee 2026-05-15 ↗ GitHub
commit body 
- Bump description, file tree, info banner to text-sm (matches Projects/Workflows)
- Virtual folder tree from flat S3 paths (amber folder icons, expandable)
- File viewer modal: image/PDF/text preview; unsupported formats show message
- Right-click context menu delete; puzzle icon for skill rows
- Upload validates SKILL.md name matches folder name client-side
- Fix horizontal scroll (min-w-max → w-full); fixed height rows (h-14)
12445c9b feat: merge feature/skills - full Strands Skills support Jason Lee 2026-05-15 ↗ GitHub
commit body 
Skills = read-only knowledge injection for louisMain. Users upload skill folders
via /skills page. Agent downloads to /tmp on session start, discovers via AgentSkills
plugin, reads reference files via read_local_file tool. No bash tool (MMDS risk).

Commits: 5641aca (core), b135fc3 (UI polish), 82dd664 (sharing buttons)
4a6d8664 docs(readme): add Additional Features section for Strands Skills Jason Lee 2026-05-15 ↗ GitHub
0aa79dee docs: clarify skill is demo sample not auto-seeded Jason Lee 2026-05-16 ↗ GitHub

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