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Warden

Skill Discovery

Warden resolves skills from the most explicit source first.

Resolution Order

Section titled “Resolution Order”
  1. Remote repository, when remote is specified.
  2. Direct path, when the name contains /, \, or starts with ..
  3. Conventional directories: .warden/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/.
  4. Built-in skills, including security-review and code-review.

Skill Directories

Section titled “Skill Directories”
DirectoryPurpose
.warden/skills/Warden-local generated skills.
.agents/skills/Primary shared skill directory.
.claude/skills/Claude Code convention fallback.

Remote skills without a pinned SHA are refreshed according to WARDEN_SKILL_CACHE_TTL, which defaults to 24 hours. Pinned remote skills are cached permanently.