feat: implement skills system for AI agents (#16865)

## Summary
This PR introduces a Skills system for AI agents, inspired by the [Agent
Skills specification](https://agentskills.io/specification).

## Changes

### Backend
- **SkillEntity**: New database entity with migration for storing skills
- **V2 Sync Mechanism**: Implemented FlatSkill, builders, validators,
and action handlers following the v2 flat entity pattern
- **Standard Skills**: Pre-defined skills (workflow-building,
data-manipulation, dashboard-building, metadata-building, research,
code-interpreter, xlsx, pdf, docx, pptx)
- **GraphQL API**: CRUD operations for skills with proper guards and
permissions
- **Workspace Cache**: Integrated skills into the workspace cache system

### Frontend  
- **Skills Table**: Searchable table in AI settings showing all skills
- **Skill Form**: Create/edit page with Label (primary), Description,
and Content (markdown editor)
- **API Name**: Following existing patterns, name is derived from label
with advanced settings toggle for custom API names
- **Standard vs Custom**: Standard skills are read-only, custom skills
can be edited/deleted

## Key Design Decisions
- Skills are stored in the database (Salesforce-like approach) rather
than files
- Name is derived from Label by default (isLabelSyncedWithName pattern)
- Skills reference functions/files via @ mentions in markdown content
rather than explicit relations
- Standard skills are synced from code, custom skills are created via UI

## Screenshots
Skills table and form UI follow existing settings patterns.

## Testing
- [x] Lint passes
- [x] Typecheck passes
- [ ] CI tests
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Félix Malfait
2026-01-02 15:22:01 +01:00
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parent 2a3fd788ae
commit 21ff42074d
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import { type FlatSkill } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-skill/types/flat-skill.type';
export const FLAT_SKILL_EDITABLE_PROPERTIES = [
'name',
'label',
'icon',
'description',
'content',
'isActive',
] as const satisfies (keyof FlatSkill)[];
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import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
import { WorkspaceManyOrAllFlatEntityMapsCacheModule } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/services/workspace-many-or-all-flat-entity-maps-cache.module';
import { WorkspaceFlatSkillMapCacheService } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-skill/services/workspace-flat-skill-map-cache.service';
import { SkillEntity } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/skill/entities/skill.entity';
@Module({
imports: [
TypeOrmModule.forFeature([SkillEntity]),
WorkspaceManyOrAllFlatEntityMapsCacheModule,
],
providers: [WorkspaceFlatSkillMapCacheService],
exports: [WorkspaceFlatSkillMapCacheService],
})
export class FlatSkillModule {}
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import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
import { WorkspaceCacheProvider } from 'src/engine/workspace-cache/interfaces/workspace-cache-provider.service';
import { type FlatSkillMaps } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-skill/types/flat-skill-maps.type';
import { transformSkillEntityToFlatSkill } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-skill/utils/transform-skill-entity-to-flat-skill.util';
import { createEmptyFlatEntityMaps } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/constant/create-empty-flat-entity-maps.constant';
import { SkillEntity } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/skill/entities/skill.entity';
import { WorkspaceCache } from 'src/engine/workspace-cache/decorators/workspace-cache.decorator';
import { addFlatEntityToFlatEntityMapsThroughMutationOrThrow } from 'src/engine/workspace-manager/workspace-migration-v2/utils/add-flat-entity-to-flat-entity-maps-through-mutation-or-throw.util';
@Injectable()
@WorkspaceCache('flatSkillMaps')
export class WorkspaceFlatSkillMapCacheService extends WorkspaceCacheProvider<FlatSkillMaps> {
constructor(
@InjectRepository(SkillEntity)
private readonly skillRepository: Repository<SkillEntity>,
) {
super();
}
async computeForCache(workspaceId: string): Promise<FlatSkillMaps> {
const skills = await this.skillRepository.find({
where: { workspaceId },
withDeleted: true,
});
const flatSkillMaps = createEmptyFlatEntityMaps();
for (const skillEntity of skills) {
const flatSkill = transformSkillEntityToFlatSkill(skillEntity);
addFlatEntityToFlatEntityMapsThroughMutationOrThrow({
flatEntity: flatSkill,
flatEntityMapsToMutate: flatSkillMaps,
});
}
return flatSkillMaps;
}
}
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import { type FlatEntityMaps } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/types/flat-entity-maps.type';
import { type FlatSkill } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-skill/types/flat-skill.type';
export type FlatSkillMaps = FlatEntityMaps<FlatSkill>;
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import { type SkillEntity } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/skill/entities/skill.entity';
import { type FlatEntityFrom } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/types/flat-entity.type';
export type FlatSkill = FlatEntityFrom<SkillEntity>;
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import { trimAndRemoveDuplicatedWhitespacesFromObjectStringProperties } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
import { v4 } from 'uuid';
import { type FlatSkill } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-skill/types/flat-skill.type';
import { type CreateSkillInput } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/skill/dtos/create-skill.input';
export const fromCreateSkillInputToFlatSkillToCreate = ({
createSkillInput,
workspaceId,
applicationId,
}: {
createSkillInput: CreateSkillInput;
workspaceId: string;
applicationId: string;
}): FlatSkill => {
const now = new Date().toISOString();
const { name, label, icon, description } =
trimAndRemoveDuplicatedWhitespacesFromObjectStringProperties(
createSkillInput,
['name', 'label', 'icon', 'description'],
);
// Content is markdown - only trim, don't collapse whitespace (preserve newlines)
const content = createSkillInput.content.trim();
const id = v4();
return {
id,
standardId: null,
name,
label,
icon: icon ?? null,
description: description ?? null,
content,
isCustom: true,
isActive: true,
workspaceId,
createdAt: now,
updatedAt: now,
universalIdentifier: id,
applicationId,
};
};
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import { isDefined } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
import { type FlatEntityMaps } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/types/flat-entity-maps.type';
import { findFlatEntityByIdInFlatEntityMaps } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/utils/find-flat-entity-by-id-in-flat-entity-maps.util';
import { type FlatSkill } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-skill/types/flat-skill.type';
import {
SkillException,
SkillExceptionCode,
} from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/skill/skill.exception';
export const fromDeleteSkillInputToFlatSkillOrThrow = ({
flatSkillMaps,
skillId,
}: {
flatSkillMaps: FlatEntityMaps<FlatSkill>;
skillId: string;
}): FlatSkill => {
const existingFlatSkill = findFlatEntityByIdInFlatEntityMaps({
flatEntityId: skillId,
flatEntityMaps: flatSkillMaps,
});
if (!isDefined(existingFlatSkill)) {
throw new SkillException(
'Skill not found',
SkillExceptionCode.SKILL_NOT_FOUND,
);
}
if (!existingFlatSkill.isCustom) {
throw new SkillException(
'Cannot delete standard skill',
SkillExceptionCode.SKILL_IS_STANDARD,
);
}
return existingFlatSkill;
};
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import { type FlatSkill } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-skill/types/flat-skill.type';
import { type SkillDTO } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/skill/dtos/skill.dto';
export const fromFlatSkillToSkillDto = (flatSkill: FlatSkill): SkillDTO => ({
id: flatSkill.id,
standardId: flatSkill.standardId,
name: flatSkill.name,
label: flatSkill.label,
icon: flatSkill.icon ?? undefined,
description: flatSkill.description ?? undefined,
content: flatSkill.content,
isCustom: flatSkill.isCustom,
isActive: flatSkill.isActive,
workspaceId: flatSkill.workspaceId,
applicationId: flatSkill.applicationId ?? undefined,
createdAt: new Date(flatSkill.createdAt),
updatedAt: new Date(flatSkill.updatedAt),
});
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import { isDefined } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
import { type FlatEntityMaps } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/types/flat-entity-maps.type';
import { findFlatEntityByIdInFlatEntityMaps } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/utils/find-flat-entity-by-id-in-flat-entity-maps.util';
import { FLAT_SKILL_EDITABLE_PROPERTIES } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-skill/constants/flat-skill-editable-properties.constant';
import { type FlatSkill } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-skill/types/flat-skill.type';
import { type UpdateSkillInput } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/skill/dtos/update-skill.input';
import {
SkillException,
SkillExceptionCode,
} from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/skill/skill.exception';
import { mergeUpdateInExistingRecord } from 'src/utils/merge-update-in-existing-record.util';
export const fromUpdateSkillInputToFlatSkillToUpdateOrThrow = ({
flatSkillMaps,
updateSkillInput,
}: {
flatSkillMaps: FlatEntityMaps<FlatSkill>;
updateSkillInput: UpdateSkillInput;
}): FlatSkill => {
const existingFlatSkill = findFlatEntityByIdInFlatEntityMaps({
flatEntityId: updateSkillInput.id,
flatEntityMaps: flatSkillMaps,
});
if (!isDefined(existingFlatSkill)) {
throw new SkillException(
'Skill not found',
SkillExceptionCode.SKILL_NOT_FOUND,
);
}
if (!existingFlatSkill.isCustom) {
throw new SkillException(
'Cannot update standard skill',
SkillExceptionCode.SKILL_IS_STANDARD,
);
}
const { id: _id, ...updates } = updateSkillInput;
return {
...mergeUpdateInExistingRecord({
existing: existingFlatSkill,
properties: [...FLAT_SKILL_EDITABLE_PROPERTIES],
update: updates,
}),
updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
};
};
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import { type SkillEntity } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/skill/entities/skill.entity';
import { type FlatSkill } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-skill/types/flat-skill.type';
export const transformSkillEntityToFlatSkill = (
skillEntity: SkillEntity,
): FlatSkill => {
return {
createdAt: skillEntity.createdAt.toISOString(),
updatedAt: skillEntity.updatedAt.toISOString(),
id: skillEntity.id,
standardId: skillEntity.standardId,
name: skillEntity.name,
label: skillEntity.label,
icon: skillEntity.icon,
description: skillEntity.description,
content: skillEntity.content,
workspaceId: skillEntity.workspaceId,
isCustom: skillEntity.isCustom,
isActive: skillEntity.isActive,
universalIdentifier: skillEntity.standardId || skillEntity.id,
applicationId: skillEntity.applicationId,
};
};