zed-industries/zed · error

SKILL.md file exceeds maximum size of {}KB

Error message

SKILL.md file exceeds maximum size of {}KB

What it means

Error "SKILL.md file exceeds maximum size of {}KB" thrown in zed-industries/zed.

Source

Thrown at crates/agent_skills/agent_skills.rs:294

        .to_path_buf();

    Ok(Skill {
        name: metadata.name,
        description: metadata.description,
        source,
        directory_path,
        skill_file_path: skill_file_path.to_path_buf(),
        load_warnings,
        disable_model_invocation: metadata.disable_model_invocation,
        embedded_body: None,
    })
}

/// Extract the YAML frontmatter and body from a SKILL.md file without
/// validating the metadata fields.
pub fn extract_skill_frontmatter(content: &str) -> Result<(SkillMetadata, &str)> {
    if content.len() > MAX_SKILL_FILE_SIZE {
        anyhow::bail!(
            "SKILL.md file exceeds maximum size of {}KB",
            MAX_SKILL_FILE_SIZE / 1024
        );
    }

    extract_frontmatter(content)
}

/// Parse and validate the YAML frontmatter and body from a SKILL.md file.
pub fn parse_skill_file_content(content: &str) -> Result<(SkillMetadata, &str)> {
    let (metadata, body) = extract_skill_frontmatter(content)?;

    validate_name(&metadata.name).map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)?;
    validate_description(&metadata.description).map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)?;

    Ok((metadata, body))
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/agent_skills/agent_skills.rs:294 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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