Git Skill Repository

agentscope-extensions-skill-git-repository treats a remote Git repo as a skill repository. It runs a lightweight remote-ref check on each read and only pulls when the remote HEAD changes — near-zero overhead at idle.

When to use

You want Git to manage versioning and review of skill content.
You want to share a single skill set across multiple projects.
You don’t want to embed a database or config center in production.

Add the dependency

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.agentscope</groupId>
    <artifactId>agentscope-extensions-skill-git-repository</artifactId>
    <version>${agentscope.version}</version>
</dependency>

It uses JGit under the hood and supports both HTTPS and SSH.

Quickstart

import io.agentscope.core.skill.repository.GitSkillRepository;
import io.agentscope.core.skill.AgentSkill;

// Public repo + default branch, temporary local directory
GitSkillRepository repo = new GitSkillRepository(
    "https://github.com/agentscope/skills.git"
);

// Register all skills into a Toolkit
Toolkit toolkit = new Toolkit();
repo.getAllSkills().forEach(toolkit::registerSkill);

// Clean up the temp directory on shutdown
Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(repo::close));

Pin branch / use a fixed local path

GitSkillRepository repo = new GitSkillRepository(
    "https://github.com/agentscope/skills.git",
    "develop",                   // branch
    Path.of("/var/skills/repo"), // local path (null = temp dir)
    "agentscope-public",         // source label (visible in Toolkit)
    true                         // autoSync
);

Auth for private repos

GitSkillRepository reuses system-level Git config; it doesn’t manage credentials in Java:

HTTPS: uses the credential helper from ~/.gitconfig (osxkeychain, libsecret, …).
SSH: uses keys under ~/.ssh/ and ssh-agent.

// Private SSH repository
GitSkillRepository repo = new GitSkillRepository(
    "git@github.com:my-org/private-skills.git"
);

In CI, make sure the runner user has the credentials or has the SSH agent configured.

Auto-sync vs. manual sync

autoSync=true (default): every read first runs ls-remote; pull happens only if the remote moved.
autoSync=false: never pulls automatically; call repo.sync() to refresh.

GitSkillRepository repo = new GitSkillRepository(remoteUrl, false);
repo.sync();              // sync once at startup
schedule(() -> repo.sync(), 5, TimeUnit.MINUTES);

Operational notes

Hold the repo as a singleton Spring Bean; close it once during shutdown.
The temp directory has a JVM shutdown hook, but force-killed processes may leave residue — clean up externally if needed.
Multi-instance deployments each maintain their own clone; no lock contention.

Integration

Channels

Distributed storage

When to use

Add the dependency

Quickstart

Pin branch / use a fixed local path

Auth for private repos

Auto-sync vs. manual sync

Operational notes

​When to use

​Add the dependency

​Quickstart

​Pin branch / use a fixed local path

​Auth for private repos

​Auto-sync vs. manual sync

​Operational notes

When to use

Add the dependency

Quickstart

Pin branch / use a fixed local path

Auth for private repos

Auto-sync vs. manual sync

Operational notes