wp-abilities-api
A WordPress project skill for code that uses the Abilities API, the core system for registering things a site can do so other clients can find and call them.
What the skill teaches
A WordPress project skill for code that uses the Abilities API, the core system for registering things a site can do so other clients can find and call them. It takes the agent through checking that the API is available, finding existing usage, registering categories and abilities in PHP with their metadata and permission callbacks, confirming they appear in the abilities REST endpoints, and calling them from JavaScript, with verification and debugging steps. It targets WordPress 7.0 or later.
Capabilities
- Register abilities and categories in PHP
- Expose abilities through the REST API
- Call abilities from JavaScript
- Check permission callbacks
Install
- Run this to add it to Any client:
npx skills add WordPress/agent-skills --skill wp-abilities-api
What's inside
- references/delegate-helper-pattern.md
- references/domain-vs-projection.md
- references/error-code-vocabulary.md
- references/grouping-heuristic.md
- references/input-schema-gotchas.md
- references/php-registration.md
- references/plugin-family-patterns.md
- references/rest-api.md
- references/shared-core-service.md
Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Skill | |
| Tool | WordPress | |
| Publisher | WordPress (WordPress.org project) | source |
| Official status | Officialpublished in the WordPress project's own GitHub organisation; licence credits WordPress Contributors | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Includes scripts | No | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Licence | GPL-2.0-or-later | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | Last commit Nov 9, 20262,352 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | source |
| Links | Repository |
Copies of this skill in other repositories (1)
These differ from this skill's text. They may be adapted copies or older versions.
- wp-abilities-apieugenepyvovarov/mcpbundler-agent-skills-marketplace
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Sources
- Skill file (SKILL.md)github.com/WordPress/agent-skills · Backs: LicenceNov 10, 2026
- README (README.md)github.com/WordPress/agent-skills · Backs: Official status, PublisherNov 12, 2026
- Licence file (LICENSE)github.com/WordPress/agent-skills · Backs: LicenceNov 12, 2026
- Folder in the repository (wp-abilities-api)github.com/WordPress/agent-skills · Backs: Includes scriptsNov 10, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/wordpress/agent-skills · Backs: ActivityNov 11, 2026