Why agent skills
The agent skills make coding agents work more effectively on Wagtail-related development tasks. They are designed to make AI:
- More consistent and efficient with repeated tasks.
- Produce higher-quality results (secure, accessible, performant).
- Simpler to use with newer Wagtail capabilities.
Included skills
We ship a curated set of expert skills that naturally complement project-specific ways of working.
- API: configuration, usage of the v3 API to automate common tasks.
- Backend: to make the most of Django + Wagtail as a framework.
- Content modeling: to structure data properly with our page tree and StreamField blocks.
- Frontend: for page rendering, rich text, images, accessibility, SEO, and more.
- Upgrades: to help with automation for those critical points in a project.
Install the skills
Our recommended approach is to install one evergreen Wagtail skill plus the Wagtail CLI, and it will automatically load relevant information from pre-bundled skills files and live developer docs as needed. Follow our instructions to install the CLI and the evergreen skill.
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Skills in action
On average, we see tasks complete on the order of 30% faster with the skills compared to without. Here is an excerpt from our upcoming benchmark, showing performance across models.
