Install skill for development

[mvrius]

Hi,

Trying to build a new skill, and noticing that if I install the skill, say the hello world example, with "pip install -e ." ; then it cannot be loaded.

2024-06-06 23:02:07.137 - skills - ovos_plugin_manager.utils:find_plugins:124 
ERROR - Failed to load plugin entry point EntryPoint(name='skill-ovos-hello-world.openvoiceos', 
value='skill_ovos_hello_world:HelloWorldSkill', group='ovos.plugin.skill'): No module named 'skill_ovos_hello_world'

If I bdist_wheel build the skill and then install it, then everything works as expected.

How do I install a skill during development to streamline change propagation?

Thanks!

[JarbasAl]

you can either use the old mycroft way, where you just git clone a skill into the folder and edit it live, then it should restart when changes are detected (no installing)

or use ovos-workshop, you can launch a skill standalone in it's own process and restart as often as you need during development. This is similar to how skills are deployed in their own docker containers