Unity Catalog Skills (Beta)

BetaAug 28, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

You can now publish, govern, and share agent skills with Unity Catalog. A skill is a first-class Unity Catalog securable ( catalog.schema.skill ) that follows the SKILL.md specification , so you register it once and control who can discover, use, and update it with the same permissions, tags, and audit that protect your tables.

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