Botframework-composer: how to export and connect to a skill from consumer bot/documentation not updated

[Samirun]

## Describe the bug
new release of bot composer 1.3.0 is done due to which few things have changed.
I was trying to export a skill bot and connect to that bot within another bot
by following documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/how-to-export-a-skill.
Problem: how to connect to a skill ? and what is the difference between skill endpoint and skill host end points?

Changes observed :
1)skill host endpoint previously used to be like http://localhost:3983/api/messages now changed to http://localhost:3980/api/skills
2) there used to be a skill section in UI where we can connect to another skill using skill manifest json file of a sill bot as mentioned in the documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/how-to-connect-to-a-skill
now how do i proceed further?

Version : bot composer 1.3.0 (released yesterday)

OS

• [ ] Windows

To Reproduce

i have created 2 bots and generated manifest for skill bot and tried to use it in the consumer bot
with recent changes i don't find any place where i could use skill manifest json of a bot as a skill in any consumer bot.
documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/how-to-connect-to-a-skill says : Still on the Skills page, select + Connect to a new skill on the upper left corner of the toolbar to show the Add a skill windows."
now the problem is how to move forward from this step within bot composer 1.3.0? i am unable to select " skill dialog name" and "skill end point".


skills section in the left panel has been replaced with project settings

QUESTIONS :
1)as the 1.3.0 release is few hours old i would highly appreciate some quick guidance over here how to use a skill bot in another consumer bot.
2)is there any alternative to export skill as a manifest for bot to bot conversation? we need some quick solution to this problem
can anyone of the team help us in this regard?

@zhixzhan

[zxyanliu]

Hi, thanks for trying the most recent version of Composer!
FYI. The docs for Composer 1.3 release will be updated and published soon.

[zxyanliu]

FYI. Composer docs just got published to: docs.microsoft.com
Thanks!

[zhixzhan]

Thanks @zxyanliu.
@Samirun most skill related UX are moving to this contextual menu, please try it and feel free to ping me.

[zxyanliu]

@Samirun FYI. These are the skill-related docs you may find helpful:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/how-to-export-a-skill
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/how-to-connect-to-a-skill

To provide accurate content, we will do docs patch releases in the coming few days.

Thanks again for your feedback!

[Samirun]

great! really appreciate for the shared docs. thanks for the quick support.

[zxyanliu]

@Samirun Thank you for using Composer! We really appreciate your feedback.

[Samirun]

@zxyanliu how to get manifest url for a remote skill? or at least how to construct it? i think we also need documentation for this.

[zxyanliu]

Hi, FYI. I am working on the content you guys requested on the docs patch releases.

[zxyanliu]

FYI. I replied in another thread with content you may find helpful.
https://github.com/microsoft/BotFramework-Composer/issues/5350#issuecomment-747834390

[zxyanliu]

@Samirun FYI. I have updated the following skills topic:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/how-to-export-a-skill (updated)
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/how-to-connect-to-a-skill (updated)
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/composer/faq/composer-faq (created a new article)

Please let me know if you are still blocked for anything and if you have any specific questions regarding this topic.
Thanks again for your feedback.

[zxyanliu]

Hi @Samirun Did you get it to work? Please let us know if you have further issues with this.

[Samirun]

yeah it worked.No issues as of now. thanks

[zxyanliu]

Thanks for the update and thanks again for your feedback!
I am closing this issue now because it has been addressed with updates to the documentation.
Thank you!