# aload_namespaced_skills

> **Function** in `deepagents_code`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/deepagents-code/plugins/adapters/skills_middleware/aload_namespaced_skills)

Async counterpart of `load_namespaced_skills`.

## Signature

```python
aload_namespaced_skills(
    backend: BackendProtocol,
    source_path: str,
    namespace: SkillNamespace,
) -> list[sdk_skills.SkillMetadata]
```

## Returns

`list[sdk_skills.SkillMetadata]`

Namespace-qualified skill metadata for the source.

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/deepagents/blob/e4c1ffe9ee63d7854147de490ca27495ef157a7b/libs/code/deepagents_code/plugins/adapters/skills_middleware.py#L204)