From c0af9badb85a88cd59c61e083770fe3499d1224f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wangtao <wangtaotaotao95@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:05:35 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(skills): accept CRLF in inline skill definitions (#7504)

Co-authored-by: wangtaotaotao95 <328929485+wangtaotaotao95@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Vidit Ostwal <110953813+Vidit-Ostwal@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 lib/crewai/src/crewai/skills/loader.py |  2 +-
 lib/crewai/src/crewai/skills/parser.py |  2 +-
 lib/crewai/tests/skills/test_loader.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 lib/crewai/tests/skills/test_parser.py |  8 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/skills/loader.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/skills/loader.py
index 8ef2797ce..efd78ec8f 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/skills/loader.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/skills/loader.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def load_skill(
         if activate:
             return [resolve_registry_ref(skill, source=source)]
         return [resolve_registry_ref(skill, source=source, activate=False)]
-    if isinstance(skill, str) and skill.lstrip().startswith("---\n"):
+    if isinstance(skill, str) and skill.lstrip().startswith(("---\n", "---\r\n")):
         frontmatter_dict, body = parse_frontmatter(skill.strip())
         return [
             Skill(
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/skills/parser.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/skills/parser.py
index d935e6ad1..a2d5e3b1e 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/skills/parser.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/skills/parser.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 SKILL_FILENAME: Final[str] = "SKILL.md"
-_CLOSING_DELIMITER: Final[re.Pattern[str]] = re.compile(r"\n---[ \t]*(?:\n|$)")
+_CLOSING_DELIMITER: Final[re.Pattern[str]] = re.compile(r"\r?\n---[ \t]*(?:\r?\n|$)")
 _MAX_BODY_CHARS: Final[int] = 50_000
 
 
diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/skills/test_loader.py b/lib/crewai/tests/skills/test_loader.py
index 6abca19a4..874d8d149 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/skills/test_loader.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/skills/test_loader.py
@@ -134,6 +134,22 @@ class TestLoadSkill:
             "Follow these instructions."
         ]
 
+    def test_loads_inline_skill_with_crlf(self) -> None:
+        inline_skill = (
+            "---\r\n"
+            "name: inline-skill\r\n"
+            "description: Inline guidance\r\n"
+            "---\r\n"
+            "Follow these instructions."
+        )
+
+        skills = load_skill(inline_skill)
+
+        assert [skill.name for skill in skills] == ["inline-skill"]
+        assert [skill.instructions for skill in skills] == [
+            "Follow these instructions."
+        ]
+
     def test_invalid_inline_skill_raises_parse_error(self) -> None:
         with pytest.raises(SkillParseError, match="missing closing"):
             load_skill("---\nname: inline-skill\n")
diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/skills/test_parser.py b/lib/crewai/tests/skills/test_parser.py
index dab15d175..80b4b6e4c 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/skills/test_parser.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/skills/test_parser.py
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ class TestParseFrontmatter:
         assert fm["description"] == "A test"
         assert body == "Body text here."
 
+    def test_crlf_frontmatter_and_body(self) -> None:
+        content = "---\r\nname: test\r\ndescription: A test\r\n---\r\nBody text here."
+
+        fm, body = parse_frontmatter(content)
+
+        assert fm == {"name": "test", "description": "A test"}
+        assert body == "Body text here."
+
     def test_empty_body(self) -> None:
         content = "---\nname: test\ndescription: A test\n---"
         fm, body = parse_frontmatter(content)