diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/blocks/configurations/JsonSchemaProducer.java b/src/main/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/blocks/configurations/JsonSchemaProducer.java
index 39d6f1c..7c75a87 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/blocks/configurations/JsonSchemaProducer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/blocks/configurations/JsonSchemaProducer.java
@@ -459,6 +459,9 @@ public class JsonSchemaProducer {
             if (!retriever.validationUrl().isBlank()) {
                 propertySchema.put("x-retriever-validation-url", retriever.validationUrl());
             }
+            if (!retriever.definitionUrl().isBlank()) {
+                propertySchema.put("x-retriever-definition-url", retriever.definitionUrl());
+            }
             applySubFlowValidationMetadata(propertySchema, ownerClass, entry.getKey());
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/configurations/annotations/FieldRetriever.java b/src/main/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/configurations/annotations/FieldRetriever.java
index 928dc49..aa411d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/configurations/annotations/FieldRetriever.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/configurations/annotations/FieldRetriever.java
@@ -20,4 +20,14 @@ public @interface FieldRetriever {
     boolean structuredData() default false;
     boolean requiresAuth() default false;
     String validationUrl() default "";
+
+    /**
+     * Where the editor can read the full definition behind a chosen value, as {@code <url>/<value>}.
+     *
+     * <p>Set it only when that endpoint answers with an id, a name, an optional description and the
+     * content to show: the editor renders it as read-only text, so a payload of another shape (a
+     * JSON schema, say) would be displayed as gibberish. Left empty, the editor offers no such view,
+     * which is the right answer for a value that is already all there is to know about it.
+     */
+    String definitionUrl() default "";
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/skills/SkillBinding.java b/src/main/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/skills/SkillBinding.java
index 56bf79b..6b2fd9c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/skills/SkillBinding.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/skills/SkillBinding.java
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import lombok.Builder;
 public record SkillBinding(
         @NotBlank
         @JsonProperty(required = false)
-        @FieldRetriever(name = "Skills", url = "/retriever/Skills/items")
+        @FieldRetriever(name = "Skills", url = "/retriever/Skills/items",
+                definitionUrl = "/retriever/Skills/definitions")
         @UiLabel("skill")
         @UiDescription("Local skill loaded from the static skill catalog.")
         String skillId) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/controllers/BlocksControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/controllers/BlocksControllerTest.java
index 816aea0..85f3f62 100644
--- a/src/test/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/controllers/BlocksControllerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/it/cnr/isti/workflow/manager/controllers/BlocksControllerTest.java
@@ -651,6 +651,28 @@ public class BlocksControllerTest {
         assertFalse(schema.path("properties").path("skills").has("x-ui-defaults-when-empty"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void aSkillSaysWhereItsFullDefinitionCanBeRead() {
+        // A chosen skill is only an id on the node, and the instructions it carries are the whole
+        // reason to pick one. The editor offers to show them wherever a retriever-backed value
+        // declares this URL, so it stays a property of the binding rather than a rule about skills
+        // written into the editor.
+        BlockConfigurationDescriptor descriptor = blocksController
+                .getConfigurationDescriptorForType(LLMBlockType.TYPE);
+        JsonNode schema = (JsonNode) descriptor.schema();
+
+        JsonNode skillBinding = findDefinition(schema, "SkillBinding");
+        assertNotNull(skillBinding, "SkillBinding should be a schema definition");
+        assertEquals("/retriever/Skills/definitions",
+                skillBinding.path("properties").path("skillId").path("x-retriever-definition-url").asText());
+
+        // The MCP binding's own endpoint answers with a JSON schema, not a readable definition, so
+        // it must not claim one: the editor would render it as text.
+        JsonNode mcpBinding = findDefinition(schema, "MCPToolServerBinding");
+        assertNotNull(mcpBinding, "MCPToolServerBinding should be a schema definition");
+        assertFalse(mcpBinding.path("properties").path("serverName").has("x-retriever-definition-url"));
+    }
+
     private JsonNode findDefinition(JsonNode schema, String name) {
         for (String container : new String[] { "definitions", "$defs", "sharedDefinitions" }) {
             JsonNode found = schema.path(container).path(name);