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⚡Reusable instructions

Skills

A skill is a lightweight, reusable instruction snippet you toggle on for a chat. It steers how the AI responds — tone, format, rules — without bringing a model, knowledge, or tools of its own. Define a skill once and switch it on anywhere.

What is a skill?

Think of a skill as a saved instruction you can flip on or off. "Always answer in British English", "format replies as a tidy checklist", or "review code against our style guide" — each is a small set of instructions you reuse instead of re-typing. Skills are deliberately minimal: they only adjust behaviour.

A skill consists of:

  • Name and handle — how you find and reference it.
  • Description — a short summary of what it does.
  • Instructions — the snippet added to the AI's guidance when the skill is on.
  • Icon — for quick visual recognition.
  • Usage limit and sharing — optional governance.
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How Skills differ from Agents

A skill is purely the instruction layer — it has no model, no knowledge folder, and no tools. When you want a persona that retrieves documents or calls integrations, reach for an Agent — the capability layer (and agents can attach skills, so the two work beautifully together).

✍️Write instructionsOne focused behaviour
🎚️Toggle on per chatOr attach to an agent
💬Steers AI repliesTone · format · rules
A skill is the instruction layer you switch on anywhere

Skills vs Agents at a glance

 SkillAgent
Adds instructions✅✅
Has its own model—✅
Attaches knowledge folders—✅
Calls tools / integrations—✅
Has sub-agents—✅
Toggled on per chat✅✅ (attached)
WeightLightweightFull persona
Your skills
🇬🇧British English
✅Reply as checklist
🔍Code reviewer
📝Concise summariser
💬On-brand tone
🔍 Code reviewer
Handle
@code-review
Description
Reviews code against our style guide.
Instructions
Flag bugs, naming issues, and missing tests. Reference the file and line. Keep feedback constructive and prioritised.
Skills toggled on for a chat — each active skill adds its instructions to the AI's guidance

Creating a skill

  1. Open Skills

    Click "Skills" in the navigation rail to see your skills and any shared with you.

  2. Create a skill

    Click New skill, give it a name, handle, description, and icon.

  3. Write the instructions

    Add the instruction snippet the AI should follow when the skill is active. Keep it focused on one behaviour.

  4. Set sharing and limits

    Choose who can use it and an optional usage limit, then save. It is now available to toggle on in chat.

Using skills

  • Toggle on per chat — turn a skill on for a conversation and its instructions apply to the AI's responses. Combine several at once.
  • Add via # — reference a skill from the chat context picker.
  • Attach to an agent — agent can bundle skills so they're always on for that persona.
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Workspaces can mandate skills

A workspace admin can require certain skills for chats in that workspace — for example a compliance disclaimer or a house style — so they're always applied without each person remembering to enable them. Workspaces.

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Sharing

Skills use the standard four sharing scopes (Private, Specific people & Agents, Workspaces, Organisation) with view or edit, so you can publish a polished skill to your whole organization.