Skills: Reusable Prompt Templates

Skills are pre-written prompts for tasks you do often. Instead of typing the same request every time, click a skill and it fills in the prompt for you. You can edit it before sending, or create your own.

Skills list showing prompt templates with category tags and a

How to Use a Skill

  1. Click the lightbulb icon in the composer
  2. Browse and click the skill you want
  3. Edit it if you need to (or just send as-is)
  4. Press Enter to send

You can also type / in the composer to search for skills by name.

Skills Are Visible to the Model

As of v0.9.722, the AI knows what skills you have. When you enable a skill, its name, description, and body are injected into your mode's system prompt. This means you can ask the model things like "use your contract analysis skill on this PDF" without typing / or manually triggering the skill. The slash-search UX still works the same way; this just means the AI understands what skills it has and can reach for them when relevant.

Built-in Skills

Skill When to Use
Summarize Page Quick recap of a webpage you're reading
Weekly Planning Help organize your week
Explain Simply Break down complex topics into plain English
Draft Reply Write a professional email or message response
Proofread & Improve Fix grammar, tone, and clarity in your writing
Brainstorm Ideas Generate creative options for a project or problem

You can also install whole skill bundles from the Community Hub. For example, Caiioo for Legal ships with 15 specialized legal skills you can install at once.

Create Your Own Skills

Repetitive prompts? Build a custom skill once and reuse it forever.

In Settings > Skills:

  1. Click "Create New Skill"
  2. Give it a name and optional description
  3. Write your prompt (you can use {{variables}} like {{userName}} or {{currentDate}})
  4. Save it
  5. It shows up in your lightbulb menu next to the built-ins

Example: If you frequently ask the AI to write product descriptions for your Shopify store, create a skill called "Product Description" with a template that fills in product details.

Organize Your Skills

In Settings > Skills, you can:

  • Mark skills as favorites (they appear at the top of the menu)
  • Edit existing skills (yours or built-in ones)
  • Delete skills you don't use
  • Assign skills to specific modes (so they only show in certain contexts)

See Also

  • Variables — How to use variables in your skills

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