Skills

Skills are reusable instructions that teach the AI how to handle specific tasks, workflows, or creative approaches. Think of them as saved expertise — once you create a skill, you can load it into any conversation whenever you need it.

What Are Skills For?

Skills are great for anything you find yourself explaining to the AI repeatedly:

• A specific editing style ("always use jump cuts and keep clips under 3 seconds")
• A brand guideline document with tone, colors, and formatting rules
• A multi-step workflow for a content format you produce regularly
• Reference material about your show, guests, or topics

Unlike custom rules (which apply to every conversation), skills are loaded on demand. This keeps your conversations focused — the AI only follows a skill's instructions when you ask for it.

Accessing Skills

1. Click Customize in the sidebar
2. Go to the Skills tab
3. You'll see all your saved skills listed

Creating a Skill

Click Add Skill to create a new skill. Each skill has three parts:

• Name — A short slug used to reference the skill (lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores). This becomes the /{name} command you'll type in chat.
• Description — A brief summary of what the skill does and when to use it. This helps the AI understand when a skill is relevant and also helps you remember what each skill is for.
• Content — The full instructions the AI will follow when the skill is loaded. Write these in plain English, just like you would explain the task to a person.

Example Skills

Brand voice guide:

• Name: brand-voice
• Description: "Our brand's tone and style guidelines for all content"
• Content: "Use a conversational, upbeat tone. Avoid jargon. Always address the viewer directly..."

Interview clip workflow:

• Name: interview-clips
• Description: "Workflow for extracting engaging interview moments"
• Content: "Search for moments where the guest shares a surprising insight or personal story. Select the 3 most compelling clips. Trim each to start mid-sentence for a hook effect..."

Platform-specific formatting:

• Name: youtube-shorts
• Description: "Formatting rules for YouTube Shorts"
• Content: "Use 9:16 aspect ratio. Keep total duration under 58 seconds. Add word-by-word captions centered in the lower third..."

Using Skills in Chat

There are two ways to use a skill:

Mention it directly

Type / in the chat input to see a list of available skills. Select one from the dropdown, or type the name to filter. When you send the message, the AI automatically loads that skill's instructions.

/brand-voice Make a cutdown from today's episode

Let the AI find it

For multi-step tasks, the AI can search your skills library on its own to find relevant guidance. If you've created skills that match what it's working on, it may load them automatically.

Saving Skills from Chat

When the AI generates a skill during a conversation (for example, by drafting a workflow based on your instructions), a Save as Skill button appears alongside the download button. Clicking it opens the Add Skill dialog pre-filled with the skill's name, description, and content, so you can review and save it directly without leaving the chat.

If a skill with the same name already exists, you'll be asked whether to replace it.

High-Visibility Skills

Mark a skill as high visibility by clicking the star icon next to it. High-visibility skills are highlighted prominently so the AI is more likely to load them proactively.

This is useful for skills the AI should always be aware of — like brand guidelines or quality standards that apply across all your content. The AI can still find and use non-highlighted skills when they're relevant.

A few things to keep in mind:

• Each high-visibility skill adds a small cost to every conversation, so keep this list focused on what truly matters.
• A warning appears if you have more than five high-visibility skills marked.

Importing and Exporting Skills

Skills can be shared as .md (Markdown) files:

• Export — Click the download icon next to any skill to save it as a .md file. The file includes the skill's name, description, and content in a portable format.
• Import — Click Import .md to load a skill from a Markdown file. If a skill with the same name already exists, you'll be prompted to handle the conflict.

This makes it easy to share skills across accounts or back them up.

Editing and Removing Skills

• Edit — Click the pencil icon next to a skill to update its description or content. The name can't be changed after creation.
• Remove — Click the delete icon to remove a skill. You'll be asked to confirm before it's deleted. Removing a skill won't affect past conversations where it was used.

Tips for Building Effective Skills

• Keep skills focused. A skill that does one thing well is easier to use than one that covers everything. Create separate skills for different workflows rather than one giant instruction set.
• Write clear descriptions. The description helps the AI decide when a skill is relevant, so make it specific. "Editing rules" is vague — "Rules for fast-paced social media cutdowns under 60 seconds" is much better.
• Start from what works. If you've had a great conversation where the AI nailed your workflow, turn those instructions into a skill so you can reuse them.
• Combine skills. You can mention multiple skills in a single message. For example, /brand-voice /youtube-shorts loads both sets of instructions at once.
• Use high visibility sparingly. Only star the skills that genuinely apply to every conversation. Everything else can be loaded on demand.