Skills

A skill is a saved way of working. Use one when you want a prompt handled a certain way, without writing those instructions again. Type / in Chat to pick one for that message. Open Skills in the left sidebar to make one, upload a .webskill file, or change one you already have.

Use one on a prompt

Type / in Chat and choose a skill. It applies to that message.

Make one

Click New skill, then Add skill. A name and instructions are enough to start.

Bring one in

Click New skill, then Upload skill, and choose a .webskill file.

Edit or test one

Open a skill. Edit changes yours. Test it runs a preview on that skill.

Use a skill

Open Home

Click Home in the left sidebar.

Pick a skill

Type / and choose a skill from the list.

Send the prompt

Type what you want and send it. The skill shapes that reply. Copy, regenerate, and open a file the same way you do in Chat.

When you open a Persona, the left sidebar is that Persona’s. Click a skill under Skills to use it on that chat.

Open a Persona and use the Skills group in its sidebar the same way. Auto does not hold skills.

You can also open Skills, open the options on a card, and click Start a chat. That opens a new thread in Chat with the skill already on it.

A Persona is a saved setup you can hand a prompt to. On a Persona, you can also make a skill there: open Skills, click Add more, then Create a new skill. A New skill panel opens beside that Persona. Click Create. That panel has no upload and no Draft with AI. A new skill there starts on Whole session.

Create a skill

Click New skill, then Add skill. The New skill panel opens beside the list. The skill joins the list when you click Create skill.

Open Skills

Click Skills in the left sidebar.

Start a new skill

Click New skill, then Add skill. The New skill panel opens beside the list.

Name it

Give it a Name. You need a name before Create skill will take the click.

Say what it does

Description is the line you see when you pick the skill. Instructions are what the Persona does when you pick it.

Create it

Click Create skill. The skill opens. Type / in Chat and choose it, or open its options and click Start a chat.

Draft the instructions

Draft with AI sits on the Instructions field. If that field is empty, it writes a starting draft from the Name and Description, so fill those in first if you want the draft to match. The result lands in Instructions. Edit it before you click Create skill.After the field has text, the same button is Improve with AI. It tightens the wording and the structure, and it keeps what you meant. While either one runs, the button reads Improving….

This needs a model loaded. If none is ready, it tells you to load a model in Settings first.

How long it lasts

The control is Scope. In Skills, a new skill starts on One turn. That choice is saved with the skill, so it is how a later pick behaves.

One turn shapes the message you attach it to. Later messages in that chat do not keep it.
Whole session stays on for later messages in this chat, until you remove it. The prompt marks it Session.
Persona default is a suggestion for a Persona. Opening that Persona does not turn the skill on. You still pick it from that Persona’s Skills group, or with /.

Upload a skill

Bring in a package someone else made, or one you packed yourself. Click New skill, then Upload skill.

Choose the file

Click Upload skill and choose a .webskill file. A preview opens. The skill is not on the list yet.

Install it

Click Install. If that package is already on this device, click Update existing or Install as copy. If it is already installed, the button reads Already installed.

Use it

The skill joins the list. Type / in Chat and choose it, or open its options and click Start a chat. An uploaded package is read-only. You cannot edit its instructions. Open its options and click Uninstall package to take it off the list.

Installing the file adds the skill. It does not add Personas or sign-ins the package mentions.

Configure a .webskill file

A .webskill file is a zip, not a markdown file on its own. Put manifest.json and SKILL.md at the top of the zip. Do not put them inside a folder. The app runs the text in definition.instructions. SKILL.md has to be in the package too, as the readable copy, so keep the two saying the same thing.

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "packageId": "com.example.meeting-brief",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "name": "Meeting brief",
  "description": "Turn notes into decisions, owners, and open questions.",
  "activation": "turn",
  "definition": {
    "schemaVersion": 1,
    "packageId": "com.example.meeting-brief",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "name": "Meeting brief",
    "description": "Turn notes into decisions, owners, and open questions.",
    "instructions": "Turn the notes into a short brief. List decisions, owners, and open questions. Do not add items that are not in the notes.",
    "activation": "turn",
    "personas": { "selectors": [{ "kind": "all" }], "executionRoles": [] },
    "tools": [],
    "requirements": { "required": [], "optional": [] },
    "source": {
      "kind": "user",
      "provenance": { "system": "local", "locator": "com.example.meeting-brief" }
    },
    "toolPolicy": { "allow": [], "deny": [], "required": [], "optional": [] }
  }
}

# Meeting brief

Turn the notes into a short brief. List decisions, owners, and open questions. Do not add items that are not in the notes.

packageId is required. It is the id webAI stores the package under, and it has to be at least two lowercase words separated by dots, such as com.example.meeting-brief. A plain name will not install. version is required too, as a version number such as 1.0.0. activation is turn, session, or persona-default, the same three choices as Scope. The name, description, version, package id, and activation inside definition have to match the same fields above it. Extra fields in definition are rejected.

Find a skill

On the Skills list, use the filters and search on the title row:

All
Yours
Shared with you

Every skill on this device, including ones that shipped with webAI.

Click the search icon to open pop-up search and type a name. If the list is empty for the filter you picked, the page shows an empty state until you add or install a skill.

Edit or test a skill

Open a skill from the Skills list. Test it and Start a chat are on the card. Edit is on the open skill.

Open the skill

Click Skills, then click the skill.

Edit it

Open the options and click Edit. Edit is there when the skill is one you created on this device. Skill settings opens beside the skill. Change the Name, Description, Instructions, or Scope. Edits save as you go. The next test message uses them. Close with Done editing.

Test it

Open the options on the card, or on the open skill, and click Test it. Send a prompt there to see how the skill replies. That preview is not a thread in History. Click Clear to drop the preview messages.

An uploaded .webskill package and a skill that shipped with webAI are read-only. Those skills have no Edit. An uploaded package shows Read only. Open its options and click Uninstall package to take it off the list. To delete a skill you created, open its options and click Remove, then Delete. On a Persona, Remove under Skills takes that skill off the Persona. It does not delete the skill from Skills.

Getting Started

Using webAI

Settings

Use one on a prompt

Make one

Bring one in

Edit or test one

Use a skill

Create a skill

Upload a skill

Configure a .webskill file

Find a skill

Edit or test a skill

Common questions

Use one on a prompt

Make one

Bring one in

Edit or test one

​Use a skill

​Create a skill

​Upload a skill

​Configure a .webskill file

​Find a skill

​Edit or test a skill

​Common questions

Use a skill

Create a skill

Upload a skill

Configure a .webskill file

Find a skill

Edit or test a skill

Common questions