> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.webai.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Skills

> Use a skill on a prompt, or create one on a custom Persona.

export const SkillsPageFaq = () => <AccordionGroup>
    <Accordion title="How do I use a skill on a prompt?">
      In <a href="/using-webai/chat">Chat</a>, type <strong>/</strong> and choose a skill for that message. On a Persona you created, you can also click a skill under <strong>Skills</strong> in that Persona's sidebar.
    </Accordion>
    <Accordion title="How do I create a skill?">
      Open <a href="/using-webai/personas">Personas</a>, select a Persona you created, open <strong>Skills</strong>, click <strong>Add More</strong>, then <strong>+ Create a new skill</strong>. A name and instructions are enough. <strong>Draft with AI</strong> fills the instructions when a model is loaded. After you save, the button becomes <strong>Improve with AI</strong> when there is already text.
    </Accordion>
    <Accordion title="What does Scope do?">
      A new skill starts on <strong>One turn</strong>. That choice is saved with the skill. <strong>One turn</strong> shapes the message you attach it to. <strong>Whole session</strong> stays for later messages in that chat until you remove it. <strong>Persona default</strong> is a suggestion for a Persona you created. Opening that Persona does not turn the skill on; you still pick it from that Persona's <strong>Skills</strong> group, or with <strong>/</strong>.
    </Accordion>
    <Accordion title="How do I remove a skill?">
      Open the Persona that has the skill. Under <strong>Skills</strong>, remove that skill from the Persona.
    </Accordion>
  </AccordionGroup>;

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. Create and manage skills on a custom [Persona](/using-webai/personas): open that Persona, then use **Skills** → **Add More**.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Use one on a prompt" icon="message">
    Type `/` in Chat and choose a skill. It applies to that message.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Use one on a Persona" icon="wand-magic-sparkles">
    On a Persona you created, click a skill under **Skills** to use it on that chat.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Make one" icon="sparkles">
    On a custom Persona, open **Skills**, click **Add More**, then **+ Create a new skill**.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Remove one" icon="trash">
    Open that Persona and remove the skill from its **Skills** list.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Use a skill

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Chat">
    Click **Chat** in the left sidebar.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick a skill">
    Type `/` and choose a skill from the list.
  </Step>

  <Step title="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](/using-webai/chat).
  </Step>
</Steps>

When you opened a Persona you created, the left sidebar is that Persona's. Click a skill under **Skills** to use it on that chat.

<Note>
  A built-in Persona stays on **Chat**. That **Skills** group is not on its sidebar. Create and manage skills only on a Persona you created.
</Note>

## Create a skill

Open [Personas](/using-webai/personas), select a custom Persona, open **Skills**, click **Add More**, then **+ Create a new skill**. A create sidebar opens. The skill joins that Persona's list when you click **Create skill**.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Add More">
    Click **Personas** in the left sidebar, open a Persona you created, then under **Skills** click **Add More**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Start a new skill">
    Click **+ Create a new skill**. The create sidebar opens.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name it">
    Give it a **Name**. You need a name before **Create skill** will take the click.
  </Step>

  <Step title="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.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create it">
    Click **Create skill**. Type `/` in Chat and choose the new skill, or click it under that Persona's **Skills** list.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="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…**.

    <Note>
      This needs a model loaded. If none is ready, it tells you to load a model in Settings first.
    </Note>
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="How long it lasts">
    The control is **Scope**. 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 you created. Opening that Persona does not turn the skill on. You still pick it from that Persona's **Skills** group, or with `/`.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Remove a skill

Open the Persona that has the skill. Under **Skills**, remove that skill from the Persona.

## Common questions

<SkillsPageFaq />