Skills

A skill is a set of reusable instructions for a particular kind of work. Skills can help Kowork follow a specialized process or create a specific kind of result.

Kowork’s built-in file capabilities for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, and raster images are always available. They do not appear under Added and do not need to be installed or managed.

Add a popular skill

1. Select Settings in the sidebar.
2. Select Skills.
3. Find a skill under Popular.
4. Select Add.

The skill moves to Added and is available to Kowork. You can also open the attachment menu beside the task message box and select Skills.

Tip

The skill-creator skill can help you create a new skill or improve an existing one by asking questions and writing the reusable instructions for you.

See added skills

Open Settings > Skills. Each skill under Added shows its name and description.

When Kowork loads a skill during a task, the task steps show a Skill item with the skill’s name.

Remove a skill

1. Open Settings and select Skills.
2. Find the skill under Added.
3. Select Remove beside it.

For skills added from a local folder, one folder can contain several skills. Removing one of those skills may remove every skill loaded from that folder. Kowork asks for confirmation and shows how many skills are affected. The files in the folder are not deleted.

Add a custom skill

Note

Custom skills are intended for people who already have a skill folder or a hosted skill index. For most needs, start with a popular skill.

1. Open Settings and select Skills.
2. Find Custom skill under Popular and select Add.
3. Choose a source:
   • Local folder: Choose a folder containing one or more SKILL.md files.
   • Remote URL: Enter the http:// or https:// URL of a hosted skill index.
4. Select Submit.

Only add skills from sources you trust. Skills provide instructions that can influence how Kowork handles a task.