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What skills are

A skill is a versioned file package — anchored by a SKILL.md manifest — that defines a reusable instruction set or capability for an agent to load. When an agent has a skill enabled, it reads the package’s files and follows the instructions inside them. Skills are not code plugins. They are documents: Markdown files that describe behavior, constraints, output formats, and examples. An agent interprets and applies the instructions from a skill just as it would from a system prompt, but skills are managed independently and can be reused across many agents.
You can think of a skill as a focused, portable addition to an agent’s behavior — one that can be versioned, shared, and connected to a coding agent’s local toolchain via the install command.

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The skills list

Open Skills from the sidebar under the Build group. The list shows every skill your account has access to. The toolbar has two controls:
  • Search — type into “Search skills” to filter by name in real time.
  • Tags — click a tag in the filter panel to narrow to skills with that label.
Each row shows the skill name, description, access badge (Private / Public / Shared), version count, and a row overflow menu. Click any row to open the skill detail panel on the right. The detail panel shows:
  • SKILL.md preview — the manifest content, collapsed by default with a “Show more lines” link.
  • Tags — editable from the panel.
  • Uses — how many times the skill has been loaded by an agent.
  • Versions — the current version number and a “View all & compare” link.
  • Access control — current sharing setting.
  • Export as .skill and Download as .zip — download the package.
  • Copy install prompt — copies a prompt you can paste into a coding agent to install this skill locally.
  • Open editor — enters the file-tree editor for this skill.
“Select a skill to preview” appears when no skill is selected. Click any row to open the detail panel.

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Preview a skill

Click any row to select it. The detail panel loads immediately. You can toggle between a collapsed preview (first few lines of SKILL.md) and the full content using “Show more lines” / “Show less”.

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Create a skill

Click New skill in the top-right. The New skill dialog opens with two modes: Create blank Creates an empty skill package. Fill in:
  • Name (required)
  • Description — what the skill does and when an agent should use it.
  • Tags — comma-separated, e.g. “analysis, python, data”.
  • Access — Private, Public, or a specific sharing scope.
Click Create & open. IMP creates the skill and opens the file-tree editor so you can add files immediately. Create from upload Upload an existing skill package:
  • Drag & drop or click to choose — accepts a .zip file (a full skill folder) or a single .md file. The .zip must contain a SKILL.md at its root.
  • Or drop a skill folder — the folder must contain a SKILL.md at its root.
Unsupported file types (anything other than .zip or .md) are rejected with “Only .zip and .md files are supported”. Click Create & open. IMP uploads the package, extracts it into a versioned skill, and opens the editor.
To start quickly: create blank, write a SKILL.md that describes the behavior you want, and save. You can add more files later via the editor.

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Access control

Each skill has an access setting: You can update access from the detail panel or from inside the editor.

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Next steps

Editing and versions

Use the file-tree editor, manage files, and snapshot versions.

Connect your agent

Install skills into a local coding agent with one command.

Tools and skills (agent)

Enable skills on a specific agent from the workbench.

Prompts

Manage the organization’s reusable prompt templates.