Skills¶
Skills define what an agent can do. Each agent preset ships with a set of skill packs tuned to its domain, and you can extend the agent with your own custom skills.
Skill packs¶
A skill pack is a domain capability the agent can apply, for example Research, Documents, Financial, Drafting, Risk. Each preset enables a sensible default set (see each agent's page), and you control them in the Skills view:
- Toggle any pack on or off for the workspace.
- The agent auto-suggests which packs a given request needs, so the right capabilities are used without manual selection.
- Turning a pack off prevents the agent from using that capability.
Custom skills¶
Beyond the built-in packs, you can define your own skills in plain language, a name, a description of what the skill does, and when to use it. The agent then treats your custom skill like any other capability:
- It's auto-suggested when a request matches the skill's purpose.
- It can be enabled or disabled individually.
- It's scoped to the workspace.
This lets you teach an agent your firm's specific procedures without code.
How suggestion works¶
When you send a message, the agent evaluates it (and any attached documents) and proposes the skill packs and custom skills it will use as part of its plan. You see this in the plan before approving, so the capabilities in play are always transparent.