Skills

Skills are focused instructions Agent Zero can load when a task needs them.

Most of the time, you do not need to think about skills. Ask for the work you want, and Agent Zero can load a matching skill on demand.

You can also pin a skill yourself from the chat input when you want it to stay active for the current conversation.

Open The Skills Selector

1. Open a chat.
2. Click the + button in the chat input area.
3. Click Skills.

The selector opens with a searchable list of skills.

Add Or Remove A Skill

Click a skill to add it. Active skills are shown at the top of the selector.

To remove a skill, use the remove button in Active skills or uncheck it in the list.

Active skills are added to the Extras part of the system prompt. That means Agent Zero sees them every turn while they are active.

[!TIP] Keep this list short. Pin the skills you really want present all the time, and let Agent Zero load the rest only when it needs them.

When To Pin A Skill

Pin a skill when the current chat should keep following the same special procedure.

Good examples:

• creating an Agent Profile;
• reviewing a plugin;
• following a writing format;
• working with a repeated data-cleaning recipe;
• keeping a project-specific checklist visible during a long chat.

Do not pin a skill just because it might be useful someday. A lighter prompt is usually easier for the agent to follow.

Skills, Profiles, And Projects

Control	What it changes
Skills	Adds a specific procedure to the current prompt extras.
Agent Profiles	Changes the broader role and behavior of the chat.
Projects	Adds workspace, files, memory, secrets, and project instructions.

If Agent Zero starts following an old procedure you no longer want, open the Skills selector and remove any active skill that does not belong in the chat.

Creating Skills

This page is about using skills in the Web UI.

If you want to write or contribute a skill, see Contributing Skills.