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title: "12. Create and use skills"
slug: "ai-agent-create-and-use-skills"
updated: 2026-10-29T21:34:44Z
published: 2026-10-29T21:34:44Z
canonical: "docs.screenmeet.com/ai-agent-create-and-use-skills"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.screenmeet.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# 12. Create and use skills

A skill is a reusable procedure that tells the agent how to approach a class of problem. It can ask for facts, guide diagnostic ordering, interpret findings, and describe when to stop or ask the technician. It does not contain a new executable tool simply because the procedure mentions a command.

Harness matches a suitable enabled skill to the request, turns its procedure into work steps, and uses the normal planning, approval, and execution mechanisms. A procedure can continue across several turns and approval decisions. Available tools, managed-tool opt-in, privilege, and generated-code allowances still control what can run.

[![Built-in and organization skills](https://cdn.document360.io/9da39725-20e5-434f-83a4-d630456099dc/Images/Documentation/ai-agent-guide-17-skills-catalog.png)](https://cdn.document360.io/9da39725-20e5-434f-83a4-d630456099dc/Images/Documentation/ai-agent-guide-17-skills-catalog.png)

The example catalog includes **BSOD Analysis**, **Sudden Shutdown Investigation**, and **Printer Troubleshooting**. Availability can change by release and organization selection. You normally describe the symptom; you do not need to know or type a skill identifier.

## Enable or customize a procedure

1. Open **Skills**.
2. Search or filter by platform and enabled status.
3. View a built-in skill to understand its scope. Built-in procedures are read-only.
4. Clone a built-in procedure to create an organization version, or select **Create skill**.
5. Review or write the fields below, then **Save skill**.
6. New organization skills start off. Enable the saved skill from the list when ready.
7. Validate in a new conversation, including a deliberate **Start over** if appropriate.

| Field | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| Name | A recognizable procedure name |
| Skill ID suffix | An organization identifier under `custom.`; supply it separately rather than assuming the AI proposal chose one |
| Platforms | Devices for which the procedure is appropriate; this does not create tool support on those platforms |
| Use when | Clear symptoms and requests that should trigger it |
| Avoid when | Exclusions or situations better handled another way |
| Tags | Comma-separated discovery hints |
| Procedure (Markdown) | Goal, ordered investigation, decision points, final summary, and limitations |

[![Skill editor with scope, platform, and procedure fields](https://cdn.document360.io/9da39725-20e5-434f-83a4-d630456099dc/Images/Documentation/ai-agent-guide-17b-skill-editor.png)](https://cdn.document360.io/9da39725-20e5-434f-83a4-d630456099dc/Images/Documentation/ai-agent-guide-17b-skill-editor.png)

Skill selections save automatically; they do not wait for the Tools page's Save action. Changes apply to new conversations, including Start over. Disabling a skill removes that procedure from selection; it does not disable the underlying tools, which can still serve other requests.

## Author a skill with AI

Use **Author with AI** to describe a procedure or paste existing notes. Review the suggestions beside each field. **Accept** or **Reject** fields individually, or use **Accept all / Reject all**. Accepted changes become draft content; **Save skill** persists them, and enablement remains separate.

[![AI skill suggestions awaiting per-field review](https://cdn.document360.io/9da39725-20e5-434f-83a4-d630456099dc/Images/Documentation/ai-agent-guide-17c-skill-ai-review.png)](https://cdn.document360.io/9da39725-20e5-434f-83a4-d630456099dc/Images/Documentation/ai-agent-guide-17c-skill-ai-review.png)

For a useful procedure, describe evidence to gather and how to interpret it. Include uncertainty and stop conditions. For example, an intermittent-network procedure should compare observations during failing and working periods rather than declare a fix after one successful ping. Avoid instructions that assume an unavailable tool or promise to skip organization approval.

Archive organization skills when retiring them; use **Show archived skills** to find retained entries. Restoring or cloning is different from editing a built-in procedure.