Manage Skills

Learn how to manage Skills in the Appspace Assistants module. Skills are reusable instruction packages that assistants load on demand. This article is for Account Owners who create, import, attach, test, and maintain skills. After you finish, you can open the Skills list, create or import a skill, attach it to an assistant, and export or test it.

For: IT Administrators — Skills library and assistant attachment

Prerequisites

• You must be an Account Owner.

• The Assistants module must be available on your account, and Appspace Intelligence conversational features must be enabled for your organization.

Open the Skills List

1. Click the Appspace menu, then click Assistants.

The Assistants module opens with sections for Assistants, Tools, Skills, Deployments, and MCP Servers.

2. In the left navigation, click Skills.

The Skills list shows each skill's name, description, status, version, tags, and how many assistants use it. System skills show a System badge. You can search the list from the header.

Create a Skill

1. On the Skills list, click Create.

The Create Skill builder opens on the General tab.

2. Enter a Skill Key (lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only). You cannot change the key after you save.

3. Enter a Name, a single-line Description, and a Version (for example 1.0.0).

4. Optionally set Priority (1 is high, 10 is low), add Tags, and turn Enable Skill on or off.

5. Under Instructions, click Edit, describe how the assistant should carry out the skill, then save the instructions.

6. Click Save.

After the skill is created, the remaining builder tabs become available: Parameters, References, Assets, Tools, Outputs, and Assistants.

Add Parameters, References, Assets, Tools, and Outputs

1. Open the skill from the Skills list (or choose Edit from the row menu).

2. Use the left tabs to extend the skill:

• Parameters — Add parameters users can supply when they invoke the skill. For each parameter, set a Name (shown as a hint in conversation) and optional Description.

• References — Create a reference inline, or import text and Markdown files the assistant can read on demand.

• Assets — Upload static files (any file type) the skill may load.

• Tools — Attach tools the skill can use while it is active.

• Outputs — Add structured outputs that control how responses are rendered.

3. Save each tab when you finish editing.

Attach a Skill to an Assistant

You can attach from the skill or from the assistant.

Attach From the Skill

1. Open the skill, then click the Assistants tab.

2. Click Attach.

3. Search for and select an assistant.

The assistant appears in the attached list. Detach an assistant when you no longer want the skill available there.

Attach From the Assistant

1. In Assistants, open the assistant you want to configure.

2. Click the Skills tab.

3. Click Attach Skill.

4. Search for and select one or more skills, then attach them.

Attached skills show their status for this assistant (Enabled, Disabled, or Not Found), priority, version, and tags. Use the row menu to Edit the skill or Detach it. You can select multiple skills and click Detach to remove several at once.

Import a Skill

1. On the Skills list, open the Create split menu and click Import Skill.

2. Select a .zip skill bundle, then complete the import.

Imported tools in the bundle may be created, skipped if they already exist, or reported if they cannot be created.

Test, Export, Enable, Disable, or Delete a Skill

1. On the Skills list, open the row menu for a skill.

2. Choose an action:

• Edit — Open the skill builder.

• Enable or Disable — Change whether assistants can call the skill. Disabling prompts for confirmation because it affects every assistant that uses it.

• Export — Download the skill bundle.

• Test — Open Test Skill (enabled skills only). Select the skill, optionally enter parameters, then click Run Test.

• Delete — Remove the skill and detach it from every assistant that uses it. Confirm before deleting.

You can also select multiple skills and use batch enable, disable, or delete from the list header.

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