Learn how to use Skills in an Appspace AI conversation. Skills appear in the slash command menu so you can load a specialized capability without typing a long prompt. This article is for employees and communicators who chat with an assistant that has skills attached. After you finish, you can open the slash menu, find a skill, add any parameters, and send it.
For: Communicators and Employees — Slash-menu skill invoke
Prerequisites
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You can open an AI conversation in Appspace (for example from Employee View or another surface where the conversational assistant is available).
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The assistant in your conversation has one or more skills attached and enabled by an administrator.
Open the Slash Menu
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Open a conversation with the assistant you want to use.
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In the message box, type /.
The command menu opens above the composer. Skills appear in their own Skills group, separate from Quick Actions and Commands.
Note: If no skills are available for this conversation, the menu still shows quick actions and built-in commands.
Find and Select a Skill
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Keep typing after / to filter skills together with the other menu entries.
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Use the arrow keys or pointer to highlight a skill, then select it.
The skill is inserted into the message as a slash command (for example /my-custom-skill). If the skill defines parameters, placeholder hints appear after the command so you know what to fill in.
Add Parameters and Send
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If the skill shows parameter hints, type values after the skill command using
--parameterName valueflags (for example/expense-report --month June). -
Send the message.
The assistant runs the skill for this conversation. Leave a flag blank if you do not need that parameter; empty flags are not sent.
Note: Built-in commands (such as starting a new conversation or downloading a PDF) run locally when you select them or type their slash token. An unknown slash token shows Unknown command: with the token you typed, instead of being sent as a normal message.