> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.connie.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Skills > Reusable playbooks that teach Connie how to do a task your way — run them with a slash command or let Connie pick them automatically. A **skill** is a saved set of instructions — a playbook — that Connie follows when you ask for that task. For example, the **Inbox triage** skill tells Connie how to sort unread conversations into Reply now, Snooze and Archive, and the **Draft a reply** skill writes a reply as a draft in your voice without sending it. Instead of explaining the same process every time, you type `/` and the skill's name, or just ask and Connie picks the right skill on its own. Skills can also bundle reference files (a pricing sheet, a tone guide, example emails) and list the [tools](/tools/overview) they need. **Where:** left sidebar → **Skills** · `https://connie.ai//skills` ## Built-in skills and My Skills | | **Built-in** | **My Skills** | | - | - | - | | Made by | The Connie team | People in your workspace | | Can you edit it? | No — tagged **System · read-only**. **Duplicate** it to make your own version. | Yes | | Who can use it | Every workspace | Everyone in your workspace | | Share a public link | No | Yes | | Delete | No | Yes | Built-in skills cover sales, marketing, research and admin tasks, such as **Find leads**, **Enrich a record**, **Call brief**, **Daily brief**, **Chase follow-ups**, **Log an activity** and **New automation**. Many only research and report — their descriptions say so ("never contacts anyone", "never sends"). ## Browse skills Left sidebar → **Skills**. Type in **Search skills**, or click a tab: **All** (with a count), **My Skills**, **Built-in**, or a category — **Sales**, **Marketing**, **Communication**, **Analysis**, **Outreach**, **Research**, **CRM**, **Support**, **General**. Each card shows the skill's name, description, author, icons for the tools it uses, and a download count. Click a card to open the skill. A skill's page shows its name, description and author, the tools it uses, and its files (**SKILL.md**, which holds the instructions, plus any extra files). On the right: * **Test this skill** — opens a new chat with the skill ready to run. * **Copy prompt for** — copies the skill as a prompt for another AI app (ChatGPT, Claude, Slack and more), and opens that app when it can. At the top: **Edit**, **Duplicate** and **Share** for your workspace's skills, or only **Duplicate** for built-in ones. ## Run a skill in chat In [Chat](/chat/overview), type `/` at the start of an empty message. A list of matching skills appears — your workspace's skills first, then built-in ones. Keep typing to narrow the list, then pick one. You can also type the whole command yourself — a skill named Email Triage, for example, runs with `/email-triage`. After the command, add any details — for example `/email-triage only today's unread emails` — and send. Connie loads the skill's full instructions and the tools it uses, then follows them. The chat home also shows a **Skills** strip with suggestions. ## Let Connie pick a skill automatically Each skill has a setting, **When can Connie use it?**: * **Auto** — "Command + auto-discovery when relevant". Connie compares your request with the skill's **Description**, and loads the skill on its own when it fits. You can still run it with its `/command`. * **Command only** — the skill runs only when you type its `/command`. New skills start as **Auto**. For Auto to work well, write a specific description that says *when* to use the skill — see [Create and share skills](/skills/create-and-share). ## Other places to use skills * **Workflows:** in a workflow's AI agent step, you can insert skills into the task prompt. See [Build a workflow](/automations/workflows/build). * **Tool pages:** a tool's **Skills** tab lists skills that use it. Click the save icon on a built-in skill to copy it into your workspace ("Saved to My Skills"). See [Tools](/tools/overview). * **Other AI apps:** **Copy prompt for** on a skill's page, or **Use in** on a tool page, hands the skill to Claude, ChatGPT and others as a prompt. ## Good to know * Skills never skip approvals. If a skill uses a tool that needs approval, Connie still asks. See [Tool permissions](/tools/permissions). * Skills don't have their own price. The chat and any tools the skill uses are charged in [credits](/billing/credits) as usual. * Every member of the workspace can use, create, edit and delete the workspace's skills. There's no admin-only setting for skills. * To change a built-in skill, **Duplicate** it and edit the copy. ## Troubleshooting **Why:** the skill is set to **Command only**, or its description is too vague to match your request. **Fix:** open the skill → **Edit** → set **When can Connie use it?** to **Auto**, and write a description that says exactly when to use it. Or run it with its `/command`. **Why:** built-in skills are read-only (**System · read-only**). **Fix:** click **Duplicate**, then edit your copy. **Why:** the list only opens when `/` is the first character of an empty message, and shows a few matches at a time. **Fix:** clear the message box, type `/` and more of the skill's name. Or type the full command, for example `/email-triage your request`. For your own skills, the command is shown in the **Command** field when you click **Edit**. **Why:** the skill was deleted. Deleting is permanent. **Fix:** ask whoever shared the link, or recreate the skill. **Why:** skills don't bypass tool permissions. **Fix:** approve the card, or ask an admin to change the tool's [permission](/tools/permissions). ## Related * [Create and share skills](/skills/create-and-share) — write your own skills, add files, share them * [Chat](/chat/overview) — where you run skills * [Tools](/tools/overview) — the tools skills use * [Tool permissions](/tools/permissions) — approvals still apply inside skills This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.