Getting Started
Using Agent Skills
A skill turns a task into a finished deliverable: you pick the job, answer two or three plain questions, check the brief, and the expert produces the result rather than a conversation about it.
What a Skill Is
A chat is open-ended. A skill is a guided task template with a known output. Instead of working out how to brief an expert on a privacy policy or a set of product descriptions, you answer the questions a good brief would have contained anyway, and the expert takes it from there.
Every skill belongs to one of the seven experts, so a skill is really a shortcut into that expert's best work. The Skills page groups them into shelves, one per expert, labelled From [name], your [role].
Skills live at Agents, then Browse Skills, or go straight to /agents/skills. The credit arc in the page header shows your remaining balance and links to the Credits page.
Finding a Skill
The page opens with the full library, shelf by shelf. Use the Search skills box to filter by name or description across every shelf at once. Each skill card shows its title, a one-line description of what you get, and a credit estimate chip.
If nothing matches, the page says so plainly rather than showing an empty grid.
Running a Skill
- Click Start on the skill you want.
- Your details. Answer the questions. Most skills ask three; a couple ask two. Required questions are marked, and optional ones show a Skip control so you are never blocked by a question you cannot answer.
- Click Continue.
- Review. The wizard shows you the brief it built from your answers, with an Edit answers link if something is wrong.
- Click Run Skill. The estimated credit cost is shown on the button.
- You land in a conversation with the expert, who delivers the result.
Because the run ends in a normal conversation, you can immediately ask for a revision: shorter, warmer, split into sections, a different call to action. Follow-up messages are charged as normal replies, not as another skill run.
Question three is often a choice list (tone, length, what the reader should do next) and it is the single biggest lever on the output. Changing "Short, about 400 words" to "Long, about 1500 words", or "Warm" to "Bold and direct", produces a genuinely different piece rather than a reworded one.
What a Skill Costs
A skill run is metered at the skill-run weight, roughly four credits, and the estimate is shown before you commit on both the card chip and the Run Skill button. A skill that runs multiple steps scales with the work, but a single run is hard-capped at five credits, so a skill can never quietly become expensive.
The full picture, including which jobs are free, is in How Agent Credits Work.
The Skill Library
Mara, Business Advisor
| Skill | What you get |
|---|---|
| Outline a business plan | A one-page plan that turns your idea into clear next steps |
| Work out your pricing | A simple pricing structure with the reasoning behind it |
| Snapshot your competitors | A calm look at who you are up against and where you can stand out |
| Brainstorm business names | A shortlist of names that fit what you do and how you want to sound |
Thea, Creative Writer
| Skill | What you get |
|---|---|
| Write landing page copy | Headline, sections and a call to action, ready to paste in |
| Draft a blog post | A readable post in your voice, with a title and reusable structure |
| Write product descriptions | Clear, appealing descriptions for the things you sell |
| Draft a newsletter | A friendly email with subject line options |
| Define your brand voice | A one-page guide so everything you write sounds like you |
Sef, SEO Consultant
| Skill | What you get |
|---|---|
| Find keyword ideas | Search terms your customers use, grouped and prioritised |
| Audit a page for search | A prioritised list of fixes for one page, in plain language |
| Write meta titles and descriptions | The text that appears in search results |
| Build a local search checklist | The steps that help nearby customers find you, in order |
Mila, Marketing Planner
| Skill | What you get |
|---|---|
| Plan a social media calendar | Two weeks of post ideas with dates, captions and channels |
| Plan a launch | A week-by-week plan to take something new to market |
| Write a set of ads | Headlines and short copy variants for your ad account |
| Plan an email campaign | A short sequence with subject lines, timing and drafts |
Cora, Customer Comms
| Skill | What you get |
|---|---|
| Reply to a review | A gracious response to a good or bad review, ready to post |
| Write an apology | A sincere message that owns the issue and keeps the relationship |
| Turn questions into an FAQ | Your real customer questions answered clearly |
Ash, Sales and Outreach
| Skill | What you get |
|---|---|
| Write a cold email sequence | A first email and two follow-ups, honest and easy to say yes to |
| Draft a sales call script | A call flow with questions to ask and answers to objections |
| Draft a proposal | Scope, timeline and price sections in a structured document |
| Write a quote | A clear, professional quote a customer can accept as-is |
Pip, Policy and Docs Assistant
| Skill | What you get |
|---|---|
| Draft a privacy policy | A clear policy for your website, shaped to your business |
| Draft terms of service | Plain terms that set expectations with your customers |
| Write a returns policy | A fair, clear policy on returns, refunds and exchanges |
| Write a cookie notice | A short, honest notice about the cookies your site uses |
| Draft an internal procedure | A step-by-step document your team can follow every time |
Every Pip deliverable ends with the same closing line: this is general information, not legal advice, and you should consult a qualified professional for your situation. Pip drafts a starting point. It never certifies that a policy is compliant, and it will tell you when a matter needs professional review.
Skill or Chat?
Use a skill when you want an artefact: a policy, a page of copy, a calendar, a proposal, a keyword list. The questions do the briefing for you.
Use a chat when you want thinking: a second opinion on a decision, a diagnosis of why something is not working, a back-and-forth on tone. Start a chat from the Agents home page instead.
What If It Fails
The skill run stops with an out-of-credits message. Skills reserve their estimated cost before running, so a run that cannot be paid for does not start half-finished. Top up from the Credits page and start the skill again; your answers are not lost if you have not navigated away.
The result is generic. Almost always a thin answer to question one. Rerun the skill with the specifics: the actual product, the actual audience, the actual constraint. The experts are instructed never to invent facts about your business, so vague input produces careful, general output by design.
A required question will not accept your answer. Required fields need real text, not whitespace. The Continue button stays disabled until every required question is answered.