# Install, Create and Manage Skills

See, create, install, change and delete your skills.

## What it is

Skills come from several places: built into Cowork, this computer, the workspace, your home folder, and your platform or institution (see [What Skills Are](https://docs.micromeet.ai/skills/what-are-skills.md)). Your own skills you can change; published ones are read-only. Everything here is done either in **Settings › Skills** or by asking the AI.

## When to use it

| To | Use |
|---|---|
| Turn a job you just did into a method | Create, by asking the AI |
| Use a skill someone published | Install from its source |
| Fix a skill that gives the wrong result | Change it |
| Take a skill with you or give it to a colleague | Export, then import |

## How to use it

| To | Do this |
|---|---|
| See your skills | Open **Settings › Skills** to browse every skill by source and read it |
| Create one | Ask: "Turn what we just did into a skill called weekly-summary". The AI writes `SKILL.md`, checks its format and tells you where it saved it: in the workspace if one is open, otherwise on this computer |
| Install one | Paste the source into the chat (a GitHub address, an npm package or a `skills add` command) and ask the AI to install it. It shows what is inside first, then installs only what you choose |
| Change one | Ask the AI to change it, or edit its `SKILL.md` yourself |
| Export or import | **Settings › Skills** imports or exports a skill package |
| Delete one of this computer's skills | Ask the AI; it asks you to confirm first |
| Manage your `/` commands | Type `/shortcut` |

## Example

```text
Install the skill from https://github.com/example/meeting-minutes-skill
```

The AI shows the files in the package and asks which to install. After you choose, the skill appears in **Settings › Skills** and as `/meeting-minutes`.

## Limits and permissions

- Platform and institution skills are read-only. To adapt one, copy it into your own skills.
- A skill's scripts run with your normal permissions; running one asks you first. Install only from sources you trust.
- After you edit a skill outside Cowork, ask the AI to "reload skills", or start a new chat.
- Updating or removing an installed skill is refused if you changed its files locally.

## If something goes wrong

| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| The AI does not use your skill | Make the description say when to use it, in the words you type. See [What Makes a Good Skill](https://docs.micromeet.ai/skills/good-skills.md) |
| An edited skill still behaves the old way | Ask the AI to "reload skills", or start a new chat |
| Two skills have the same name | Both are listed with their source; run the one you mean with `/name`, or rename one |

## Related

- [Build Your First Skill](https://docs.micromeet.ai/skills/first-skill.md): Step by step from a finished job
- [How a Skill Is Written](https://docs.micromeet.ai/skills/skill-anatomy.md): The parts of `SKILL.md`
- [Built-in Skills](https://docs.micromeet.ai/skills/builtin-skills.md): The skills that come with Cowork