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title Creating agent skills for {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cli %}
shortTitle Create agent skills
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intro Modify {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %}'s behavior and abilities when it works on particular tasks.
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Agent skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} can load when relevant to improve its performance in specialized tasks. For more information, see AUTOTITLE.

{% data reusables.copilot.creating-adding-skills %}

Using agent skills

{% data reusables.copilot.skills-using %}

To tell {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} to use a specific skill, include the skill name in your prompt, preceded by a forward slash. For example, if you have a skill named "frontend-design" you could use a prompt such as:

Use the /frontend-design skill to create a responsive navigation bar in React.

Skills commands in the CLI

  • List the currently available skills: use the command /skills list or the prompt:

    What skills do you have?

  • Enable or disable specific skills: use the command /skills and then use the up and down keys on your keyboard, and the space bar, to toggle skills on or off.

  • Find out more about a skill (including its location): use the command /skills info.

  • Add a skills location: to add an alternative location in which to store skills, use the command /skills add.

  • Reload skills: if you have added a skill during a CLI session, you can add it using the command /skills reload to avoid having to restart the CLI to use it.

  • Remove skills: to remove a skill that you have added directly—not via a plugin—use the command /skills remove SKILL-DIRECTORY. To remove skills added as part of a plugin you must manage the plugin itself. Use the info subcommand to find out which plugin a skill came from.

{% data reusables.copilot.skills-compared %}

To learn more about how skills differ from other customization features, see AUTOTITLE.