Skills
Saved instructions agents follow.
Starter documentation. Features and account details may differ from this deployment.
A skill is a saved set of instructions an agent follows, for example a release notes format or a contract review checklist.
Creating a skill
Choose Skill from the Create menu. Enter a name and instructions, then click Create Skill. New skill is also available from the / menu in an agent composer.
Skills are documents. They are stored in Drive and shared like other documents. Agents use the current version of a skill.
Using a skill
Type / in an agent composer to open the skills menu and attach a skill to the message. Skills can also be @mentioned.
Agents search your skills by name and use a matching skill without it being attached. The description is what tells an agent a request needs the skill, so say when to use it, and when not to.
Built-in skills
- Catch Me Up: summary of activity since you were last active
- What I Did Yesterday: summary of your activity from the previous day
- Configure Agent: changes an agent's instructions or settings
Built-in skills cannot be edited or deleted.
MCP
Agents and MCP clients access skills with ListSkills, SearchSkills, and ReadSkill.