# Create skills

> Ask chat to write a skill, or import a skill from a link. Then review and enable it so agents can follow it.

Source: https://docs.tulipfarm.ai/guides/create-skills/

A [skill](https://docs.tulipfarm.ai/concepts/agents-skills-and-workflows/) is a reusable, step-by-step procedure. Agents and chats can follow it. A skill never grants tools or permissions.

## Ask chat to make a skill

1. Select **Skills** in the sidebar.

2. Select **Ask chat to make a skill**.

3. Describe the procedure in the chat. Say what it is for and the steps to follow.

4. Read the skill draft that the chat shows.

5. Select **Save skill**.

A saved skill is not active yet. Agents use it only after a skill manager reviews it.

## Review and enable a skill

A skill manager must review each saved version of a skill. Admins can manage any skill. The creator of a skill can manage it until its first review.

1. Select **Skills** in the sidebar.

2. Open a skill with the status **Needs review**.

3. Read the procedure.

4. Select **Review and enable**.

## Import a skill

You can import a skill from a public link on skills.sh, GitHub, or a website.

1. Select **Skills** in the sidebar.

2. Select **Import skill**.

3. Paste the link in **Source URL**.

4. Select **Find skills**.

5. Under **Choose skills to review**, select the skills that you want. You can choose up to 16.

6. Select **Review selected skills**.

   The safety review uses workspace credits.

7. Read the procedure and the package files of each skill.

8. If the review shows high-risk warnings, read them. Then select **I have read the high-risk warnings**.

9. Select **Install and enable**.

> **Caution:** The safety review is advice. It is not proof that a skill is safe. Read the procedure before you install it.

TulipFarm saves the exact versions privately and enables them. Sharing, tools, and data access do not change.

## Use a skill

- In a chat, select **Use a skill** in the message box. You can also type `/` to see skill suggestions.
- On the page of a skill, select **Use in chat**.
- To give a skill to an agent, add it on the **Skills** step of the agent builder.

An agent keeps the skill version that it uses. It does not move to a newer version by itself. To change it, select **Select newer revision** on the agent.

## Change, disable, or archive a skill

| Action | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| Change a skill | Open the skill and select **Edit in chat**. A skill manager then reviews the new version. |
| Turn a skill off | Open the skill and select **Disable skill**. |
| Turn a reviewed skill back on | Open the skill and select **Enable reviewed skill**. |
| Archive a skill | Open the skill and select **Archive skill**. This hides it from lists and pickers. Agents that already use it keep working. |

## Next steps

- [Build an agent](https://docs.tulipfarm.ai/guides/build-an-agent/)
- [Agents, skills, and workflows](https://docs.tulipfarm.ai/concepts/agents-skills-and-workflows/)
- [Use chat](https://docs.tulipfarm.ai/guides/use-chat/)