Skills are SKILL.md instruction files that teach your AI assistants when and how to use specific tools. They sit between the agent and its tools in the capability stack — like a playbook for specific scenarios.
How Skills Work
A skill is a markdown document injected into the assistant’s system prompt at runtime. It contains reasoning patterns, decision trees, and tool usage instructions. Skills never contain API keys or make HTTP calls — they operate purely as instructions.
Example: A WhatsApp Escalation skill might instruct: “When the user asks to speak to a human, collect their name and issue summary, then call the send_slack_message tool to notify the support channel.”
The stack
Agent → Skill → Channel → Tool — Skills teach agents when to act. Tools are how they act. See the full capability stack.
Browse Community Skills
Curated skills verified to work with Agent Builder. Import any skill directly from your WordPress admin.
Managing Skills
In your WordPress admin, go to Agentic → Tools & Channels → Skills to:
- Create your own skills from scratch
- Import curated skills with one click from the Recommended section
- Browse Community to search the OpenClaw skill registry
- Assign skills globally or to specific assistants
- Toggle skills on/off without deleting them
Contribute a Skill
Built a useful skill?
Share your SKILL.md with the community. We’ll review it for compatibility and publish it in the curated directory.