How do I add or create skills for Vai?

A skill is a way of working that Vai repeats your way, such as how you onboard a new client or how you write a client update. When a task matches one of your skills, Vai follows the skill’s instructions. You can start from a starter skill or make your own with Vai.

To tell Vai about you, your brand, and your taste instead, see How do I teach Vai about me?

Add a starter skill

1. Open Skills. Open Vai from the rail, then select Skills.
2. Add a starter skill. Under Starter skills, find a skill that matches how you work, such as Onboarding New Clients or Writing Client Updates, and select Add skill. It moves to Your skills.

To change a starter skill to fit how you work, open it and select Edit with Vai.

Create your own skill

1. Open Skills. Open Vai from the rail, then select Skills.
2. Or create your own. Select Create skill. Vai opens beside the page in a new chat and asks what the skill should do.
3. Describe how you work. Tell Vai the steps you follow, what to include, and what to avoid. Answer Vai’s questions.
4. Approve the draft. Read the draft Vai shows you, ask for any changes, then agree to save it. The skill appears under Your skills.

You can also ask Vai in any chat to turn a way of working into a skill.

Change, turn off, or delete a skill

• See what a skill says. Select its card under Your skills. A panel shows its description and Instructions.
• Change it. In that panel, select Edit with Vai. Vai opens a new chat, shows what the skill does, and saves your changes once you agree.
• Turn it off. Turn off the switch on its card. A skill that’s off stays on the tab, and Vai doesn’t use it.
• Delete it. In the panel, select Delete, then Delete again to confirm.

If something goes wrong

• Your skills don’t load. You see “Couldn’t load your skills”. Use the retry button on the message, or reload the page.
• A starter skill won’t add. You see “Couldn’t add skill”. Try Add skill again.
• You can’t send a message to Vai. You’ve run out of AI credits, so you can’t create or edit a skill until you have more. Adding a starter skill still works. See How do I top up AI credits?

Next, choose what Vai can change without asking you first: How do I choose what Vai can do without asking?