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# Skills

Skills teach the Coupler.io AI Agent how to handle specific tasks the way an expert analyst would. Install ready-made skills or create your own.

Skills are reusable instructions that teach Coupler AI how to handle a specific task the way an experienced analyst would. When your request matches a skill, the AI follows that skill's procedure end to end, so you get consistent, expert results without spelling out every step.

Skills are the third layer of [context](/ai/context.md). [Data context](/ai/context/data-context.md) and [business context](/ai/context/business-context.md) tell the AI what your data means; skills tell it how to do the work.

## What you can do with skills

* **Rely on built-in expertise.** Skills cover common jobs (building a data flow, documenting a data set, writing a report, and more), so the AI follows a proven procedure instead of improvising. Domain skills also prime the AI to focus on the metrics and dimensions that matter for your field.
* **Install ready-made skills.** Add skill templates to your workspace from the Skills library.
* **Create custom skills.** Capture your own procedures so the AI handles recurring tasks your way.
* **Manage your library.** Edit or remove the skills available to your workspace.
* **Use them anywhere.** Skills live in your Coupler.io workspace, so they're available wherever you use Coupler.io: the AI Agent and every AI destination.

## The Skills library

Open the **Skills library** in Coupler.io to see every skill available to your workspace. Each skill has a title, a short description of when to use it, and the instructions the AI follows.

* **Ready-made skills.** Templates you can install for your workspace.
* **Custom skills.** Skills you create yourself.
* Filter by category or search to find the one you need.

{% hint style="info" %}
Managing skills, which covers installing, creating, editing, and removing, is available to workspace members but not to guest users. Built-in skills are always available and can't be removed.
{% endhint %}

## Create a custom skill

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
**Open the Skills library** and choose to add a skill.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**Give it a title and description.** The description tells the AI when the skill should be used, so make it specific.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**Write the instructions.** Lay out the procedure you want the AI to follow: the steps, rules, and any conventions it should apply.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**Save.** The skill is now available to your AI Agent and will be used whenever a request matches it.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

## How skills are invoked

A skill is invoked based on its **description**. The description says when the skill applies, and it's matched to the task you're asking for. Writing a clear, specific description is what makes the right skill kick in at the right time.

You can also invoke a skill yourself:

* **In the Coupler AI Agent.** Type `/` in the chat to open the skill menu, then pick a skill and its command is inserted for you. Keep typing after the slash to filter by name or description.
* **In external AI tools.** Skills are exposed as **prompts**. Open your AI tool's prompt picker (for example, the slash or prompt menu in Claude or ChatGPT) and choose a Coupler.io skill to run it.

## Skills are open source

Coupler.io's skill catalog is public at [github.com/coupler-io/skills](https://github.com/coupler-io/skills). Every skill is a readable `SKILL.md` file, so you can see the procedure the AI follows, adapt one to your business, or contribute an improvement. If you work in Claude Code, the repository is also a plugin marketplace, so see its README for what's available and how to install it.

## Available in

Skills power the Coupler AI Agent and are available across every AI destination: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Custom MCP, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw, and Perplexity.


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