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Creating Skills

Distill workflows from successful tasks or co-create custom Skills with QoderWork.

Beyond using ready-made Skills, you can create your own to capture personal expertise and best practices.

Distill from a successful task

When QoderWork nails a task, ask it to save the workflow right in the conversation:
That turned out great — please save this workflow as a skill so I can reuse it
QoderWork reviews the conversation, extracts the key steps, format requirements, and decision criteria, then generates a structured Skill file. After you confirm, it's saved and ready for the next similar task. No need to plan ahead — just capture what works when you see it.

Co-create with QoderWork

Have a clear workflow you want to automate? Start a co-creation session from the settings panel:
  1. In the left sidebar, open Extensions → Skills, then click Create with QoderWork.
  2. Describe your needs in plain language, e.g., "Every week I need to compile Slack project discussions into a report with three sections: progress, risks, and next week's plan."
  3. QoderWork generates a structured Skill file based on your description. Review, tweak if needed, and confirm — it's saved locally and ready to use.
This approach is ideal if you'd rather not touch any technical details — just describe what you want, and QoderWork writes the file.

Skill file format

Each Skill is essentially a SKILL.md file using YAML frontmatter + Markdown body format: 
---
name: my-skill
description: One-line description of what this skill does and when to trigger it
version: 1.0.0
---

# Skill Name

## Steps
1. First step
2. Second step

## Pitfalls
- Common mistakes to avoid

## Verification
How to confirm the skill executed successfully.
Key field reference:
FieldRequiredDescription
nameYesSkill name — lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens
descriptionYesTrigger description — QoderWork uses this to determine when to automatically invoke the skill
versionNoSemantic version number
The description field is critical — it determines whether QoderWork can accurately recognize when to use your skill. The more specific it is and the more trigger keywords it includes, the higher the accuracy of automatic triggering.

Testing your Skill

After creating a Skill, verify it with these steps:
  1. Start a new conversation and describe a task that should trigger the Skill.
  2. Check automatic triggering — if it doesn't fire, refine the keywords in your description.
  3. Review the output format — make sure the output follows the expected steps and formatting.
  4. Try edge cases — describe the same type of task in different ways to confirm consistent triggering.

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