Skills
A saved prompt is a wish. A skill is a versioned, shareable file that teaches the AI a workflow once — and it's the core differentiator of MicroLearnerAI.
What is a skill?
A skill is a reusable instruction file that teaches the AI a workflow, a preference, or a convention. Instead of retyping the same long prompt ("act as a CFO, here's my template, use these formulas…"), you install or create a skill once, and the AI follows it automatically when relevant.
The three kinds of skills
| Type | Who has them | Details |
|---|---|---|
| System skills | Everyone, built in | Excel, PowerPoint, PNG/PDF image generation, frontend design, code/blocks building, skill creation, scheduled tasks, numbers/finance, clarification, and product knowledge. Always available. |
| Personal skills | You | Saved from chat ("save this as a skill") or written in the skill editor. Up to 30 AI-saved skills, 100,000 characters each. Editable. |
| Community skills | Public library | Published by users; anyone can browse (12 per page), preview, install (adds a copy), or fork (your own editable copy that can sync with upstream). Tracked with save counts and author attribution. Guests can try any skill on the landing page without an account. |
How skills actually load (for troubleshooting)
Understanding this helps when a skill "isn't working":
- Every conversation's prompt contains a compact skills index — the system skill index plus your personal skill index.
- To use a skill, the AI must fetch the full file by emitting
cat skills/<name>.mdmid-stream; the server intercepts this, injects the content, and continues. - There's a cap of 3 skill fetches per round.
Creating & saving skills
- Save from chat: after a workflow you want to repeat, say "save this as a skill." The AI proposes the skill content; you approve a card before it's written.
- Edit in the dashboard: My Skills in the Dashboard opens the skill editor — rename, edit, or delete your skills.
- Publish to the community: from the editor, "Publish" sends it to the public library.
- Skill writes and updates always go through a user approval card before executing.
The community library
Find skills at the community library page (the home page Skills section → "Browse full library"). Each skill's detail page shows the description, full content, author, and save counts, with Add to Toolkit (install) and Copy link buttons. The right side has a live chat where anyone — no account needed — can "Ask about this skill or test it with your own input" and share that test chat.
- Install adds a copy to your personal skills.
- Fork makes your own editable copy; it can sync with the upstream skill.
- Reported skills go to an admin flag queue for review.
Skills vs. prompts
Prompts are wishes — retyped, forgotten, versionless. Skills are versioned, shareable files: install one, and the AI behaves the way the skill says, every time. That's how AI work becomes repeatable.