# Skills

> Notes of instructions an assistant loads when a task matches, and how to make and manage them.

Page: https://docs.memex.tools/skills

A skill is a note tagged `skill`: instructions an assistant loads when a task matches. Every connected assistant sees the list of your skills, and opens one only when the task calls for it.

![Skills, with the built-in ones and your own](https://docs.memex.tools/images/skills.jpg)

## Make one

Ask a connected assistant:

> Make me a memex skill for [the task].

It proposes one, and you approve it in [Review Inbox](https://docs.memex.tools/review-inbox). You can also press **New skill** on **Skills** and write it yourself.

## Manage them

On **Skills**:

- Switch a skill on or off.
- **Open skill** to limit it to some connections, copy a usage example or download its `SKILL.md`.

The skills built into memex are listed last. They update with memex.

> **Note**
>
> A change an assistant proposes to a skill always waits for you, even from a curator.

> **Tip:** A skill costs nothing until a task needs it. Assistants see the list, not the contents.

## Related

- [Writing rules](https://docs.memex.tools/writing-rules): How assistants write notes in your memex, and how to tune the rules or use your own.
- [Your profile](https://docs.memex.tools/profile): A note about you that every connected assistant reads, so you don't explain yourself in every chat.
- [Prompts to copy](https://docs.memex.tools/prompts): Short messages for saving, checking the connection, fixing a note, your profile, skills and maintenance.