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Connectors plug your employee into your accounts. Skills teach it how to use them well. A skill is a curated pack of instructions and reference files for a specific kind of work — writing weekly newsletters, vetting inbound leads, building decks, running QA on a piece of writing. You teach one to your employee, and it instantly has the playbook for that job. Think of it like onboarding a new hire with a binder for the role, instead of explaining the whole thing from scratch in chat.
Skills are a complement to Connectors, not a replacement. Connectors grant access; skills shape how the work gets done.

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Where to find Skills

Open your digital employee, then in the sidebar go to Brain → Skills. You’ll land in the catalog browser. You can:
  • Search by name, tag, or keyword (e.g. “newsletter”, “research”, “lead scoring”)
  • Filter by category — writing, research, sales, ops, and more
  • Open any skill to read what it does and preview the files it ships with

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Teaching a skill to your employee

  1. Click a skill card to open its details.
  2. Review the description, category, and the files included.
  3. Click Teach [your employee] at the top of the panel.
That’s it. The skill’s files drop into your employee’s private workspace and sync to its sandbox on the next run. Your employee picks up the new playbook automatically — no restart, no extra prompt. Skills your employee already knows are marked in the catalog, so you can see what’s already on board at a glance.

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Having your employee forget a skill

Open a skill your employee already knows and click Have [your employee] forget this. Confirm, and the files are removed from its workspace on the next conversation. The catalog entry stays available — you can teach it again any time.

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What’s inside a skill

Each skill is a small bundle:
  • SKILL.md — the main instruction file. This is the playbook your employee follows: how to approach the work, what good output looks like, common pitfalls to avoid.
  • Supporting files — examples, templates, checklists, reference data — whatever the role needs to do the job well.
You can preview every file before teaching it, so there are no surprises.

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Skills vs. the rest of the Brain

The Brain has a few different shelves, and it helps to know which one to reach for:
ShelfWhat it’s for
Knowledge → SoulWho your employee is — personality, voice, values. Stays the same across every job.
Knowledge → Memory / UserWhat it has learned about you — your business, preferences, past decisions.
IntegrationsWhich external services it can read and write — Gmail, Slack, HubSpot, etc.
SkillsHow to do a specific kind of work well — the playbook for a job.
A digital employee with the right Soul + Integrations + Skills is the equivalent of a teammate who knows you, has access to your stack, and has done this kind of work before.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Skills compose — teach as many as the role needs. Your employee will pick the right playbook based on what you’re asking it to do.
No. The Soul (personality, voice) and User / Memory files are separate from skills. Skills only add a job-specific playbook — they don’t touch who your employee is.
Some do, some don’t. A “weekly newsletter” skill expects Gmail or your email tool to be connected; a “research” skill works standalone. The skill’s description tells you what it needs.
Yes. Skill files live in your employee’s workspace and you can edit them under Files. Changes take effect on the next run.
The catalog is curated by the BuildAI team. New skills get added regularly — keep an eye on the browser for fresh playbooks.