Skill Sets

Skill Sets are bundles of custom skills — specific actions your AI agent can take beyond conversation. Skills let the agent fetch data, integrate with external services, and run custom workflows.

What a Skill Set is

A bundle of related skills — Grouped actions your agent can perform
Custom functionality — Extend the agent with specific capabilities
Reusable — Share and install across workspaces
Versioned — Track changes and updates
Configurable — Set up before use

What you can do with Skill Sets

Skill Sets let your agent:

Perform actions — Check orders, book appointments, and more
Integrate services — Connect to external APIs
Run custom workflows — Build specialized conversation flows
Go beyond Q&A — Add functionality past knowledge-based answers
Automate tasks — Handle complex operations on its own

What individual skills can do

Each skill within a Skill Set can:

Fetch data — Retrieve information from external sources
Perform actions — Create, update, or delete data
Integrate APIs — Connect with third-party services
Process information — Transform and analyze data
Trigger workflows — Kick off complex processes

What's inside a Skill Set

A Skill Set typically contains:

Name and description — What the Skill Set does
Multiple skills — Individual actions within the set
Configuration — Settings required to run
Versioning — Tracks updates and changes

Opening Skill Sets

Go to your Cloodot dashboard.
Navigate to Intelligence → Skill Sets.
You'll see available Skill Sets and options to create or install new ones.

Managing Skill Sets

Three tabs on the page

Installed — Skill Sets currently in use
Explore — Skill Sets you can browse and install
My Skill Sets — Skill Sets you've created

Install a Skill Set

Browse available Skill Sets.
Click a Skill Set to view its details.
Click Install.
Configure any required settings.
The Skill Set is now available for your agent to use.

Create a Skill Set

You can create Skill Sets by:

Writing custom code — Build skills manually in the dashboard
Forking — Copy and modify an existing public Skill Set
Generating with AI — Available through the Developer API and the Cloodot MCP server (not the dashboard)

For a step-by-step walkthrough, see Creating Skills and Skill Schema.

How installed Skill Sets behave

Once installed, Skill Sets are:

Automatically available — The agent uses skills when appropriate
Context-aware — Skills activate based on conversation context
Tracked — Skill usage is logged for monitoring

Best practices

Choosing Skill Sets

Relevance — Install Skill Sets that match your business needs
Compatibility — Confirm they work with your setup
Documentation — Review the Skill Set's docs before installing
Security — Review Skill Set Security before providing API keys or secrets to third-party Skill Sets
Testing — Test in the playground before deploying

Managing Skill Sets

Keep them updated — Stay on recent versions
Monitor usage — Track which skills get used most
Review performance — Assess effectiveness
Remove unused ones — Uninstall what you don't need

Build custom skills

Skills Overview — Skill system architecture and concepts
Creating Skills — Step-by-step build guide
Skill Schema — Technical structure and validation rules

Security

Skill Set Security — How secrets and data are handled by third-party Skill Sets

Advanced integration

MCP Servers — Connect external services via Model Context Protocol
Copilot Settings — Configure advanced AI features and integrations
Integrations — Connect external tools and services

AI Agent Configuration — Configure your agent to use Skill Sets
Knowledge Base — Complement skills with knowledge
FAQ Management — FAQs that work alongside skills

What's next

Explore available Skill Sets in your dashboard.
Install Skill Sets that match your needs.
Configure your AI Agent to use installed Skill Sets.
Monitor how Skill Sets extend your agent's capabilities.

Ready to build your own? Start with the Skills Overview and Creating Skills guides.

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