> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.allium.so/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Custom skills

> Save a prompt as a skill and run it from the Assistant composer with one keystroke.

A **custom skill** is a saved set of instructions that you run by name. Write the prompt once, then type `/` in the composer to run it again with today's data.

<Note>
  Custom skills are private to your user. Other people in your organization or account can't see or run them.
</Note>

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## When to use a skill

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Recurring reports" icon="calendar-check">
    `/daily-movers`: the top Base tokens by 24h DEX volume, with anything up 2x day over day flagged.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Standard methodology" icon="ruler">
    `/stablecoin-pulse`: weekly stablecoin supply and flows by chain, with the same filters every time.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Investigations" icon="magnifying-glass">
    `/wallet-xray`: profile a wallet's flows and top counterparties. Add the address after the skill name.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your conventions" icon="sliders">
    Encode the chains, tables, and definitions you use, so you get the same answer every time.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Create a skill

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Ask the Assistant">
    Ask the Assistant to turn a prompt, or the conversation you just had, into a skill:

    ```text wrap theme={null}
    Save a weekly version of this as a skill
    ```

    The Assistant drafts the name, description, and instructions, shows them to you, and saves the skill after you approve it. To change a skill later, ask the Assistant to update it.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="In settings">
    1. Go to **Settings > Skills**, or type `/` in the composer and select **Create skill**.
    2. Click **Create Skill**.
    3. Enter a name, a description, and the instructions.
    4. Click **Create**.

    Edit or delete a skill from the same page.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

| Field | What to enter | Limit |
| :- | :- | :- |
| **Name** | The command you type after `/`. Lowercase letters, digits, `-`, and `_`, starting with a letter or digit. Note: you can't create skills with the same name as those created by Allium. | 64 characters |
| **Description** | One line that shows in the `/` picker. The Assistant also reads it to decide when a skill applies. | 500 characters |
| **Instructions** | What the Assistant does when the skill runs, written as if you typed it in full. Markdown is supported. | 32,000 characters |

<Tip>
  Write instructions the way you would brief an analyst: the chains, the time window, the metric definition, the output format, and what to flag. Name tables when you know them.
</Tip>

## Run a skill

Type `/` in the composer and pick a skill from the list, or keep typing to filter it. Any text after the skill name is passed as context, for example `/wallet-xray 0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045`. You can link up to 10 skills in one message.

<Frame caption="The skill picker">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/allium-e770e2b7/e6d7py3H-pqTcS-q/images/assistant/a4-skill-picker.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=e6d7py3H-pqTcS-q&q=85&s=7ed33819d130a4f51d1562d1f81f45d0" alt="The Assistant composer with a skill picker open above it, listing the /weekly-dex-report skill and a Create skill row, with callouts on the Skills button and Create skill." width="1920" height="927" data-path="images/assistant/a4-skill-picker.png" />
</Frame>

1. **Skills button**
2. **Create skill**

The Assistant can also pick a skill on its own when your question matches the skill's description.

<Note>
  Custom skills sit on top of the skills Allium ships, such as SQL optimization and dashboard design. The Assistant always loads Allium's skills, and you can't edit them. To use Allium's skills in your own agent, see [Skills over MCP](/ai/mcp/tools-reference/skills).
</Note>

## Related

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  <Card title="Organization memory" icon="brain" href="/ai/assistant/memory">
    Store facts, such as addresses and preferences, that every conversation can use
  </Card>

  <Card title="Capabilities" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/ai/assistant/capabilities">
    Everything the Assistant can do
  </Card>
</CardGroup>