Create and use AI Skills

Build a Skill from scratch, from a template, or by asking ClickUp Brain to turn a repeated workflow into a reusable Skill.

Feature availability and limits vary by plan and user role. Learn more

The Skills Hub can only be accessed if the AI and Custom Skills ClickApps are enabled in your Workspace.

Create a Skill

There are multiple ways to create a Skill.

From the Skills Hub

To create a Skill from the Skills Hub:

  1. Open the Skills Hub:
  2. Click + New Skill in the upper-right corner, or click Create a Skill on any template card at the top.
  3. In the right sidebar, tell Brain what the Skill should do. Be specific about the steps, context, and tone you want it to follow.

Use Talk to Text to save time by transcribing your voice.

  1. Answer any follow-up questions and review the Skill. If you see a change you want to make, ask Brain to make it.
  2. Once Brain confirms the Skill is created, you can test it or continue iterating.

From a template

The Skills Hub includes ready-made starting points so you don't have to write a Skill from scratch.

The following template cards are displayed at the top of the Skills Hub. Click Create a Skill on any card to start a guided creation process with Brain.

Skill template Description
Turn repeats into skills Scans your tasks, Docs, and chats to surface workflows worth saving as a Skill.
Discover team skills Scans your Workspace for repeated questions, undocumented institutional knowledge, and knowledge gaps, then suggests Skills your whole team could use.
Start from scratch Opens the same guided Brain conversation with no starting point.
Write Like Me, Update Like Me, Delegate Like Me, Triage Tasks Like Me, and Scope Like Me Persona-style templates that scan your workspace activity to build a Skill matching how you already write, report status, assign work, prioritize, or scope projects.

From anywhere

Have Brain create a Skill for you from anywhere:

  1. In a chat with Brain, tell Brain that you want to create a Skill and what it should do. Be specific about the steps, context, and tone you want it to follow.
    Screenshot of someone creating a skill.png
  2. Answer any follow-up questions and review the Skill. If you see a change you want to make, ask Brain to make it.
  3. Once Brain confirms the Skill is created, you can test it or continue iterating.

From your repeated work

To turn your repeated work into a Skill:

  1. Open the Skills Hub:
  2. In the Turn repeats into skills card at the top, click Find my skills.
  3. Brain scans your tasks, Docs, and chats for workflows you repeat often.
  4. Review the suggested Skills and tell Brain which ones you want to create.
  5. Answer any follow-up questions and review the Skill. If you see a change you want to make, ask Brain to make it.
  6. Once Brain confirms the Skill is created, you can test it or continue iterating.

Skill privacy

Guests and limited members don't have access to Skills by default. Members and admins can share specific Skills with guests, giving them one of the following permission levels:

  • Full edit
  • Edit
  • Comment
  • View only

Attach files and relate Skills

Once you've created your Skill, you can attach files and relate Skills.

This gives your Skill richer context and reusable connections, so it can pull from reference files and build on the logic of other Skills instead of starting from scratch.

To attach files and relate Skills:

  1. Open the Skills Hub:
    • In your Home Sidebar, click Skills.
    • Open the AI Hub and select Skills.
  2. Click the Skill.
  3. In the right sidebar's Files or Related Skills section, click Add or Link.
  4. Search for and select a file or Skill.

Access your Skills

Skills you've created can be accessed from two locations:

  • The Skills Hub
  • The Skills Space that is automatically created in your Workspace

Edit a Skill

To edit a Skill:

  1. In the Skills Hub, click the Skill to open it.
  2. In the upper-left, click Edit with Brain².
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  3. Describe the change you want. Answer any follow-up questions from Brain.
  4. Brain will explain the revised version for your confirmation. Once confirmed, the update will be saved.

Use Skills in Brain

Once you've created a Skill, you can use it in Brain.

Use Skill /Slash Commands

Each Skill has a /Slash Command you can use to invoke it directly in any text area where Brain is available.

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Slash command availability depends on the Skill's status.