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Use AI Skills in Brain

Install Skills for automatic use or use it ad hoc inside ClickUp Brain.

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.

Install a Skill for automatic use

Installing a Skill makes it active when you interact with Brain. It can be automatically used without having to find or add it.

You can install Skills for yourself, someone else, or an entire Team:

  1. Open the Skills Hub.
  2. Open the install menu:
    • To the right of the Skill, click into the Installed for column.
    • Click a Skill to open its details. In the right sidebar, click + Install.
  3. Search for and select a person or Team.

Installing a Skill makes it available to that person or Team everywhere that Skills can be used.

Use Skills ad hoc in Brain

To use a Skill ad hoc in Brain:

  1. Open Brain.
  2. Click Skills at the bottom, or type / followed by the Skill name.
  3. Select the Skill. It will be inserted in your draft.

If you don't see the Skill you need, select + Create skill to start a guided Brain conversation without leaving your chat.

  1. Add any additional context to your message, such as which project, List, or topic the Skill should apply to.
  2. Send your message.
  3. Brain applies the Skill's saved instructions to your request, pulling in relevant Workspace data like tasks, Docs, or recent activity as needed.

If there isn't enough information to complete the Skill well, Brain will tell you what's missing.

Share a Skill

By default, Skills you create are private. To update this:

  1. Open the Skills Hub.
  2. Click a Skill to open its details.
  3. In the upper-right corner, click Private.
  4. Share the Skill:
    • Invite specific people or Teams by name or email.
    • Let anyone with a link view the Skill by activating Share link with anyone.
    • Make the Skill visible to your entire Workspace by clicking Make Public.

Sharing vs. installing a Skill

Sharing a Skill gives your teammate access to the Skill. They can open it, see how it's built, and depending on their permission level, modify or run it.

Installing a Skill makes it automatically activate when interacting with Brain.

The two aren't mutually exclusive. Sharing lets someone open and inspect a Skill, while installing gives them the benefit of it.

Best practices for using Skills

Below are some recommended practices when using Skills:

  • Mention a specific project, List, or task for the Skill to work on instead of generic requests. Skills that pull from real Workspace data give better results than ones invoked with no context.
  • Be specific in the Skill itself about tone, structure, and what completion looks like. The more detailed the Skill, the more consistent the output.
  • Use the follow-up suggestions Brain offers after a response, such as refining the Skill or connecting it to a specific List, to improve it over time.