Skills and kits

Skills layer a reusable directive onto whatever provider you have active, so the AI focuses on a specific creative or writing job instead of a generic reply. Kits go further: a kit is a richer skill that drives the Photo Studio or Marketing Studio controls for a whole mode, so you pick a scenario and go rather than configuring every option by hand. These are the same skills and kits available inside the editor.

Quick overview

1. Activate a skill from the composer, or with a / command in chat.
2. Copy and edit a built-in skill, or create your own, from AI Settings.
3. Use a skill kit to set up an image or video mode for a scenario.

Skills

Built-in skills cover common jobs and are read-only, duplicate one to get an editable starting point.

Skill	Focus
Design Assistant	Layout, color, typography, and visual hierarchy advice
Copywriter	Headlines, taglines, and short copy, offered as several variations at once
Brand Strategist	Positioning, brand personality, and color psychology for a consistent identity
Translator	Translates text between languages and flags length changes that affect layout
Accessibility Checker	Checks color contrast and readability against WCAG guidelines
Variations Generator	Reads a page's Design Fields and produces many content variations in a single pass

Activate one from the composer, or type /<skill-name> in chat, for example /copywriter. Use /skills to see every skill, built-in and your own, with which provider each is assigned to, and /off or /none to turn the active skill off. Each provider you connect remembers its own active skill.

Anatomy of a custom skill

Part	Purpose
Name and icon	How the skill appears in the list and the slash menu, picked from a built-in icon set
Description	A one-line summary shown next to the slash command
Instruction	The main directive the assistant follows while the skill is active
Reference documents	Optional extra notes, such as a style guide or glossary, added and titled one at a time, appended after the instruction

Build one in AI Settings, assign it to one or more providers from the same screen, and it appears in the slash menu alongside the built-ins. Duplicating a built-in skill copies its instruction and references into an editable version while the original stays untouched, and deleting a custom skill clears it from every provider it was assigned to.

Per-provider activation

Each connected provider keeps its own active skill, so turning Translator on for OpenAI does not carry it over to Claude until you activate it there too. This means you can, for example, keep Copywriter active on one provider for everyday drafting while a different provider stays on the default assistant for general questions.

Skill kits

A kit is a skill whose reference material is a set of full modes, each with its own directive and a bundle of preset controls, rather than a single instruction. Two kits ship today, both reachable from the composer.

Kit	Sets up	Modes
Photo Studio	Image mode	6 photo modes (Product Photography, Portrait, Fashion Photography, Close-up/Macro, Cinematic Shot, Illustration & Art) plus 4 motion modes (Cinematic Motion, Product Motion, Product Showcase Reel, Fashion Motion) for turning a product shot into short video
Marketing Studio	Video mode	12 modes for ad-style scenarios, from product promotion to brand story

Selecting a kit mode automatically switches the composer to the mode it targets, image for Photo Studio, video for Marketing Studio, and fills in its camera, direction, and style controls. See Generating images and Marketing Studio for what each kit's modes look like in practice.

Each Photo Studio photo mode groups its presets into three areas: a Camera group (options such as camera body/format, lens type, focal length from 24 to 135mm, and aperture from f/2.8 to f/16), a Direction group (angle/shot type and composition), and a Style group (lighting and background/surface choices). Product Photography's Camera group alone spans camera format, lens, focal length, and aperture, so a single mode already covers what would otherwise be a long manual prompt.

A kit shows up in the same slash menu as skills

Under the hood, a kit is built the same way a skill is, just with a mode per reference document instead of one instruction. That's why /skills and the composer's skill picker list kits alongside ordinary skills rather than in a separate place.

Step by step

Activate a built-in skill in chat

1. Open chat from the AI panel and pick the provider you want the skill on.
2. In the composer, type a slash command for the skill, for example /copywriter, and choose it from the menu that appears. You can also open the composer's skill picker and select it there. The skill is now active on that provider.
3. Send your request as normal, for example: "Write five headline options for a weekend sale on handmade candles." With Copywriter active, the reply comes back as several short variations at once instead of one generic answer.
4. Type /skills any time to see every skill and which provider each is assigned to, and /off (or /none) to turn the active skill back off.

Duplicate and customize a skill

1. Go to Settings, AI Settings, and open the skills area.
2. Find the built-in Copywriter skill and duplicate it. Built-in skills are read-only, so duplicating gives you an editable copy while the original stays intact.
3. Rename the copy to something recognizable, for example "Copywriter (brand voice)".
4. Edit its Instruction to add a constraint on top of the copy job, for example: "Always keep headlines under 8 words and never use exclamation points." Optionally add a Reference document with your tone-of-voice notes or a glossary.
5. Save the skill, then assign it to one or more providers from the same screen.
6. Back in chat, activate it with its slash command (the name you gave it) and send a request. Because activation is per provider, if you also want it on a second provider, assign and activate it there too.

Set up an image scenario with the Photo Studio kit

1. From the composer, open the skill picker and choose the Photo Studio kit.
2. Pick a mode that matches your shot, for example Product Photography. Selecting it switches the composer into image mode and fills in that mode's Camera, Direction, and Style controls.
3. Review the preset groups and adjust to taste: Camera (options such as camera format, lens, focal length, and aperture), Direction (angle/shot type and composition), and Style (lighting and background/surface).
4. Add your subject, for example attach a product's reference image or describe it, then generate. See Generating images for the full image flow.

Common tasks

Goal	Do this
See every skill and where it is active	Type /skills in chat
Turn off the active skill	Type /off or /none
Give one provider a specialist skill while another stays general	Activate a skill per provider, not globally
Turn a product shot into a short clip	Use one of Photo Studio's motion modes (Cinematic Motion, Product Motion, Product Showcase Reel, Fashion Motion)

An example prompt with Copywriter active: "Write five taglines for a productivity app, each under six words, no exclamation points." An example with Translator active: "Translate this button label to German and tell me if it grows too long for the layout."

Troubleshooting

• A built-in skill will not let me edit it. Built-in skills are read-only by design. Duplicate one first, then edit the copy, so you always keep the original to fall back on.
• My skill is not active on another provider. Skills activate per provider. Assign and activate the skill on each provider separately; turning it on for one does not carry it to the others.
• My custom skill disappeared from a provider. Deleting a custom skill removes it from every provider it was assigned to. Duplicate or rebuild it to bring it back.
• A kit is not in its own menu. Kits appear in the same slash menu and skill picker as ordinary skills, listed alongside them rather than in a separate place.

No extra key

Skills ride your provider

A skill or kit does not need its own key. It shapes the provider you already connected. See Connecting a provider.

Duplicate before you customize

Built-in skills cannot be edited directly. Duplicate one first, then rewrite the copy, so you always have the original to fall back on.

Related

• Using AI chat
• Marketing Studio
• Generating images
• AI skills for the same system from inside the editor