Skill Builder

Appearance

Dashboard ​

The dashboard is the app’s main working surface. It combines:

  • a left-hand Skills list
  • a main workspace area for the selected skill

If no skill is selected, the main area shows a simple empty state with New Skill.

What is on this screen ​

Left skill list ​

The left panel contains:

  • a New skill button
  • a search field
  • skills grouped by plugin
  • a per-skill More actions menu

Skills are organised under plugin headers. The default Skills plugin appears first, followed by other plugins in alphabetical order. Each plugin header shows the plugin display name in uppercase.

Each skill row shows:

  • a status dot
  • the skill name
  • the purpose label when one exists
  • the last-modified timestamp

Rows can be dimmed and locked when another window or running session owns that skill.

Workspace area ​

When you select a skill on the dashboard route, the main area becomes a workspace shell with tabs:

  • Overview
  • Refine
  • Eval Workbench

Imported skills can be viewed in the workspace shell, but builder-only actions such as Refine are not always available.

Create a skill ​

  1. Click New skill.
  2. Enter the skill name, purpose, and description.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Review the second step of the dialog.
  5. Click Create.

The app navigates directly into the workflow for the new skill.

Search the skill list ​

Use the search field above the list. It filters the visible skill rows by skill name and plugin name.

There is no grid/list toggle or multi-filter bar in the current dashboard UI.

Open a skill ​

  • Click an in-progress builder skill to open its workflow.
  • Click a completed skill to open its workspace shell on the dashboard route.

The workspace shell is the current home for Overview, Refine, and Eval Workbench.

Use the skill menu ​

Hover a row and open More actions to access available actions.

Completed builder skills ​

The menu is grouped into sections:

Workflow

  • Review — open the workflow in review mode
  • Redo workflow — reset back to step 1 and start over

Skill

  • Overview — open the workspace Overview tab
  • Refine — open the workspace Refine tab
  • Eval Workbench — open the workspace workbench tab for performance and trigger testing
  • Restore version — restore an earlier saved version
  • Export as .skill — save the skill as a .skill package

Plugin (hidden for marketplace skills)

  • Create plugin — create a new plugin and move this skill into it (shown when the skill is in the default plugin)
  • Remove from plugin — move the skill back to the default plugin (shown when the skill is in a non-default plugin)
  • Move to plugin — move the skill to a different existing plugin (shown when other eligible plugins exist)

Delete — only shown for skills in the default plugin.

See Plugins for full details on plugin actions.

In-progress builder skills ​

These show:

  • Continue Building
  • Delete (when in the default plugin)

Uploaded skills ​

Uploaded skills use the same workspace shell. Their menu can include:

  • Overview
  • Refine
  • Eval Workbench
  • Restore version
  • Export as .skill
  • Create plugin when the skill is still in the default Skills plugin
  • Remove from plugin when the skill is in a non-default plugin
  • Move to plugin when another eligible plugin exists
  • Delete when the skill is in the default plugin

Marketplace skills ​

Marketplace skills also use the workspace shell. Their menu can include:

  • Overview
  • Refine
  • Eval Workbench
  • Restore version
  • Delete when the skill is in the default plugin

Marketplace skills do not show the Plugin section in the skill menu.

Overview tab ​

The Overview tab shows the selected skill’s metadata and history.

For builder skills, it can include:

  • Skill Details
  • Benchmark Results when a benchmark exists
  • Version History

For marketplace skills, the source appears as the marketplace URL when one is recorded.

For uploaded skills, the source appears as Uploaded.

Eval Workbench tab ​

Use Eval Workbench to define performance prompt sets, generate trigger-description candidates, run comparisons, review results, and send improvement briefs to Refine. See Eval Workbench and Trigger Mode for the full workflows.

Empty and locked states ​

No selected skill

The main area shows:

  • Select a skill
  • Choose a skill from the list to open its workspace, or create a new one.

Locked skill

If another running session or another app window owns a skill, its row is dimmed and not selectable.

Skill Builder user documentation