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title: "Skills"
canonical: https://trickest.com/docs/key-concepts/agent/skills
description: "Reusable instructions the Agent can load when a task calls for them."
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# Skills

## What is a Skill

A **Skill** is a set of reusable instructions for a type of task. You write the instructions once. The [Agent](/docs/key-concepts/agent/the-agent) can follow them whenever that kind of task comes up. A skill might standardize how the Agent reviews findings, structures a report, or follows a recurring team process.

Some skills come with Trickest. You can also create or import your own. A skill you created can be edited. A built-in skill stays as Trickest provided it. [Creating and Importing a Skill](/docs/using-the-app/agent/creating-a-skill) is how you add one.

## How the Agent uses a skill

Skills guide how the Agent approaches a task. They are not actions you run from the composer.

Skills for the vault are listed under **Settings > Agent > Skills**. If a skill is in that list, the Agent can load it.

A skill is not a record of past work. That record is [Memory](/docs/key-concepts/agent/memory).

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_Markdown source of https://trickest.com/docs/key-concepts/agent/skills._