Load context on-demand instead of cramming everything into the system prompt.
What Are Skills?
Skills are reusable packages of instructions and context that agents retrieve when needed. Instead of a massive system prompt, your agent sees a list of available skills and a skill_get tool to load the full content when relevant.
Quick Start
From the Registry
- Open your agent's settings → Prompt tab
- Scroll to Skills
- Click Browse → search and select a skill
- Done — the skill's name, description, and URL are filled in automatically
By URL
Click + URL and provide:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Identifier the agent uses (e.g. api-docs) |
| Description | When to load this skill — the agent sees this |
| URL | https://api.inference.sh/skills/{ns}/{name}/content or any HTTPS URL |
Inline
Click + Text and write the content directly. Good for short, agent-specific instructions.
How It Works at Runtime
The agent's skill_get tool lists all available skills by name and description. When the conversation matches a skill's description, the agent calls:
code
1skill_get(skill="code-review") → main instructions2skill_get(skill="code-review", path="references/checklist.md") → supporting fileContent is cached per session — loading the same skill twice doesn't re-fetch.
Learn More
- Creating skills — build and publish your own
- The skill registry — browse and share public skills
- Using with other agents — install to Claude Code, Cursor, and more
- Skills overview — how skills work, the standard, and inference.sh's approach