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Skills

Reusable instructions that Computer switches on when a request matches. You can install them, create them through a conversation, or upload them.

Which capability it is

The same thing at other vendors

ChatGPT
Skills (Business, Enterprise, Healthcare, Edu)
Gemini
skills (replacing Gems)
Microsoft Copilot
skills — inside Copilot Cowork, paid licence
Meta AI and Muse
skills (Muse) — built by Meta only

Details

Status
not labelled
Where you find it
Plugins page > Installed, using the Plugins/Skills switch. Before Plugins: Customize > Skills.
Part of
Computer
Plans
every plan that includes Computer
Admin must turn it on?
Enterprise admins manage them in Organization settings > Plugins and skills.
Former names
Workflows (replaced September 23, 2026)
Learn

Where we teach it

Encode a method so someone else runs it: you take a task you personally do, encode it, and watch a colleague run it without you. It's in the longer class, or a private session for your team.

Register interest → Or: a session built around your own team's work →