# Write a skill (https://openknowledge.ai/docs/features/skills/write-a-skill)

Turn a task you repeat into instructions your AI tools can follow.

A useful first skill captures something you already explain often: how to summarize a meeting, review a draft, or organize research.

### Create the skill

Expand **Skills Studio** at the bottom of the file sidebar. Hover its header and click **New skill**. A new project skill opens in the editor.

### Name it and say when to use it

Give it a short name such as `meeting-notes`. Use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.

The **description** tells your AI when to reach for the skill. Be specific about the situation:

> Use when I paste a meeting transcript. Capture decisions, action items, and the person responsible for each one.

![A meeting-notes skill in the editor, with its name and description in Properties and numbered instructions below.](https://openknowledge.ai/images/skills-studio/skill-editor.png)

### Write the instructions

Explain the task as you would to a teammate. Start with a few concrete steps:

1. Pull out decisions and action items.
2. Create a note in `meetings/` with the meeting's date and topic.
3. Link each person to their page in `people/`.
4. Add open action items to `todo.md`.

Use your own folder names and conventions. Edit the skill like any other page; changes save as you work.

### Choose your tools and try it

Open the skill's **Install** control and select the AI tools that should use it. Then give one of those tools a task matching the description, such as a meeting transcript.

Refine the instructions after seeing the result. There is no separate publish step.

> **Info**
>
> Want help drafting it? In **Settings → User → Skills Studio**, install **open-knowledge-write-skill**. Ask your AI: "Write a skill that turns my meeting transcripts into decisions and action items."