Agent Skills
Prepackaged and repeatable best practices & tools for your agent
What is an Agent Skill?
An agent skill is a named, reusable instruction package that an organization curates so that an agent can apply consistent best practices and tools across conversations. Skills help standardize how an agent behaves for specific tasks — ensuring quality, repeatability, and alignment with team workflows.
How to Create an Agent Skill
Option 1: Build Directly in Zerve
Go to Settings → Skills → Add Skill
Option 2: Upload a SKILL.md file
Every skill starts with a SKILL.md file containing YAML frontmatter and Markdown instructions.
The following frontmatter fields are required at the top of every SKILL.md file:
name
A short identifier
Yes
Max 64 characters. Lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only. Must not start or end with a hyphen.
description
When to use this skill
Yes
Max 1024 characters. Non-empty. Describes what the skill does and when to use it.
Add the Skill to the Zerve Agent
Once the skill has been successfully added, it will appear in the organization's skills list and will be available for use across the orgs agents.
To use the skill in the agent open a notebook -> agent viewport -> "+" icon -> use skills
Select the skill to use in the agent. When selected it should appear in the bottom of the text box. Multiple skills can be added as context.
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