Stop repeating instructions
A skill captures the rule once so each agent does not need the same prompt rewritten from scratch.
Short Answer
Reusable AI skills are shared capabilities or instructions that agents can use across workflows. In Manor AI, a skill can describe how to draft in your tone, cite a policy, summarize a thread, prepare a report, create a follow-up, or check whether an action needs human approval.
What It Does
Keep outputs consistent
Shared drafting, citation, reporting, and escalation behavior helps agents feel like one operating system instead of scattered assistants.
Improve safely over time
When a skill gets better, every workflow that uses it benefits without rebuilding each agent.
How It Works
Name the reusable job
Pick a capability that appears in multiple workflows, such as cite policy or create follow-up.
Define inputs and trusted sources
Clarify what the skill can read and which docs, templates, or examples it should trust.
Set output shape
Specify whether the skill returns a draft, summary, checklist, task, answer, or report.
Attach to agents
Use the skill in inbox, support, sales, finance, operations, or custom agent workflows.
Skills worth creating first
- Draft customer replies in the company voice.
- Summarize long threads into next actions.
- Search approved docs and cite sources.
- Check if a message requires approval.
- Prepare weekly report sections.
FAQ
What is an AI skill?
An AI skill is a reusable capability or instruction set that an agent can use inside a workflow.
Why are skills useful for small teams?
They keep repeated work consistent and reduce the need to rewrite the same prompt, rules, and examples for every agent.
Can one skill be used by multiple agents?
Yes. A drafting, citation, reporting, or approval-check skill can be attached to different agents that need the same behavior.
Turn repeated instructions into reusable skills
Create Manor skills that agents can reuse across inbox, knowledge, reporting, and operations workflows.