Skill packs
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A skill is a set of instructions that changes how the AI works: a process to follow, a domain to focus on, a style to write in. Skills live inside packs, and a pack is what you install, share and keep up to date ⚡
A skill is one Markdown file, SKILL.md, inside a folder whose name
is the skill's handle. The file has a short header (name, title,
description, category) and a body of plain prose that the AI reads and
follows when the skill is used.
Because a skill is just a file, packs are just folder trees. Nothing in a pack executes: an imported pack is data your agent reads.
Open Skill packs from the sidebar. The page lists every pack you can use, in three tiers:
Curated packs are idapt's built-in packs. They are already installed, they update themselves, and their content is published openly - the General skill pack lives at github.com/idapt/general-skill-pack. You can disable one, but not delete it, and each pack shows the repo it comes from and the commit it is pinned to.
Your packs are the ones you or an agent author. Each workspace has one from the start, and you can make as many as you want. These are fully editable.
Imported packs are read-only snapshots of a public GitHub repository, pinned to the commit you imported.
On Skill packs, click Create skill pack
Give it a name
It arrives with a README.md and a starter SKILL.md
folder you can edit straight away
Your agents can do this too: ask one to create a pack and author skills into it, and it writes the files for you.
Below the search field sits Popular skill packs: idapt's own curated packs first, then hand-picked public repositories. Open any tile to read the repository's README before you install it.
An imported pack's instructions run in your workspace. Always read what you are importing - you are responsible for what your agent does with it.
Import from GitHub repository takes a public repo whose
folders each hold a SKILL.md. The import runs in the
background: a dialog shows the progress and you can cancel it. When it
finishes, the pack is a read-only snapshot pinned to that commit.
To edit an imported pack, unlink it from the repository: it becomes an ordinary pack you can edit, and it stops tracking upstream. Installing a pack's repository again gives you a fresh copy.
On an imported pack, Check for update compares the commit you imported against the repository's latest, and Update re-downloads it at the newest commit. The pack keeps its name, its skills and its place in every list.
Curated packs need none of this: idapt owns both the content and the repository, so they update themselves and the pinned commit moves on its own.
Type / in the message box to see every skill you can use, then
pick one. The skill's instructions are added to the conversation. You
can use several skills in the same conversation.
Skills that declare parameters ask for them with a form instead of a text box, so a skill never runs half-filled.
Your agents know about every skill in your workspace: the curated packs, the packs you authored, and your imports. An agent picks the right skill for a task on its own and loads its full instructions when it needs them. There is nothing to attach or set up.
Deleting a pack moves it to the Trash (under More in the sidebar, in the Skill packs tab), where it stays restorable for 30 days. Files inside a pack are different: renaming and moving are safe, but a deleted file is gone immediately.
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