---
title: Create Skills
description: Create custom skills through conversation
---

CowAgent includes a built-in Skill Creator that lets you quickly create, install, or update skills through natural language conversation.

## Usage

Simply describe the skill you want in a conversation, and the Agent will handle the creation:

- Codify workflows as skills: "Create a skill from this deployment process"
- Integrate third-party APIs: "Create a skill based on this API documentation"
- Install remote skills: "Install xxx skill for me"

## Creation Flow

1. Tell the Agent what skill you want to create
2. Agent automatically generates `SKILL.md` description and execution scripts
3. Skill is saved to the workspace `~/cow/skills/` directory
4. Agent will automatically recognize and use the skill in future conversations

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  <img src="https://cdn.link-ai.tech/doc/20260202202247.png" width="800" />
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## SKILL.md Format

Created skills follow the standard SKILL.md format:

```markdown
---
name: my-skill
description: Brief description of the skill
metadata:
  emoji: 🔧
  requires:
    bins: ["curl"]
    env: ["MY_API_KEY"]
  primaryEnv: "MY_API_KEY"
---

# My Skill

Detailed instructions...
```

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `name` | Skill name, must match directory name |
| `description` | Skill description, Agent decides whether to invoke based on this |
| `metadata.requires.bins` | Required system commands |
| `metadata.requires.env` | Required environment variables |
| `metadata.always` | Always load (default false) |

<Tip>
  See the [Skill Creator documentation](https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/blob/master/skills/skill-creator/SKILL.md) for details.
</Tip>
