AI Assistant 2026.1 Help

Skills

Use this page to configure skill sources and install skills for agents.

Skills settings

Actions

Item

Description

Skills Settings Skills Settings

Click to select which skills source you want to configure:

  • Manage Skill Directories – select this option if you want to specify your local directory as a skill source.

  • Manage External Registries – select this option if you want to specify a URL of an external registry as a skill source.

Install Skill Install Skill

Click to install the selected skill and make it available for all projects in the current IDE.

Install

Click the arrow button to select the level at which you want to install the skill:

  • IDE – the skill is available in all projects in the current IDE.

  • Project – the skill is available only in the current project.

  • Claude Agent – the skill is available only to Claude Agent.

Open

Depending on the state of the skill:

  • Skill is not installed – navigate to the directory or external registry that contains the skill.

  • Skill installed – navigate to the directory on your machine where the installed skill is located.

Disable

Disable a skill to prevent it from being used by the agent.

Try

Click to test the selected skill in AI Chat.

Manage Skill Directories dialog

Item

Tooltip

Description

the Add Directory button

Add Directory

Alt+Insert

Add a new directory containing skills.

the Remove Directory button

Remove Directory

Alt+Delete

Remove the selected directory.

Manage External Skill Registries dialog

Item

Tooltip

Description

the Add Registry URL button

Add Registry URL

Alt+Insert

Add a new registry URL.

the Remove Registry URL button

Remove Registry URL

Alt+Delete

Remove the selected registry URL.

the Edit Registry URL button

Edit Registry URL

Enter

Edit the selected registry URL.

For additional information, refer to Skills.

02 April 2026