# Add your own skills

> Keep instructions for the model in a vault folder and use them from the note chat and from other plugins.

A skill is a short set of instructions for the model. Model Hub comes with skills for answering about a note, writing help, web research, Obsidian Markdown, Bases and Canvas. Other plugins can register more. You can add your own in a folder in your vault.

## Before you start

Decide on a folder for skills, such as `Skills`.

## Steps

1. Open **Settings → Model Hub → Skills**.
2. In **Skills folder**, enter the folder's path.
3. Add a skill to the folder in one of two forms:
   - a subfolder holding a `SKILL.md` file, or
   - a note whose properties have a `name` and a `description`.
4. Select **Reload**, or run **Model Hub: Reload skills**. Edits inside the folder are picked up without reloading.

A `SKILL.md` starts with properties, then the instructions:

```markdown
---
name: meeting-notes
description: Turn rough meeting notes into decisions, owners and next steps.
---

- Lead with decisions, then actions with an owner each.
- Keep the note's own wording for names and dates.
```

## What you get

**Available skills** lists every skill with where it comes from. A skill of yours with the same name as a built-in one replaces it. Problems with a skill are listed at the top of the tab.

- A skill with `mode: always` in its properties joins every request that uses skills. Only skills in your vault may be always on.
- A skill with `extends: <another skill>` has that skill's instructions placed before its own.

## Related

- [Use the note chat](note-chat.md)