Agent skills
A skill is a feature's rules plus the tools that come with it. Your AI project managers and AI assistants open a skill only when a request needs it. A scheduling command opens Schedules and nothing else, so every command carries just what the job needs and uses fewer agent credits.
You never choose a skill by hand. The agent reads your command, opens the skills it needs, and the run shows the step as Loading skills… and then Loaded skills.
The built-in skills
Every agent from Qik has these 12 skills, on every plan:
| Skill | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Schedules | Finding a time, scheduling, rescheduling and cancelling meetings. |
| Tasks & projects | Lists, boards, sprints, milestones and subtasks. |
| Dashboards | Building and changing AI dashboards. |
| Designs | Decks, posters, social posts and other designs. |
| Chat apps | Connecting apps that post into the room's chat. |
| Forms & tables | Tables, records, forms and submissions. |
| Booking links | Appointment calendars and bookings. |
| Automations | Routines that run on their own in the room. |
| Images | Generating pictures. |
| Office setup | Workspaces, rooms, departments and the AI Office. |
| Files | Making Word, PDF, Excel and PowerPoint files and charts in the room's Files. It never overwrites a file that is already there. |
| Sales deals | Leads and deals, in the Sales office. |
Some rarely used tools, such as reading email, contacts, places or links, are offered only when your request mentions them.
How to see your agents' skills
- Open Company settings.
- Under AI & Agents, select Agents.
- Each agent lists its skills as chips, for example Follow-up email. Select a chip to open that skill's page: what it does in Qik, which agents have it, and its checks.
- Select Skills to open the Skills library and the Built-in skills panel.
In Built-in skills, the number on a skill is how many tools it brings. Select one to see its tools and which of them make changes. Choose an agent under See what one agent has to see where it differs from the others.
The Skills library
The Skills library holds the skills your company can give its agents. Qik's curated skills are:
| Skill | What it does |
|---|---|
| Meeting brief | A one-page brief before a meeting: who is coming, what was decided last time, open items and suggested questions. |
| Follow-up email | A short recap after a meeting with decisions, owners and dates, ready to send. |
| Weekly status report | Done, in progress, overdue, blocked and next, by person, for a room or project. |
| Decision log | Pulls the decisions out of meeting minutes into a table with date, owner and status. |
| Board brief | An executive brief across rooms: what moved, what is stuck, decisions needed and risks. |
| Call prep | Prepares a sales call: who the lead is, history, open deals and the questions that move the deal. |
| PDF report | Turns minutes, a page, notes or a status report into a PDF in the room's Files. |
| Excel export | Exports tasks, a table, a sprint or deals to an Excel file with totals. |
How to add a skill to an agent
- Open Company settings › Agents.
- On the agent's row, select Add skill. Or open Skills, find the skill in the Skills library and select Add to agent.
- Review How it works in Qik: what the skill does in Qik and which agents get it.
- Choose the agents and select Save.
Everyone in the company who uses that agent gets the skill. To take a skill off, open it and select Remove from the agent.
Adding or removing an agent's skills and creating custom agents are part of AI Office Pro and Enterprise. On Prime Office and Business Office you see every control with a lock; selecting it opens the plans. Qik's agents keep their built-in skills on every plan.
How to create a custom agent
A custom agent is one of Qik's agents plus the skills you add. Its base instructions stay the same, so it never works worse than the agent it came from.
- Open Company settings › Agents.
- Select New agent.
- Under Start from, choose a Qik agent, such as AI Project Manager.
- Under Add skills (from the Skills library), pick the skills.
- Qik suggests a job-title name from the skills. Keep it or type your own (up to 40 characters).
- Add one line on what it does, then select Create agent.
A custom agent built on AI Sales Manager needs a Sales seat, like its base.
Who can create agents
Company owners and admins always can. Under Who can create agents, add agent admins to let other people build custom agents. Each agent admin manages either only the agents they create or all of them.
How to connect your own skills source
Enterprise offices can bring their own skills in the open SKILL.md format.
- Open Company settings › Agents › Skills.
- Under Sources, select Connect a source.
- Choose Git repo, Link, .zip or MCP server, and enter its address. A private repository needs an access token, which is encrypted and never shown again.
- Select Scan library, choose the skills to bring in, and add them to the library.
Scripts inside a skill never run. Each step is mapped to one of Qik's own tools; a skill marked Needs mapping has a step with no Qik tool yet. Qik saves a copy of the exact version you added. Later changes at the source show as Update available and wait until you select Approve update.
Connecting your own skills library is an Enterprise premium feature, switched on per company. If it is locked for you, ask your account manager to turn it on.
Skills and agent credits
Skills lower the cost of a command, because the agent carries only the rules and tools the job needs. Input the agent has already read in a run (cached input) is billed at half. See Credit types.