---
title: "Skill Management"
description: "Skill Management skill for Vellum — creates and deletes custom managed skills to extend your assistant."
canonical_url: "https://www.vellum.ai/docs/skills-reference/skill-management"
md_url: "https://www.vellum.ai/md/docs/skills-reference/skill-management"
related:
  - "/docs/skills-reference"
  - "/docs/skills-reference/acp"
  - "/docs/skills-reference/amazon"
  - "/docs/skills-reference/app-builder"
  - "/docs/skills-reference/browser"
  - "/docs/skills-reference/chatgpt-import"
  - "/docs/skills-reference/computer-use"
  - "/docs/skills-reference/contacts"
---

# Skill Management

## What it does

Creates and deletes custom managed skills. The meta-skill that lets you extend your assistant with new capabilities.

## Setup required

None. Works immediately.

## Permissions

- Skill creation/deletion is classified as high-risk and always requires approval

## Common prompts

| You say...                                                     | What happens                    |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| “Build me a skill that checks Hacker News for trending posts”  | Scaffolds a new custom skill    |
| “Create a skill for managing my project's deployment pipeline” | Creates a domain-specific skill |
| “Delete the Hacker News skill”                                 | Removes a custom skill          |
| “Show me my custom skills”                                     | Lists managed skills            |

## Configuration

- Creates a full skill package: SKILL.md (instructions), TOOLS.json (tool definitions), and TypeScript executors
- Skills are saved to \~/.vellum/workspace/skills/

## Tips & gotchas

- **Extend your assistant.** Custom skills are how you add capabilities beyond the built-in set.
- **Fully automated.** The assistant writes the code, tests it, and packages it — you just describe what you want.
- **High-risk classification.** Skill source file modifications always require approval to prevent privilege escalation.
- **Review before approving.** Check the generated code before granting approval. You can also edit skill files directly if you prefer.