Skills

Skills let you save instructions you use often and reuse them in any conversation with Windy. Instead of retyping the same context every time, you can select a saved skill and Windy will use it as context for your message. Skills can be kept private, shared with specific teammates or groups, or, if you’re an HR Admin, shared with managers or everyone at your company. Windmill also curates a set of Global skills available to all customers for common workflows like writing review feedback, preparing for 1:1s, or summarizing team updates.

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Using a skill

You can browse and select skills from a few places in the chat:

• Slash icon - Click the slash icon in the chat input bar to open your recent skills.
• Type ”/” - Type / in the chat input to open a quick-access dropdown with your recent and searched skills. Select Browse skills at the bottom to open the full picker.
• Browse skills - Click Browse skills in the recent skills section above the chat input.

When you select a skill, it appears as a reference chip in your chat input. Send your message and Windy will use that skill as context for the conversation. You can select multiple skills in a single message.

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Browsing skills

The Browse Skills dialog shows every skill you have access to: ones you created, ones shared with you, ones shared company-wide, and Global skills. Use the search bar to find a skill by name, or use the quick filters to narrow by All, Shared with me, or Created by me. If you need to edit or share a skill, click Manage Skills to jump to the Skills settings page.

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Creating a skill

All skill management lives in Settings > Skills. This is where you create, edit, share, duplicate, and delete your skills.

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Sharing a skill

Every skill is private to you when you create it. To share it with someone else, open the skill and click Share. The share dialog works much like Google Docs or Notion. You can add:

• Individuals - share with specific teammates by name
• Groups - share with any employee group in Windmill, such as Engineering or People Ops
• My team - if you manage people, share with everyone who reports to you, directly or indirectly

For each entry, choose whether they get View or Edit access:

• View - can use the skill in chat and duplicate it, but can’t edit or re-share it
• Edit - can edit the title and body, change sharing, or delete it

Click Save to apply changes. Sharing takes effect immediately.

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Sharing with managers or everyone

HR Admins and Admins can use General access in the share dialog to share a skill more broadly:

• Managers - all managers at your company can view and use the skill
• Everyone - everyone at your company can view and use the skill

When General access is set:

• Only HR Admins, Admins, and the creator can edit it
• People with Edit access from a direct share or group share can also edit it

Members and Managers don’t see the General access option. They can only share with specific individuals, groups, or their own team, if they manage people.

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Duplicating a skill

If an existing skill is close to what you need but you want your own version, you can duplicate it. From the skill detail page, click the menu and select Duplicate. The duplicate is private to you and fully editable, regardless of your access level on the original. The original skill stays unchanged. You can duplicate any skill you have access to, including personal, shared, company-wide, or Global skills.

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Managing your skills

From Settings > Skills, you can:

• Edit any skill you have edit access to
• Share or update sharing on skills you have edit access to
• Rename skills you have edit access to
• Duplicate any skill you can access
• Delete skills you have edit access to

Use search to find a skill by name, or use filters to narrow the list by Created by or General access. General access filters include Company and Managers.

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Deleting skills

Deleting removes a skill from the gallery and chat. To delete a skill, open it and select Delete skill from the menu. You’ll be asked to confirm before it’s deleted. You can’t currently restore a deleted skill from Settings > Skills. Deleting a skill won’t break past conversations where the skill was used.

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