learn-skills_skill

Overview

This skill teaches how Nexus skills work and helps you decide when to capture a repeating workflow as a skill. In a 10–12 minute guided tutorial you learn a simple 3-criteria framework, the typical skill folder structure, and how AI triggers skills automatically. It includes hands-on practice to identify at least one skill from your own work.

How this skill works

The tutorial walks you through concrete examples, a three-question skill-worthiness checklist (frequency, repeatability, value), and a sample folder layout that shows where descriptions, templates, and automation live. It explains how the system scans user messages for trigger phrases defined in a skill’s description and loads matching skills automatically. The session ends with practical steps to create a skill and mark the lesson complete in your user-config.

When to use it

• When you describe repeating work patterns (e.g., weekly reports, recurring onboarding tasks).
• If you find yourself creating many similar projects (report-jan, report-feb anti-pattern).
• Before creating a first skill — the tutorial helps you decide if it’s warranted.
• When automating workflows or building templates for recurring tasks.
• After completing a workflow that seems reusable and could be generalized.

Best practices

• Apply the 3-criteria framework: Frequency, Repeatability, Value (>5 minutes saved).
• Write clear trigger phrases that match how you naturally ask for the task.
• Organize a skill with a single description file, optional templates, scripts, and docs.
• Prefer skills for items you do 2+ times per month with mostly identical steps.
• Mark the tutorial complete in your user-config to avoid repeated suggestions.

Example use cases

• Weekly status report: same format and questions each week.
• Qualify sales leads: repeatable checklist and outcome every interaction.
• Process expense reports: identical steps and templates for submissions.
• Onboarding a new hire: recurring sequence of tasks and checklists.
• Monthly analytics snapshot: same queries and delivery format each month.