Skills are ready-made instructions or workflows that you can add to a chat. They help Praktik behave consistently across recurring tasks — for example, by following your firm’s internal style, a checklist, a legal research methodology, or a template for a specific type of output.
Instead of copying the same instructions into every message, you select a skill and Praktik uses it as additional context for the current conversation.
A similar concept is also described in the Claude Skills documentation: Use Skills in Claude and How to create custom Skills.
When to use a skill
A skill is particularly useful when you want to:
- use the same workflow for multiple questions,
- follow internal writing rules, an output structure, or a communication style,
- use a checklist when reviewing a document,
- follow a specific team methodology,
- quickly enable context that you would otherwise have to explain repeatedly.
Skills do not replace the question itself. You still need to write what you want to solve; the skill only adds instructions for how Praktik should approach its response.
How to use a skill in chat
You can add a skill while writing a message:
- Click the chat input field.
- Press /.
- A menu of available skills will appear.
- Select the skill you want to use.
- Complete your question and send the message.
The menu primarily contains:
- system skills — prepared by Praktik,
- your custom skills — created or edited in settings,
- organizational skills — shared by your organization or team.
Once selected, the skill is attached to the conversation and Praktik takes it into account when responding. You can use multiple skills in a single message if they complement one another.
Automatic use of skills
Praktik can see the available skills and load them automatically when it determines that they are relevant to your question. This means you do not always have to select a skill manually — if it has a clear name and description, Praktik can use it on its own.
However, if you want to make sure a particular skill is used, select it with / in the input field. Manual selection is particularly useful for important workflows, internal methodologies, or when several similar skills exist and you want to specify exactly one of them.
More skills
At the end of the skills menu, you will find the More skills option. It opens the settings where you can manage available skills.
Depending on your permissions, the settings allow you to:
- enable or disable available skills,
- create a new custom skill,
- edit an existing custom skill,
- view organizational skills,
- manage skills shared across the team.
If you do not see a skill in the menu, check whether it is enabled in the settings and whether you have access to the organization that provides it.
Creating or editing a skill
When creating a skill, focus on a specific, repeatable workflow. A good skill has a clear name, a concise description, and precise instructions explaining when and how it should be used.
Recommendations:
- create a separate skill for each major workflow,
- state in the description which tasks the skill should be used for,
- use specific steps rather than general phrases,
- include an example output if the response should follow a precise structure,
- test the skill in a new chat after editing it,
- do not create an unnecessary number of skills — maintain a smaller set of high-quality, clearly differentiated skills instead. As a practical maximum, we recommend approximately 20 to 30 skills.
Organizational skills can be available to multiple users at once. If an administrator or the skill’s author edits them, the changes may also be reflected for other team members, depending on the organization’s settings.
Practical examples
Internal legal opinion style
Use the skill for our firm’s style and prepare a concise legal opinion on the validity of a lease termination.
Reviewing a document with a checklist
Use the NDA review skill and identify provisions that are non-standard or risky.
Research following the team’s methodology
Use our case law research skill and find decisions on the reasonableness of contractual penalties.