# Use skills on the phone

In the Bluedeer app, skills are in Customization on the Skills tab. Find, try and add skills, turn them on or off, type "/" in a chat to use one, make or upload your own, and share them.

A skill is a saved set of instructions that teaches Bluedeer how to do one job well. Read [What are skills?](https://support.bluedeer.ai/bluedeer/skills/what-are-skills.md) first if skills are new to you. The app has the same skills as the web, for the workspace you have selected, and this page shows where everything is on the phone.

## Open your skills

1. On Home, tap the button at the top right. It opens the account menu.
2. Tap **Customization**. The page opens on the **Skills** tab. The **Connectors** and **Plugins** tabs are next to it.

Below the title there is a **Yours | Discover** toggle, a **Search skills** box and a filter button. The **+ Add** button is at the top right of the page.

## Find, try and add a skill

Tap **Discover** to see the skills you have not added yet.

- **From Bluedeer** at the top is one featured skill, with **Add** and **Try**.
- **For you** lists skills picked for you, one card per row. Skills that work with the apps you connected come first.
- **New skills** lists skills people shared in this workspace. Tap **Show all** to see every one.

Each card has **Try** and **+**:

- Tap **Try** to start a new chat that sends an example request with the skill chosen. Trying a skill does not add it.
- Tap **+** to add the skill. It moves to **Yours** and is turned on.

Tap a card to open the skill's page. It shows the skill's full instructions (tap **Show full instructions** for a long one), the requests you can try, and the files it carries. Tap a file to read it.

To search, type in **Search skills**. To narrow or order the list, tap the filter button next to the search box. A sheet opens where you can choose a category, turn on **Works with my apps** (in Discover) or **Made by my team** (in a shared workspace), and sort by **Popular**, **Newest** or **A–Z**. Tap **Done** to apply it, or **Reset** to go back to the default.

If Bluedeer's automatic check found something in a skill someone else made, such as a link, the app shows what it found before adding it. Tap **Add anyway** only if you trust the skill. A skill marked **Needs Pro** uses a tool your plan does not have.

## Turn skills on and off

Tap **Yours** to see the skills you added or made in this workspace. The line under **Yours** shows how many skills you have turned on and how many of your own you made, against your plan's limits.

- Use the switch next to a skill to turn it on or off. A skill that is off stays in **Yours** but is not used, and your changes to it are kept.
- A skill that came with a plugin says so, for example "from Meetings". **Remove from Yours** is unavailable for it: turn it off here, or remove the plugin. See [Use plugins on the phone](https://support.bluedeer.ai/mobile/general/use-plugins-on-the-phone.md).
- A lock instead of a switch means the skill is required by your workspace. It stays on.
- Tap **⋯** next to a skill for more. For Bluedeer's skills and shared skills, you can **Open** it, **Make a copy** of it to change your own version, or **Remove from Yours**. For your own skills, you can **Edit**, **Duplicate**, **Share** or **Delete** them.

Read [How many skills you can turn on](https://support.bluedeer.ai/bluedeer/skills/skill-limits.md) for the limits on each plan.

## Use a skill in a chat

1. In a chat, type **/** at the start of your message.
2. A list above the message box shows the skills turned on in this workspace. Keep typing to narrow it, for example **/deal**.
3. Tap a skill. The message now starts with its command, for example **/deal-brief**.
4. Write the rest of your message after it and send it.

Tap **×** on the list to close it without choosing. If the list says no skills are turned on, tap **Browse skills** to open **Customization**.

A reply that used a skill shows a **Using** chip above it, for example **Using Deal brief**, whether you chose the skill or Bluedeer picked it by itself. The chip stays when you open the chat again. Tap it to open the skill.

## Make your own skill

Tap **+ Add** at the top right of **Customization**, then choose one of these:

- **Create skill** opens an empty form. Fill in **Name**, **Command** (what you type after "/"), **When to use it** (one line), and **Instructions**. You can also add up to five example requests and up to five text files. The **Preview** shows how the skill looks in the "/" list.
- **Upload skill file** opens the Files app. Pick a SKILL.md file, or a .zip with one skill in it, such as a skill made for Claude. The form opens with everything Bluedeer read from the file. **Left out** lists what Bluedeer does not keep, such as scripts. If the automatic check found something, tick the box under it to save anyway.
- **Turn a chat into a skill** lists your recent chats. Tap one and Bluedeer drafts a skill from it into the form.

Nothing is saved until you tap **Save**. A new skill is private to you and turned on. Read [Make your own skill](https://support.bluedeer.ai/bluedeer/skills/make-your-own-skill.md) and [Upload a skill file](https://support.bluedeer.ai/bluedeer/skills/upload-a-skill-file.md) for what each field does.

You can also turn a chat into a skill from the chat's menu. In the list of chats, tap **⋯** next to a chat, then tap **Turn this chat into a skill**.

## Share a skill

In a shared workspace, you can share a skill you made. Open it, or tap **⋯** next to it in **Yours**, then tap **Share**. Choose **Only me** or **Everyone in this workspace**. If your workspace's owner or admins approve shares first, the skill shows **Waiting for approval** until one of them approves it. Read [Share a skill](https://support.bluedeer.ai/bluedeer/skills/share-a-skill.md) for more.

## Skill rules for owners and admins

In a shared workspace, the owner and admins set the workspace's rules for skills in the app too:

1. Tap the button at the top right of Home, then tap **Manage workspace**.
2. On the **General** tab, under **Skills and plugins**, tap **Skills**.

Tap a skill by Bluedeer to choose **Not available**, **Available to add**, **Added for everyone** or **Required**. Skills people in the workspace made and shared are listed under **Shared in this workspace** as **Available to add**; they have no rule, and tapping one opens it. Under **Who can share skills and plugins** (one rule for both), choose **Admins approve first** or **Anyone can share**. Shares waiting for approval are listed under **Waiting for approval**, with **Approve** and **Decline**. Tap one to read all of it first. Read [Skills in shared workspaces](https://support.bluedeer.ai/bluedeer/skills/skills-in-shared-workspaces.md) for what each rule does.

## Related

- [What are skills?](https://support.bluedeer.ai/bluedeer/skills/what-are-skills.md)
- [Find, try and add skills](https://support.bluedeer.ai/bluedeer/skills/find-try-and-add-skills.md)
- [Use a skill with "/"](https://support.bluedeer.ai/bluedeer/skills/use-a-skill-with-slash.md)
- [Use plugins on the phone](https://support.bluedeer.ai/mobile/general/use-plugins-on-the-phone.md)