Creating Skills

Creating a skill is like teaching Mira a new habit. You describe what you want, and Mira generates the instructions.

Step 1: Define your skill

Tell Mira what you want in plain language:

Create a skill called "Email Responder" that:
- Reads incoming emails
- Categorizes them by urgency (urgent, normal, low)
- Drafts a short reply for each
- Uses a professional but friendly tone

Step 2: Review the preview

Mira generates the skill and shows you a preview. You’ll see:

Name — the skill’s display name
Description — when it activates
Instructions — the full behavioral prompt
Category — dev, design, product, marketing, content, productivity, etc.

Step 3: Refine

If the skill isn’t quite right, tell Mira what to change:

Make the tone more casual
Add: always include a call to action
Change the category to "productivity"

Step 4: Activate

Once you’re happy, activate the skill. It will now run automatically when relevant.

Skill anatomy

A skill consists of:

Slug — unique identifier (e.g. email_responder), also used as /slug command
Name — display name (e.g. “Email Responder”)
Description — short description of when it activates (max 250 chars)
Instructions — the full behavioral prompt that Mira follows
Category — one of: dev, design, product, marketing, content, communication, productivity, ai_tools
Required integrations — which apps the skill needs (e.g. Gmail, Linear)

Best practices

Be specific

❌ “Help me with emails” ✅ “Categorize emails by urgency and draft 2-3 sentence replies in a professional tone”

Include context

❌ “Write social media posts” ✅ “Write LinkedIn posts about AI and startups, casual tone, max 150 words, always end with a question”

Set boundaries

❌ “Review code” ✅ “Review Python code for security vulnerabilities, performance issues, and PEP 8 compliance. Always list findings as numbered items.”

Use integrations

Create a skill called "Sprint Bot" that:
- Checks Linear for tasks due this week
- Summarizes progress in a bullet list
- Creates a post in Slack #engineering

Slash commands

Every skill gets a slash command based on its slug. You can activate it by typing:

/email_responder
/sprint_bot
/content_writer

This triggers the skill immediately, regardless of context.

Skills are personal — they only work in your chats unless you share them.

​Creating Skills

​Step 1: Define your skill

​Step 2: Review the preview

​Step 3: Refine

​Step 4: Activate

​Skill anatomy

​Best practices

​Be specific

​Include context

​Set boundaries

​Use integrations

​Slash commands

Creating Skills

Step 1: Define your skill

Step 2: Review the preview

Step 3: Refine

Step 4: Activate

Skill anatomy

Best practices

Be specific

Include context

Set boundaries

Use integrations

Slash commands