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Skills

Skills are reusable instruction modules that can be attached to multiple agents.

Creating a skill

  1. Go to Skills in the sidebar
  2. Click New Skill
  3. Give it a name, description, and write the instructions
  4. Add tags to help organise skills (e.g. communication, escalation)
  5. Save

Attaching a skill to an agent

Open the agent editor → Skills tab → toggle on the skills you want.

Reference skills

Vois AI ships with a set of pre-built reference skills you can use as starting points:

SkillPurpose
Customer GreetingWarm, professional opening for any call
Human EscalationGracefully hand off to a human agent
Formal Communication StyleKeep tone formal and professional
Appointment BookingGuide callers through booking a time slot
Contact LookupLook up a customer record by name or ID
Calendar CheckCheck availability before booking
Document LookupRetrieve a document from the knowledge base
Schedule Meeting with ContactEnd-to-end meeting scheduling flow

Tool references in skills

If a skill needs to call an integration, reference it in the instructions:

When the caller asks about their order, use {{tool:lookup_order}} to retrieve the order status.

The agent will call that tool automatically when the skill's instructions apply.