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# Create a Skill in Agentforce Studio

Create a skill in Skill Builder, and then add instructions and context.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions with the Einstein for Sales add-on.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d21814e69">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d21814e69 ">To create, edit, run, and share your own skills in Skill Builder:</td>

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              <p>AI Skill User permission set</p>
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                <li>Skill User</li>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d21814e69 ">To create, edit, run, and share all skills in Skill Builder:</td>

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              <p>AI Skill Manager permission set</p>
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                <li>Skill User</li>

                <li>Skill Manager</li>

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Create a skill from Agentforce Studio.

1. From the App Launcher, open Agentforce Studio.
2. In the left navigation, select **Skills**.
3. Click **New**.
4. Enter a name and description.
5. Choose where the skill is available: Agentforce Coworker or an Agentforce employee agent.
6. Write the skill instructions. See [Write Skill Instructions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.skill_builder_write_instructions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Write Markdown instructions that tell the AI model what to do, in what order, and how to use agent actions and context.").
7. Add context. See [Add Context to a Skill](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.skill_builder_add_context.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Add reference data so the skill is grounded in your org at run time.").
8. If the skill changes or queries records, add an agent action to the skill.
9. Click **Save**.
10. Click **Publish**.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-ai-generative_ai-264-0-0-production-enus/f8ef6498-d7b2-44e3-9b34-ffd5a850aae9/images/icon_note.png)

Note Skills are private by default until shared. If Skills don’t appear, then confirm that you have the AI Skill User or AI Skill Manager permission set.