The product

Skills

A Skill is a reusable module of expertise that attaches to an agent. Where a Template defines a complete agent, a Skill only grafts on a capability: a chunk of prompt, recommended tools, variables, and MCP servers to connect.

The cooking analogyA Template is a complete dish served at a restaurant. A Skill is a sauce or a spice: on its own you don't eat it, but you can add it to any dish to give it a new dimension.

How a Skill is composed

On the Skills marketplace, each Skill contains:

  • A chunk of system prompt— concatenated to the target agent's prompt with a Markdown separator ---
  • Recommended tools — added to the config without duplication if already present
  • MCP servers — same rules, merged without duplicates
  • Configurable variables— merged with those of the agent (in case of a collision, the Skill's name is kept)

The 6 official skills (V1)

Curated by the Forgent team. All published under @forgent.

Financial analyst (Analysis)

Reads balance sheets, computes ratios (liquidity, leverage, profitability), produces a structured report with sector benchmarks. Variable {{sector}}.

Senior code reviewer (Dev)

Comments on a PR like a lead engineer: risks, potential bugs, technical debt, missing tests. Reads Git diffs or source files.

Competitive monitoring (Monitoring)

Watches competitors' sites and summarizes the changes (homepage, pricing, blog, communications). Weekly output in markdown.

Pro email writer (Writing)

Turns an intention into a professional email ready to send. Variables tone, recipient,context.

Meeting summary (Productivity)

Turns raw notes into a structured recap with decisions, actions (assigned + dated), and points discussed.

GDPR auditor (Support)

Reviews a privacy policy or a user journey, flags GDPR non-compliances with citations of specific articles.

Attaching a Skill

Two flows from a Skill's detail page:

Start a new agent

The primary button creates a fresh blueprint with the Skill already applied. You land in the builder with the Skill's system prompt as the starting content and the tools/MCP pre-checked.

Add to my current draft

The secondary button (appears if you have a draft in progress in the builder) merges the Skill into your existing work:

  • Your system prompt stays intact, the Skill's prompt is added at the end with a --- separator
  • The tools are merged without duplication
  • The MCP servers likewise
  • The Skill's variables are added to your list — you can configure them in Advanced Mode
Stacking multiple skillsNothing stops you from attaching 3 skills to the same agent. Each skill adds its chunk to the system prompt. Watch out for consistency though — an agent that tries to be a Code Reviewer + Financial Analyst + Monitoring at the same time can lose relevance. Prefer specialization.

Publishing your own Skill

When you build an agent that could serve as an add-on rather than being autonomous, publish it as a Skill rather than a Template from /deploy/[id]:

  1. The Publish to the marketplace button
  2. Type: Skill
  3. Choose a category + slug
  4. Your Skill appears in the Skills feed

The rule for deciding: if your prompt says "you are an X who does Y", it's a Template. If your prompt starts with "In addition to your current role, know that…", it's a Skill.

Skill vs. Anthropic Skills (the name)

Anthropic has its own “ Skills ” format (ZIP bundles with SKILL.md + scripts) used by Claude Code. Forgent Skills are not the same format— they're our own concept of attachable modules of expertise. The name is shared, the implementation is different.

Later we'll probably support the direct import of Anthropic Skills, but that's not the case in V1.