Managing Skills

Keep your skills organized

Once you've installed skills, you'll want to know how to manage them — update, remove, or resolve conflicts.

Skill persistence

Skills live in your conversation context. This means:

They persist within a single conversation — your AI remembers them
They don't persist across conversations — start a new chat and you'll need to reinstall
Agent mode can automate this — configure your agent to auto-install skills at the start of each session

Updating a skill

When a skill author releases a new version:

Visit the skill page on AiNouns to see the latest version
Re-run the installation prompt (same as installing)
Your AI will replace the old version with the new one

Alternatively, ask your agent:

Please update my [skill name] skill to the latest version.

Removing a skill

To uninstall a skill from your current conversation:

Please remove the [skill name] skill from your context.

Your AI will stop using that skill in all subsequent messages.

Handling skill conflicts

If two skills try to do the same thing (e.g., two "email writer" skills), the most recently installed skill takes precedence. To resolve conflicts:

Check what's installed: Ask your AI what skills it has
Remove the unwanted one: Use the remove command above
Reinstall in the right order: Install the one you want last (so it takes precedence)

Pro tips

Keep it lean: Too many skills can confuse your AI. Install only what you need.
Use skill names: Give skills clear names in your prompts so your AI knows which one to use
Version control: Note which version you're using if a skill's behavior changes between versions