> Index of every Falcon docs page, for assistants: https://falcon.com/docs/llms.txt

# Write a skill

Create a company skill in a skill category, write it, and publish a version before agents can use it.

Open **Skills**. The page says **Skills your agents can use, grouped by category. Each agent picks the ones it needs.** A skill belongs to the company. You write it once, then each agent chooses it.

## Create it

- Choose **New skill**. In a category, **+** is named **New skill in** that category and opens the same form with the category already chosen.
- **What the skill is called**.
- **The category it belongs to**. If none is chosen, the field says **Choose a category**. A skill needs a category. Make one on [Skill categories](https://falcon.com/docs/skill-categories) first when the list is empty.
- It is created empty and its own page opens. If it cannot be created, the form says **The skill could not be created.**

## Write it, then publish

What you change on the skill is a draft. The page says **What you change here is a draft. Agents start using it once a new version is published on the Versions tab.** A skill marked **Draft** cannot be picked by an agent until that version is published. On the agent's Skills page the line is **Publish this skill before** the agent **can use it live**, with **Publish skill**.

## Related

- [Build an agent](https://falcon.com/docs/build-an-agent)
- [Base agent parts](https://falcon.com/docs/base-agent-parts)
- [Add a skill to an agent](https://falcon.com/docs/add-a-skill)
- [Skill categories](https://falcon.com/docs/skill-categories)
- [Add a knowledge base](https://falcon.com/docs/add-a-knowledge-base)
- [Knowledge searches](https://falcon.com/docs/knowledge-searches)
- [Start a workflow](https://falcon.com/docs/start-a-workflow)
- [Before the agent](https://falcon.com/docs/preprocess)
- [Agents](https://falcon.com/docs/agents)
- [Workflows](https://falcon.com/docs/workflows)