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A Skill has to be enabled before Chief will use it, and you bring an enabled Skill into a conversation by mentioning it with @. This article covers both.

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Enable or disable a Skill

Chief: Enabling and mentioning skills — the enable toggle on a Skill card
  1. In the left navigation, click Skills to open the Skills page.
  2. Find the Skill you want to manage. Each card has a toggle switch.
  3. Click the toggle to turn the Skill on (enabled) or off (disabled). The change takes effect right away.
Disabling a Skill keeps it on your Skills page but stops Chief from applying it in new tasks. It disappears from the @ picker, and Chief no longer turns its name into a Skill mention when a prompt is inserted through any of these paths:
  • Choosing a prompt from the / prompt picker.
  • Accepting a prompt from the suggestion strip.
  • Using Fact Check on selected answer text.
  • Sending the advanced prompt offered while creating a Skill.
  • Opening a shared prompt link.
The inserted prompt can still run, but the disabled Skill’s name stays as plain text and Chief does not apply that Skill’s instructions.

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Mention a Skill in a task (@)

Chief: Enabling and mentioning skills — the @ picker listing a Skill
  1. Open or start a task so the prompt bar is visible.
  2. Type @ in the prompt bar. A picker opens listing your enabled Skills and Expert Voices.
  3. Keep typing the Skill’s name to filter, then click it. The Skill is inserted as a pill (for example, @Skill name).
  4. Finish your prompt and send. Chief applies that Skill’s instructions to the response.
💡 Good to Know: You can mention more than one Skill in a single prompt — just type @ again and pick another. Chief combines their instructions for that message.

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FAQ

Only enabled Skills appear in the @ picker. Open the Skills page and confirm the toggle on that Skill’s card is on. If it’s enabled, type more of its name so the picker can match it.
Disabling hides the Skill from tasks but keeps it on your Skills page, so you can re-enable it later. Deleting removes a custom Skill permanently. Built-in Chief Skills can be disabled but not deleted.
The Skill may be disabled. Chief can still insert and run prompts from the / picker, suggestion strip, selected-text actions, Skill creator, or a shared prompt link, but it only turns enabled Skills into active mentions. Return to the Skills page and enable the Skill before running the prompt again.
The toggle controls whether the Skill is active in your tasks. How a Skill is shared is set by its scope (Anyone in the Project vs. Private), which is separate from the on/off toggle.