# Skills & Context Docs

Customize how the AI assistant works with skills, slash commands, @mentions, and context documents.

Micro's AI learns how to work better for you through two systems: **Skills** for common actions, and **Context Docs** for persistent information about you and your team.

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## Skills

Skills are reusable slash commands that tell the AI how to complete specific tasks. Type **/** in the AI chat to see them.

Browse and install plugins, automations, lists, and integrations from the **Marketplace** — find it in the sidebar.

## Using Skills

1. Open the AI chat
2. Type **/** to see the skills dropdown
3. Start typing to filter (e.g., `/prep` finds `/prep-me`)
4. Select a skill with arrow keys or click
5. Add additional context after the skill (e.g., `/prep-me for meeting with Sarah`)
6. Press Enter

## Built-in Skills

### Meeting Prep & Email

- **/prep-me** — Prepare for your next meeting with context and talking points
- **/draft-email** — Draft a professional email based on context
- **/cold-email** — Draft a cold outreach email
- **/summarize-thread** — Summarize an email thread

### Daily & Productivity

- **/today** — What you need to know today
- **/followups** — Follow-ups you need to send
- **/process-inbox** — Help organizing your inbox
- **/prioritize** — Sort and prioritize your tasks
- **/weekly-recap** — Summary of your week
- **/catch-me-up** — Catch up on what you missed
- **/news** — Relevant news for your contacts
- **/simplify-calendar** — Optimize and simplify your calendar

### Context Docs (update your AI's memory)

- **/update-writing-style** — Teach the AI how you write
- **/update-personal-context** — Update info about you
- **/update-company-context** — Update info about your company
- **/update-meeting-preferences** — How you like meetings prepared
- **/update-priorities** — Your current focus areas and priorities
- **/update-fundraise-context** — Your fundraising details
- **/update-sales-context** — Your sales process
- **/update-hiring-context** — Your hiring needs
- **/update-dealflow-context** — Your deal evaluation criteria
- **/update-portco-context** — Your portfolio companies
- **/update-lp-context** — Your LP relationships

### Pipeline Reviews

- **/fundraise-review** — Review your fundraising pipeline
- **/sales-review** — Review your sales pipeline
- **/hiring-review** — Review your hiring pipeline
- **/dealflow-review** — Review your deal flow
- **/portco-review** — Review your portfolio
- **/lp-fundraise-review** — Review LP fundraising progress

### Intros & Networking

- **/intro** — Draft a warm introduction between two people
- **/intro-request** — Ask someone for an introduction
- **/intro-path** — Find a connection path to someone
- **/who-do-i-know** — Find relevant contacts in your network

### Research

- **/research** — General research on a topic
- **/research-person** — Deep dive on a specific person
- **/research-startup** — Deep dive on a startup
- **/research-investor** — Deep dive on an investor

### Updates & Drafting

- **/investor-update** — Draft an investor update
- **/lp-update** — Draft an LP update
- **/unsubscribe-candidates** — Find emails to unsubscribe from

### Analysis

- **/deal-memo** — Generate a deal memo
- **/pitch-prep** — Prepare for a pitch meeting
- **/product-feedback** — Analyze product feedback

## Creating Custom Skills

Create your own skills in **Settings → Skills**:

1. Click **Create skill**
2. Enter a **name** (e.g., "Weekly standup prep")
3. Enter a **command** (e.g., `standup-prep`) — this becomes `/standup-prep`
4. Write a **description** shown in the dropdown
5. Write the **instructions** — what the AI follows when you run it
6. Optionally pick an **emoji** icon
7. Save

Custom skills appear alongside built-in ones when you type `/` in chat.

You can also ask the agent to edit any of your user-created skills — just say "update my [skill name] skill to include..." and it will read the current instructions and update them for you. System skills are protected.

> **Note:** Write skills like instructions to a person: "Look at my calendar for today and summarize each meeting with context from past emails."

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## @Mentions

Reference specific people, companies, and other objects in your AI chat using **@mentions**.

## How to use mentions

1. Type **@** in the AI chat
2. Start typing a name to search
3. Select from the dropdown

## What you can mention

| Type | Example |
|------|---------|
| People | @Sarah Chen |
| Companies | @Acme Corp |
| Documents | @Q4 Planning |
| Tasks | @Follow up with investors |
| Email threads | @RE: Partnership proposal |
| Calendar events | @Board meeting |
| Lists & views | @Sales Pipeline |
| Automations | @Weekly digest automation |

When you @mention something, the AI gets full context about that object — its properties, related data, and history.

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## Context Docs

Context Docs give the AI persistent information about you, your company, and how you work. The AI references them automatically in every conversation.

## Personal Context

Found in **Settings → Personalization**, personal context docs tell the AI about:

- Your role and responsibilities
- Your communication style and writing preferences
- Meeting preparation preferences

You can update these manually or use the `/update-` skills listed above.

## Team Context (Knowledge Base)

Found in **Settings → Knowledge Base**, team context docs include:

- Company information and positioning
- Product details
- Team processes and workflows
- Competitor information

These are shared across your workspace — everyone's AI benefits from team context.

## List Context Docs

Each list has its own collection of context documents the AI references when autofilling properties and answering questions about that list.

Access it from the **Autofill** button in the list header → **Context Docs** section.

Each document can describe:

- What the list is for
- How records should progress through stages
- Criteria for status changes
- Industry context, qualification criteria, or any other relevant info

### Auto-Generated Context Docs

When you create a new list, the AI automatically generates a starter context document. It searches your email history and company information to write a relevant overview. You can edit, add more documents, or delete them at any time.

### Managing Context Docs

The AI agent can also create and update context docs on your behalf. Use the `/update-` skills (like `/update-fundraise-context`) or just ask the agent to "update my list's context docs."

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## Tips

### Be Specific

The more specific your context docs, the better the AI performs. Include examples of good outputs.

### Update Regularly

Keep context docs current as your processes evolve. Use the `/update-` skills to make it easy.

### Combine Skills with Mentions

The most powerful pattern: `/prep-me for meeting with @Sarah Chen about @Series A fundraise`. The AI gets the skill instructions plus full context on Sarah and your fundraise list.