Reusable instruction sets that teach your agent specialized behaviors. Create a SKILL.md file and invoke it with @mention in your messages.

What are Skills?

Skills are reusable instruction sets that give TorlyAI specialized behaviors. When you invoke a skill with @skill-name, TorlyAI follows the instructions defined in that skill.

Discovery & Generation Skills

Core skills for idea exploration, business plan creation, and financial modeling:

@idea-brainstormer

Agent: McGonagall

Guided business idea discovery

@idea-evaluator

Agent: McGonagall

Compare and score multiple ideas

@profile-assessment

Agent: Dumbledore

Analyze your professional profile

@applicant-matcher

Agent: Dumbledore

Match your profile to ideas

@bp-spec-generator

Agent: Dumbledore

Create BP specification

@bp-sections

Agent: Harry

Generate business plan sections

@financial-forecast

Agent: Hermione

3-5 year projections

@financial-modeler

Agent: Hermione

Advanced multi-year P&L with sensitivity analysis

@team-builder

Agent: Hermione

Build team structure

@bp-reviewer

Agent: Kingsley

Quality and compliance review

@interview-prep

Agent: Dobby

Mock interview practice

Analysis & Review Skills

Advanced skills for scoring, strategic assessment, and compliance checking:

@innovation-matrix-assessor

Analysis

Agent: Dumbledore

4F Formula scoring with QA Scorecard

@strategic-alignment-advisor

Analysis

Agent: Dumbledore

Impossible Triangle, BMF, and Fortune/Timing

@quality-gate

Review

Agent: McGonagall

Stage-transition GO/WAIT/BLOCK decisions

@caseworker-readiness-checker

Review

Agent: Kingsley

Home Office checklist audit

Support & Utility Skills

Skills for endorsement preparation, interview coaching, and evidence gathering:

@endorsement-navigator

Support

Agent: Kingsley

Endorsement body selection with ranked scores

@interview-coach

Support

Agent: Kingsley

STAR-Q method interview templates

@pitch-deck-builder

Generation

Agent: Harry

10-slide pitch deck with speaking notes

@evidence-assembler

Utility

Agent: Dobby

Cross-reference evidence gathering

@documents-checklist

Support

Agent: Dobby

Track all required visa application documents

Skill Chains

Skills recommend next steps based on their results. This creates natural workflows:

Analysis chain: @innovation-matrix-assessor → @quality-gate (when gaps found)

Endorsement chain: @endorsement-navigator → @strategic-alignment-advisor (when scores are close)

Presentation chain: @interview-coach → @pitch-deck-builder (when readiness > 70%)

Compliance chain: @caseworker-readiness-checker → @quality-gate (when modules rejected)

Using Skills

To invoke a skill, type @skill-name in your message:

@idea-brainstormer I want to start a fintech company in the UK

Creating Custom Skills

You can create your own skills by adding a SKILL.md file to your workspace's skills folder:

~/.torlyai/workspaces/{id}/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md

SKILL.md Format

---
name: my-skill
description: A brief description of what this skill does
author: Your Name
version: 1.0.0
---

# My Custom Skill

Instructions for the AI to follow when this skill is invoked.

## Step 1
Do this first...

## Step 2
Then do this...

## Output Format
Describe the expected output format.