Context file or skill?
Use context files for facts
Brand voice, ICPs, claims, product info, competitor lists, legal rules, testimonials, and past learnings.
Use skills for workflows
Step-by-step methods, recurring analyses, report formats, creative formulas, approval rules, or campaign playbooks.
Good skill examples
- “Run our weekly Meta health check and return pause/scale/test actions.”
- “Analyze competitor ads using our hook taxonomy.”
- “Create native-ad concepts using our copywriting method.”
- “Review every output for healthcare claim compliance before generation.”
- “Turn a customer review into five UGC hooks using this structure.”
How to write a skill
Name the outcome
Say what the skill should produce: report, concepts, QA checklist, briefs, or decisions.
Define the steps
Write the process the agent should follow every time.
Attach the source context
Link the brand, product, reports, examples, or rules the skill depends on.
Save and reuse
Use the skill whenever the same workflow comes up again.
How skills are used
If the information is a durable fact, put it in context. If it is a repeatable way of working, make it a skill.
Context vs skills
The full comparison, and when to use each.