How to Prompt with Skola Skills

New to AI agents? This guide explains how to actually use the skills in this marketplace — not just install them.

The mental model

A skill is a set of instructions loaded into your AI assistant's context. Once installed, your AI reads those instructions and knows how to perform a specific workflow.

You don't "run" a skill like a command. You just talk to your AI naturally — and it recognizes when to use the skill.

You:   "there's a crash in sentry, GOOD-DOCTOR-ANDROID-6YW, fix it"
AI:    [reads sentry-to-pr skill] → fetches issue → identifies root cause
       → creates Jira ticket → writes fix → opens PR

The skill does the heavy lifting. Your job is to describe what you want.

Step 1 — Install a skill

skola install skill/sentry-to-pr

You'll be prompted to fill in your team's values (Jira URL, Sentry project, etc.). These get saved so you don't have to repeat them.

Step 2 — Open your AI assistant

Open Claude Code (or whichever tool you use). The skills you installed are automatically available — nothing else to configure.

Step 3 — Just describe what you want

Skills are triggered by natural language. You don't need to say "use the sentry-to-pr skill" — just describe the problem:

The more natural, the better. The AI understands intent.

What makes a good prompt

Be specific about the input

❌  "fix the crash"
✅  "fix the crash in GOOD-DOCTOR-ANDROID-6YW — it's a NullPointerException in PaymentViewModel"

Mention the outcome you want

❌  "there's a CI failure"
✅  "CI is failing on my branch AN-1234-payment-flow, investigate and fix it"

Reference concrete things

❌  "update the dependencies"
✅  "update all outdated dependencies in the app module, skip major version bumps"

When the AI doesn't trigger the skill

If the AI just answers your question instead of using the skill, try:

1. Be more explicit about the action: "investigate and fix" vs "what do you think about"
2. Mention the tool or service: "the Sentry crash", "the Jira ticket", "the CI build"
3. Name the workflow: "do the full release workflow for v5.57.0"

Talking to the AI mid-workflow

Skills are multi-step workflows. The AI will pause and ask you questions at decision points — don't be surprised. Just answer naturally.

AI:    "I found 3 unrelated commits on the release branch. Should I revert all of them?"
You:   "revert the first two, keep the third one — it's actually related"
AI:    [reverts only the first two, continues workflow]

You're always in control. The AI proposes, you decide.

If something goes wrong

• Wrong output? Just say "that's not right, try again with X"
• Stopped halfway? Say "continue from step 4"
• Needs a different approach? Say "skip that and do Y instead"

The AI doesn't need special commands. Plain English corrections work.

First skills to try

If you're not sure where to start, these are the most commonly used:

Browse the full list at the marketplace.

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