Skill repository
The skill repository is where Qontext stores, versions, and distributes reusable AI instructions so every team member runs the same skill.
Category
Product feature
See all terms
What is the skill repository?
The skill repository is the central place inside a workspace's context repository where skills are stored. A skill is a reusable package of instructions an AI agent loads on demand, made up of a name, a description the agent reads to decide when to use it, the instructions themselves, and any supporting files like templates or reference documents. Instead of a skill living on one person's machine, it's published to the repository once and becomes available to the rest of the workspace.
Why does the skill repository exist?
Without a central place to store skills, every team member who wants the same instruction set has to write or copy it, and there's no way to know if two people are running different versions of what's supposed to be the same task. The skill repository exists so a skill is created and published once, then installed rather than recreated, and kept in sync so everyone pulls from the same current version.
How does the skill repository work?
Skills follow the open Agent Skills specification, so they work the same way across compatible AI tools. To use one, a team member installs the Qontext CLI, logs in with qontext login, and adds a specific skill with qontext skills add . Running qontext skills sync keeps every installed skill up to date with whatever's currently published in the repository. Skills can also be brought in from an existing GitHub repository or a local folder. Because the repository sits inside the same context repository as the rest of a workspace's knowledge, published skills are versioned and reachable the same way any other file is.