Creating and Editing Skills

Use the skill editor to author catalog entries as skills or commandsClosed Berkeley Packet Filter. A syntax for selecting which network packets are captured or harvested based on protocol, address, port, and other packet attributes.. The editor includes a Markdown content area, metadata fields, and an embedded assistant so Riverbed Q (Q) can help while you write.

To open the catalog, see Skill Catalog. For skill vs command behavior, see Skills and Commands.

Open the editor

Create a new entry

To create a new entry:

  1. To open the Skill Catalog:

    1. Click Automation in the left menu.

    2. Click AI Agent Skills.

  2. Click + New Skill.

The page title is Create New Skill.

Edit an existing entry

To edit an existing entry, open it from the catalog. The page title is Edit Skill.

Fields

  • TYPE: Choose Skill or Command.

  • VERSION: Version identifier for the entry.

  • NAME and DESCRIPTION: Display name and short summary.

  • CATEGORIES, MODE, TRUST, IMPACT: Classification metadata used in the catalog and governance. Select one or more categories for each entry. You can also add a new category value in the category picker.

  • SKILL CONTENT (MARKDOWN): Instructions and structure for the skill or command body. Use Preview and Edit tabs to review rendering.

Save and publish

Click Save Skill to persist your work. New entries are saved in Draft until you publish them from the editor workflow. Click Discard to leave without saving. Click Back to Catalog to return to the Skill Catalog page.

Note: If save fails, the UI shows an error message. Correct validation issues (for example, missing name) and try again.

AI-Generation disclaimer

When using Generative AI technologies to create and generate content, the target audience must be aware that the content is AI generated. We recommend adding a disclaimer to the output of the content generated using the GenAI node. For example, appending "AI-Generated content".