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Documentation / Skills

Find a skill. Know what it does.

Website skills give the assistant tools for a site. Review their source and supported pages before you install.

Browse the directory

Search by name, namespace or description in Skills, then sort by popularity, rating, recent publication or installs. Open a listing for its source, author, versions and functions.

Install a version

With xgoose installed, choose a version and select Install in xgoose. The extension opens its installation page for review. Without the extension, the link opens the readable .xgs.js source.

Chrome 0.2 keeps editable source separate from the executable bundle. Website recommendation metadata is matched locally against the current site; recommending a skill does not execute an uninstalled skill’s detection code.

Enable, disable and update

Manage installed skills in extension settings. Disabling blocks new calls and injection. If a required dependency is disabled, a dependent skill can become unavailable. Updates are explicit so you choose when to replace an installed version.

Disabling cannot roll back earlier requests or page changes. Refresh the page if you need to clear those effects. Source-less legacy bundles may be read-only.

Make a skill your own

Edit source in settings or let the assistant create or modify a local skill. Changes run through the same User Scripts permission as other skills. For publishing, read the authoring reference and open Publish.