Skills.

Settings → Skills. A skill you make is yours. Your organization can turn off adding your own skills, and on some plans skills are not available.

Format	What it does	Tier
`prompt`	Instructions added to the conversation when the skill is used.	1
`tool`	A tool the AI can call. It makes one HTTP request to an endpoint you describe.	3
`agent_task`	A scoped agent run with its own tools and limits.	3

Field	Meaning
`name`, `description`	What it is.
`format`	`prompt`, `tool` or `agent_task`.
`content`	The prompt text, or the tool definition in YAML.
`tags`, `trigger_word`	Find it and start it by a word.

A tool skill (content)

name: ticket_status
description: Look up a support ticket by number
parameters:
  type: object
  properties:
    id: { type: string, description: "Ticket number" }
  required: [id]
instructions: Use when the user asks about a ticket number.
endpoint:
  url: "https://support.example.com/api/tickets/lookup"
  method: POST
  body_template: '{"id": "{{id}}"}'

The URL is fixed; the AI's arguments go into body_template as {{name}}.

Agents.

Settings → Agents. Use one by typing @ and its name in a chat, or with one of its trigger words. Your organization can turn off adding your own agents.

Field	Meaning
`name`, `description`, `instructions`	Who the agent is and how it works.
`backend`	Where it runs: Bolt's own loop, or a remote endpoint (OpenAI-compatible, custom HTTP, or A2A).
`tool_allowlist`, `tool_blocklist`, `mcp_allowlist`	Which tools and MCP servers it may use.
`max_iterations`, `reasoning_strategy`	How long it may work.
`triggers`	Keywords that send a request to it.
`background_capable`, `icon`, `tags`	Run in the background; display.

An agent with tools is tier 3: it can act through every tool it is allowed. Keep its tool list short.

Share them as a Boltpack.

Export: on the Skills or Agents page, export your own skills or agents. Bolt writes a signed .boltpack.
Secrets stay behind: a remote agent's API key or sign-in is removed from the export. The person who imports it adds their own.
Import: Settings → Agents → Import takes a Boltpack of skills and agents. Bolt checks the signature and shows what it holds before you confirm.
Always yours: an imported agent is your personal agent, even if the pack says otherwise. Your organization's rules for adding skills and agents still apply.

Skills and agents.