DocumentationSkills for enterprise AI
Why do I need skills?
A skill in anymize is a stored work instruction for the AI, so a recurring result comes out equally well every time.
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What is a skill?
A skill is an instruction for the AI that is stored as its own capability. It says how a given task is worked through: in which order to check, which rules to observe, what should come out at the end, which mistakes are typical. You add the case; the skill knows the rest.
In anymize every active skill is a tool the AI can call. That is the difference from a text template sitting somewhere in a document: the skill steps in on its own when it fits, and you see in chat that it ran.
- It is reusable. Once installed, it applies to every chat.
- It is shareable. What works for you, you can give to a colleague or the whole team.
- It is portable. anymize uses the open SKILL.md standard; you are not locked in.
- It is model-independent. The skill works with the model you selected in chat.
What does a skill give me over a good prompt?
A good prompt is a good question. A skill is a good question that does not get lost. The difference shows the second time, and really the second person in the office.
| Situation | Prompt from memory | Skill |
|---|---|---|
| On the tenth case | Everyone types a different variant; results drift apart. | Same flow, same outline, comparable results. |
| New colleague | Has to know how to ask and which follow-ups matter. | Calls the skill and gets the result in house convention. |
| Scope | What fits in the input field and what you remember right now. | Several pages of method plus bundled reference files. |
| Triggering | You have to remember. | The AI reaches for it on its own when the skill fits the task. |
| Binding force | A recommendation. | Can be set as required for everyone by the team. |
A skill does not unlock anything the AI would otherwise not be allowed to do. It only steers how it proceeds. Permissions, model choice and anonymization stay exactly as they are.
Where is this worth it in my job?
The value rises with repetition. These tasks come up most often with our customers:
| If you work here | Typical task | Matching package |
|---|---|---|
| Law firm, legal team | Review a contract, find deadlines, prepare a brief | German Law |
| HR department | Write or review an employment reference, assess a dismissal | German Law and Individual skills |
| Tax advisory, audit | Client letters, contract analysis, data-protection questions | German Law |
| Town hall, public office | Agenda, minutes, tender documents, press release | Local government |
| Marketing, communications | Plan a campaign, sharpen copy, watch competitors | Marketing Suite |
| Website and editorial | Audit, keyword cluster, content briefing | SEO-Toolkit |
Do I need programming skills for this?
No. To use a finished skill you install it and call it in chat. That is two clicks and a slash.
You also do not have to learn anything for a skill of your own. Say “Save this as a skill” in chat, and the AI writes name, description and instructions itself. Anyone who wants can then open the file and change sentences. Anyone who does not want to never has to.
For context: some skills from open sources assume things we deliberately do not offer, such as running code. Those skills are marked “Restricted” or “Needs sandbox” in the library so you do not run into a dead end.
What does a skill cost?
Nothing extra. anymize skills are part of the plan; you do not buy them one by one, and you do not pay for a skill of your own either.
What counts is the chat itself - not the skill. With Deep, Smart and Swift models, usage runs against your plan allowance (requests per 5-hour window), not against credits. You need credits for anonymizing documents and for Ultra-class models, which are billed by consumption (tokens). A skill has no surcharge of its own and consumes no extra credits; the instructions flow into the request like any other chat text. Your credit balance sits at the bottom left of the sidebar; how many skills you may have active at once is in the next section.
How many skills may I activate?
That depends on the plan. What counts are the active skills, not the ones you only looked at.
| Plan | Active skills |
|---|---|
| Starter and Team Starter | 8 |
| Professional and Team Business | 25 |
| Plus and Team Enterprise | unlimited |
When the limit is reached, anymize says so on install and does not fail silently. You then deactivate a skill you do not need right now, and the slot is free again. Skills your team distributes as required do not count.
Where do the skills come from?
From four sources, and we say for every skill which one. The curated packages almost all come from other people’s open work. We brought them into German, rewrote them for anymize’s tools and named the author.
- Packages from anymize: the four large collections, with author credit and a link to the source.
- Individual skills: 15 that belong to no package.
- Your own skills: everything you create, import or pull from a GitHub repo.
- Team skills: what colleagues share with you or what the house requires.
Does the AI model see my case when a skill runs?
Not in the clear. The skill does not change the path your data take. If you attach a file, a reference or a citizen submission, anymize first replaces names, addresses, file numbers and account numbers with placeholders. The model works with the placeholders; you read the answer with the real details.
This also applies to skills you write yourself and to those you import from the web. Anonymization sits in front of the model, not inside the skill.