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Skills

Skills are the extra capabilities you attach to an Assistant so it can do more than answer from Knowledge: call an API, draw a chart, render a Template, run a function, search a website, or operate Informer itself. This chapter covers each Skill.

Click the + next to Skills in the Assistant editor to add one.

The Assistant editor's Skills menu, opened from the + next to Skills, listing API Request, Highcharts, Informer API, Print Template, Simple Function, and Website Search
Adding a Skill from the editor.

In this section​

ArticleIn one line
API RequestMake an API call (with an API key or an OAuth Integration) and return the response.
HighchartsGenerate charts and graphs on the fly with the Highcharts library.
Informer APILet the Assistant call Informer's own API, as the User chatting with it.
Print TemplateRender an Informer Template to PDF from the chat.
Simple FunctionRun a small JavaScript function to answer questions or perform tasks.
Website SearchSearch a website of your choosing through a Google Programmable Search Engine.