Brainbox Skills: Create & Manage

Last updated on 09 Oct 2026

Skills are reusable one-click prompts for the jobs you do every day. Use the built-in set, edit them to suit, or turn your own best prompts into Skills.

A Skill is a saved prompt with a name. Instead of typing “check the grammar in this but don't change my tone” for the hundredth time, you trigger the Grammar Skill and Brainbox applies your saved instructions to whatever you're looking at: the text you've selected, or the whole page.

Brainbox comes with a set of built-in Skills, including Chat with PDF, Draft Reply, Grammar, Meeting Notes, Rewrite, Simplify, Summarize, Task List, Tone Check and Translate, and every one of them is editable, so you can tune them to the way you work.

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How Brainbox fits together — Brainbox is Wavebox’s AI and it works in two ways. Chats with your tabs: the side panel works with your open tabs from every Space — @-mention any tab, trigger / Skills, and pick your engine (or add your own keys, or use the free on-device model from Brainbox Local AI). Each chat stays attached to the tab that was in focus when you opened it, and no conversation is ever out of reach — tap the ☰ menu > History to reopen any chat, any time, and carry on right where you left off. Paid plans include 1 million free tokens every month. And one special chat — Chat with Settings: the only chat that can actually change Wavebox. It sees your whole setup, remembers across sessions, and doesn’t use your tokens — ask it to change colours, add or remove apps, find a setting, or give you a 7-day Wavebox training course.

Three ways to trigger a Skill

Type / in any Brainbox chat. The Skill picker opens above the prompt box; keep typing to filter, then pick with the arrow keys and Enter. The Skill is added as a purple chip above the chat box – it doesn't run yet. Type a message to go with it if you like, then hit return to send. Your sent message shows which Skill it used.
Right-click on any page. Select some text first if you only want the Skill to work on that. Choose Brainbox from the menu and pick a Skill from the searchable list.
From the Skills tab in the Brainbox Controls (below), which is also where you fine-tune what each one does.

The Brainbox Skill picker open above the chat prompt box after typing / — Type forward slash to see the skills menu or start typing the skill name

Manage your Skills

Click the sliders icon in the top right of the Brainbox panel to open the Brainbox Controls, then choose the Skills tab. Every Skill is listed here. Click one to edit it, or click + New Skill to create your own.

The Skills tab in the Brainbox Controls, listing every Skill with a New Skill button — Click the sliders icon in the Brainbox panel top right

Create a Skill

Click + New Skill and fill in:

Name – what shows in the pickers, e.g. “Summarize”.
Description – one line shown under the name in the picker.
Icon – pick one so the Skill is easy to spot.
Trigger Type – what the Skill works on when triggered: your selection only, the whole page, or both.
Prompt Template – the instructions Brainbox follows when the Skill runs. The content (your selection, or the page) is appended to this prompt automatically, so write it like a standing instruction: “Analyse the attached document. Reply in a professional tone. Always quote the original.”
AI Model – leave on Use default model, or pin the Skill to a specific engine.

The New Skill form with name, description, icon, trigger type, prompt template and AI model fields — Click the New Skill button at the top of the skills tab

💡 Prompt Templates can include variables like the current date or page title. See Brainbox (Skill Variables).

Edit or delete a Skill

Open the Skills tab, click the Skill, change anything – including the built-in ones – and Save. Delete removes it permanently.

Editing the Chat with PDF Skill, with its prompt template and a Delete button — Click a skill in the skills tab to edit it

Turn a great chat into a Skill

The best Skills usually start life as ordinary prompts. When a prompt in chat gives you exactly what you wanted, copy it into a New Skill so it's one click next time. Ideas to start with: a reply-drafting Skill in your voice, a “summarize for my team” Skill with your team's format baked in, or a translation Skill for the language pair you use most.