Skills let you enhance Agent Mode's capabilities with specialized expertise and custom workflows. They are based on the Agent Skills open standard.
Unlike AGENTS.md files, skills represent on-demand expertise. This
structure allows Agent Mode to maintain a large number of specialized
capabilities—such as migrating between specific library versions or making a
composable adapt to different screen sizes—without cluttering the model's
immediate context window.
The model autonomously decides when to employ a skill based on your request and the skill's description. When a relevant skill is identified, the model dynamically pulls in the full instructions and resources required to complete the task.
To activate a skill on demand, ask the agent to perform a task that is relevant
to the skill. You can also enter @ in the input box to trigger a specific
skill.
To import an Android skill into Android Studio, download the skills from the
GitHub repository and save it in a directory called
.skills/ or .agent/skills/ at your project root.
To learn more about Android skills, see Intro to Android skills.