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Manus Skills

Agent Skills for Manus. Upload a Skill ZIP once and Manus uses it in every task that fits, or pick it by typing / in the chat box.

Browse Skills for Manus How to upload a Skill

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Upload a Skill (.zip with SKILL.md)Skills › + Add › Upload a skill

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Research our three competitors and make a deck

● Using skillbs-cobalt-growth-deckUsing the skill · deck and sources attached

What to upload

bs-cobalt-growth-deck.zip
bs-cobalt-growth-deck/
SKILL.md
assets/

Manus runs a skill’s Python or Bash scripts in its own sandbox.

Popular Manus skills

Every Skill below uploads to Manus as a ZIP.

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Orbit Startup Landing

Quick answer

How do Manus skills work?

Manus supports the open Agent Skills standard. Each skill is a SKILL.md folder with optional scripts; add it under Skills › + Add, and Manus loads it when a task matches, or when you type / and pick it. Manus can also save a task that went well as a new skill for you.

Where to add Skills: Skills › + Add › Upload a skill
File format: SKILL.md inside a ZIP
Loads automatically: Yes, by description
Install with Skillry: Download the ZIP, then upload it
Official docs: manus.im/docs

Manus skills for research-to-deliverable work

Manus is great at research. A Skill decides what the deliverable looks like.

Sky Glass DeckFree

Research decks

Findings as a designed deck, with sources kept in the notes.

Quartz SaaS Landing

Report sites

Long reports as a clean, shareable one-page site.

Wonky Cute Doodles

Visuals

Charts, covers and illustrations in one style.

How to add skills to Manus

Manus installs Skills from its own Skills page. No terminal needed.

Upload in Manus

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Add the Skill from Manus’s own Skills page. No terminal needed.

1Open Skills in the left menu and click + Add.
2Choose Upload a skill and pick the ZIP.
3Type / in a new task and pick the skill, or just ask.

Download ZIP

Every Skill page has a Download ZIP button. That ZIP is what you upload.

1Open any Skill on Skillry.
2Click Download ZIP.
3Keep it zipped: the ZIP already holds the Skill folder.

Skillry CLI

Not yet

A one-command install for Manus is not available yet. Use the ZIP for now.

1Download the Skill ZIP.
2Upload it in Skills › + Add › Upload a skill.
3Turn the Skill on.

Manus skills vs project instructions

They do different jobs, and most people use both.

Project instructionsA Skill (SKILL.md)

What it holdsProject instructions: Standing instructions and files for one projectOne repeatable job: a deck, a site, a video

When it loadsProject instructions: Every task in that projectOnly when your request matches

Context costProject instructions: Always in the promptA one-line description until used

ShareableProject instructions: Tied to one Manus projectWorks in any project and in 30 other agents

Manus skills FAQ

Does Manus support Agent Skills?

Yes. Manus supports the Agent Skills standard: upload a SKILL.md skill as a ZIP, a .skill file or a folder, and Manus uses it automatically, or type / and pick it.

Can Manus create skills for me?

Yes. Choose Build with Manus under Skills › + Add, or save a task that went well as a skill. You can also import skills from GitHub or add official ones.