Using skills

Source: OpenAI Date: 2026-04-10 URL: https://openai.com/academy/skills

Summary

OpenAI Academy module explaining how to use Skills in ChatGPT — the feature that allows users to save reusable prompt patterns, custom behaviors, or workflow fragments for repeated use. Part of the April 2026 Academy content suite covering ChatGPT’s productivity surface.

Implications

Platform thread. Skills (the consumer-facing version of what operators expose via the API) represent OpenAI’s answer to the “how do I not repeat myself” problem for non-technical users. The Academy module signals that Skills has shipped broadly enough to warrant onboarding content. Relevant to the Codex/ChatGPT convergence thread — Skills for chat users parallels Codex for developer workflows.