Announcing the new Skills feature in Leo, Brave’s in-browser AI assistant

Today we’re announcing a powerful new feature for Brave Leo: Skills. Leo Skills are prompt-based shortcuts that can help make your browsing experience faster, more efficient, and tailored to your specific needs. With Skills, your favorite prompts and AI-powered tasks are just a keyboard shortcut away.

Skills are available to all Brave Leo desktop and Android users on versions 1.85 and higher.

What are Skills

Leo Skills is a feature that lets you access your most-used prompts with custom shortcuts. Instead of repeatedly typing the same instruction, you can create personalized skills for tasks you perform often. These can include the summarizing of complex topics, polishing a piece of writing, or even analyzing competitor websites. Among many other great benefits, Skills can:

• Save time: Eliminate repetitive typing of the same, often-used prompt.

• Maintain consistency: Ensure your prompts are always structured the same way, leading to more predictable and reliable AI responses.

• Simplify more complex actions: Trigger powerful AI tasks with a simple command.

• Customize your experience: Tailor Leo’s responses to your specific needs and workflows.

How to get started with Skills

To create a skill from an existing conversation:

1. Start a conversation in Leo by clicking on the Leo AI icon on the top right side of the toolbar.
2. When Leo responds to a prompt you like, on desktop you can click the options menu ("…") on the message bubble.
   • Or, on Android, long tap your original message (not Leo’s response).
3. Select Save as skill.

To create a new skill from scratch:

1. Open the Skills selector by typing “/” in the Leo message box.
2. Click New and fill in the details.
3. Click Save.

Note that when creating a skill from scratch, you’ll need to give your skill a unique name and choose a shortcut using a combination of letters, numbers, and hyphens only.

To use a skill you’ve created:

1. Open Leo.
2. Type “/” followed by your chosen shortcut in the chat input. Leo will instantly recognize the shortcut and apply your saved prompt.

How to edit skills

To edit a skill on desktop:

1. Type “/” and then the name of your skill.
2. Click the edit icon that appears.

To edit a skill on Android:

1. Type “/” and then the name of your skill.
2. Long tap the skill name.

Built-in Skills to get started

To get started, we’ve included a handful of pre-configured Skills:

• /summarize: Get a concise summary of any webpage.
• /explain: Have Leo explain complex topics in simple, everyday language.
• /improve: Polish your writing for clarity and impact.
• /change-tone-persuasive: Rewrite content with a persuasive and compelling tone.
• /social-media-post: Transform your content into engaging social media posts.

Becoming more efficient with more Skills at your fingertips

Once you’ve tested pre-configured Skills, you can start using Skills in multiple ways to make your browsing and day-to-day tasks more efficient. Here are a few examples that could come in handy (see above section “To create a new skill from scratch” to get started):

/project - break down a specified task into a step-by-step action plan with time estimates. Example: /project redo my linkedin profile

/vs - Compare and contrast two specified options with pros, cons, and a recommendation. Example: /vs Windows Linux

/lunch - Suggest a well-reviewed, affordable place to eat lunch in a specified area. Example: /lunch midtown manhattan

Availability and requirements

The Leo Skills feature is available on desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux) and Android devices running Brave version 1.85 or higher. Skills will also be available on iOS in the near future.

Once you’ve had a chance to try Skills, please do share feedback so we can continue to improve Skills, Leo, and Brave’s privacy-first AI experiences.