Manage AI-Library Elements

The AI Library is your central hub for Agents, Skills, and Connectors.

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Main Benefits and Use Cases

The AI Library brings together the most important reusable AI building blocks in one place:

• Agents
• Skills
• Connectors

You'll find both content you've created yourself and content curated by awork.

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How to Access the Library

There are 2 ways you can open the Library:

• Navigate to Settings (gear icon in the bottom left of the main menu) and select Library under the AI category.
• Or open the AI menu item in the Main Menu and click the Library button in the top right.

In the Library, you'll see a navigation panel on the left with the categories Agents, Skills, and Connectors.

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Manage Agents

Access the Agents section
Select Agents to display all available agents. Agents are shown as cards in a grid layout with title, description, and creator information.

Create a new agent
Click the purple + Agent button below the search field. A dropdown menu opens with two options:

• New Agent: Creates a completely new, custom agent
• Use Template: Uses an existing template as your starting point

Actions for existing agents
Each agent card has an Actions Menu in the top right corner. Click it to open the menu. The following options are available:

• Edit Agent: Opens the agent's editing view
• Copy Agent Link: Copies a link to the agent to your clipboard
• Share: Allows you to share the agent with others
• Duplicate: Creates a copy of the agent
• Delete: Permanently removes the agent

Hover over the bottom area of a card to view agent Details or start an AI Thread.

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Manage Skills

Access the Skills section
Click Skills in the Library's left navigation to switch to the Skills overview. Here you can see active and available skills.

Filter Skills
You'll find filter tabs in the top right of the content area:

• Active: Shows only your enabled skills
• All: Shows all available skills
• Mine: Shows skills you've created
• Shared with Me: Shows skills others have shared with you

Active Skill Pool

Many skills can exist in a workspace.

So that an agent doesn't have to consider all available skills with every request, there's an active skill pool.

The skills you enable in this pool are available to the agent for automatic consideration.

The agent checks these skills based on the specific request and uses a skill when it's relevant to the task.

You can also mention a skill directly in an AI Thread.

An explicitly mentioned skill can be used even if it's not part of the active skill pool.

Create a new skill

Click the purple + Skill button. In the Actions dropdown menu that appears, you can choose between Skill (to create a new skill) and Import Skill.

Credentials for Skills

A skill may require external credentials, for example for API access. You can configure such credentials as personal or shared credentials.

• Personal Credentials: Each user stores their own authentication.
• Shared Credentials: A configured authentication can be made available to multiple users. The actual secret is not visible. Saved secrets cannot be displayed again. Credentials can be marked as required. Then the skill cannot be used without these credentials.

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Use Skills

A Skill contains reusable instructions for a specific task or recurring process.

Skills can contain both simple instructions and more complex workflows. These can include, for example:

• Detailed instructions

• Documentation

• Scripts

• Code

• Routines

• API integrations

Skills follow a standardized structure and can be imported and exported.

Library Skills and Agent Skills

There are two types of skills.

• Library Skills are reusable and can be shared in the workspace and used by multiple agents.
• Agent Skills belong to a specific agent.

An Agent Skill can later be extracted from the agent and converted into a regular Library Skill.

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Manage Connectors

Access the Connectors section

Select Connectors in the left navigation to access the overview of already available connectors and the connections set up for them.

Create a new connector

1. Click the purple + Connector button. A modal opens with a selection of available MCP Providers and the option for Custom Server for individual connections.
2. Select the desired MCP provider.
3. Set up the connection: Store your personal authentication if it's required for setup.

If no connector of this type exists yet in the workspace, you're creating the first one. After that, other team members can create their own connections for this connector.

Actions for Connectors
Each connector card has an Actions Menu in the top right corner. Click it. The following options are available: Manage Connections, Copy Connector Link, or Delete Connector.
Using the toggle in the bottom right, you can disable agent access for this connector.

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Use Connectors

Connectors link agents with external tools and services. awork provides predefined connectors. Additionally, you can create your own connectors using the MCP protocol.

Distinguish Between Connectors and Connections

A Connector describes the service that AI can access.

A Connection is the actual configured and authenticated connection to that service.

A connector can have multiple connections. When multiple connections are available, a selector is displayed. With it, you can choose which connection the agent should use.

Use Custom Servers

Existing custom servers are also displayed in the Library. You can use such a server and connect it with your personal authentication if needed.

Share Connections with Team Members

Connections can be shared with team members. Click Manage Connections, then in the Connections section click the Actions Button and Share Connection.

A shared connection will then also appear in the Library of the respective team members.

This way, team members can use an existing connection without having to set it up themselves, if no separate account or authentication is required.

Enable Connectors for an Agent

Different connectors can be enabled or disabled depending on the agent.

If a connector is disabled, you can enable it. This gives the agent additional features or capabilities.

The Library directly shows:

• Active Connectors: The agent is currently using these

• Disabled Connectors: You can enable these if needed

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FAQ

What's the difference between a Library Skill and an Agent Skill?

A Library Skill can be shared in the workspace and used by multiple agents. An Agent Skill belongs to a specific agent.

Can a connector have multiple connections?

Yes. Multiple connections can be available for a connector. In this case, you can use the selector to choose the desired connection.

Can connections be shared with team members?

Yes. Shared connections also appear in the Library of the respective team members.

Can I enable a connector for an agent?

Yes. Connectors can be enabled or disabled depending on the agent.

Can I create my own connections?

Yes. In addition to predefined connectors, you can create your own connectors using the MCP protocol.