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"textContent": "Does Dashboard Chat currently support Skills?\nI was able to set it up, but I couldn’t get it to work.\n\n* * *\n\nSummary:\nWhen running the simplest Skill (SKILL.md YAML front matter only) in the OpenAI Dashboard, the following error occurs:\n\nInline skill name/description must match the values in SKILL.md/Skills.md front matter.\n\nSteps to reproduce:\n\n 1. Create a minimal SKILL.md and compress it to ZIP format.\n 2. Create a chat prompt from the Chat menu in the Dashboard.\nhttps://platform.openai.com/chat\n 3. Select “Shell” from “+Add” in the Tools section. The “Hosted Shell” dialog box will appear.\n 4. Select “Upload Skills” in the Skills section and upload the ZIP file. Click the “Add” button.\n 5. Try chatting. The above error message will appear.\n\n\n\nExpected behavior:\nYou should be able to chat.\n\nActual behavior:\nEven with the simplest SKILL.md, the above error occurs and chat is not possible.\n\nEnvironment:\n-Zip file structure:\n\n>\n> sample-skill.zip\n> └sample-skill\n> └SKILL.md\n>\n\nSKILL.md contents:\n\n\n ---\n name: sample-skill\n description: This is sample skills.\n ---\n\n (No body text)\n\n\n",
"title": "Does Dashboard Chat currently support Skills?"
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