Agent builder: Skill attached to Shell disappears after reload/tab close
OpenAI Developer Community
May 24, 2026
This is happening to me also. Hosted Shell is suddenly gone when I upload the skill. I think this is a bug.
To make things worse, I don’t think the SKILLS appear to be working at all.
If you ask the agent “what are your skills” (just use you are a helpful assistant as agent instructions). The agent is unable to find any skill.
I tried two methods.
(1) Uploading the skill via agent builder > tools > shell > upload skills
(2) In platform.openai > storage > skills > upload
both are not working
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