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Ep 736: ChatGPT Skills: How to Use The New Feature from OpenAI and The Best Use Cases

March 18, 2026

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ChatGPT Skills introduce reusable workflows that package company SOPs, templates, and scripts into modular bundles for consistent AI task execution, now available in beta for Teams, Business, Enterprise, and EDU plans but not individual accounts.

Core Mechanics of Skills

Skills function as folder bundles with a core Markdown instructions file, supporting files, scripts, and references that ChatGPT loads only when invoked. ChatGPT auto-detects relevant skills by name or description, or users can explicitly call them. They use the open Agent Skills standard from Anthropic, allowing interoperability—skills built in Claude upload directly to ChatGPT. Progressive disclosure keeps initial interactions lightweight, expanding to full instructions on trigger.

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What you'll learn

1 **[00:48] Introduction to ChatGPT Skills**
2 **[05:20] ChatGPT Evolution to Skills**
3 **[07:58] Core Mechanics of Skills**
4 **[12:29] Skills vs. Custom GPTs/Projects**
5 **[15:22] Live Demo: Accessing & Basic Creation**
6 **[18:07] Cheat Code: Personalize from Chat History/Files**
7 **[20:24] Building & Testing "Jordan Hot Take Extractor"**

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Show Notes

Imagine your work life without templates, SOPs or copy and paste. 😱

Maybe that's how you've been working in ChatGPT, too.

Yes, ChatGPT's custom GPTs and Projects are useful, but left something to be desired.

The solution? ChatGPT's newest release: Skills.

Join us as we put AI to Work on Wednesdays and show you the ins and outs of Skills and the best use cases and our secrets to get started.

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Topics Covered in This Episode:

ChatGPT Skills Feature Introduction & Overview
Reusable Workflows for Business Procedures
ChatGPT Skills vs. Custom GPTs & Projects
Team Access: Enterprise, Business, EDU Plans
Anthropic vs. OpenAI Skills Compatibility
How to Build and Deploy ChatGPT Skills
Skill Sharing and Collaboration for Teams
Best Use Cases for ChatGPT Skills
Practical Setup and Implementation Walkthrough
Editing, Importing, and Managing ChatGPT Skills

Timestamps:

00:00 "Building ChatGPT Skills Live"

06:05 "Skills: Reusable Workflow Automation"

09:52 "Reusable AI Skills Explained"

10:59 Anthropic's Pioneering AI Skills

15:51 "Skills Access on Team Plans"

17:51 ChatGPT Skill Creation Tips

21:29 "Maximizing AI Tool Utilization"

25:18 "Skill Setup and Integration"

28:25 "AI Skill Editing & Updates"

32:02 "Streamline Workflow with AI Skills"

35:59 Streamlining Operations with GPT Skills

36:55 "AI Updates and Features"

Keywords:

ChatGPT skills, reusable workflows, AI SOPs,

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