Skills

An example

Tell it once: "when I say «dinner plan», give me three quick ideas for tonight". From then on, saying "dinner plan" is enough.

When it runs

Pick one of these three. Only one: they do not combine with each other.

• On demand: you call it by name when you need it.
• Scheduled: it runs on its own at the time you set, for example "every day at 9 give me a summary of my schedule".
• On an event: it reacts when a new unread email arrives in your connected Gmail. Gmail only, for now.

Bear in mind three things about the email one. You have to narrow it by sender or by subject, and that is not optional: with no filter it will not be created as an email skill. You can use details of the message itself in the result, such as who sent it or an extract. And before it acts on its own it asks you to confirm.

It also respects your quiet hours and the daily cap on how many notifications you get.

How it reaches you

Choose the tone, the length and whether it comes as text or voice. Length has three settings: brief, normal and detailed. Say nothing and you get normal.

Ready made templates

Open the /skills panel and turn on a template with one tap, without writing it from scratch. There are three today, such as the morning brief.

Test, review and edit

Test the skill on the spot and see what it delivers before you leave it running. Check its history of runs whenever you want, and edit it by talking. Pausing or reactivating it is a button in the /skills panel.

Two limits on testing: you can fire 8 an hour, and each one uses your plan like any other request.

And if a skill starts failing, it pauses itself and tells you, instead of handing you something half done.

Sharing a skill

Share by link the one you find useful: whoever opens it installs it in their Vaucai with one tap. They need to have a Vaucai already, because the link installs a skill, it does not create an account. Each person connects their own accounts, and credentials are never shared.