Skills in Perplexity

How Perplexity's equivalent of skills works — and how to bring a Skillagram skill into it.

The short version

Perplexity doesn't support the open SKILL.md format, and it has no portable "skill" file you import or export. It's a research-oriented tool: its strength is sourced answers with citations at every step — useful when you need to search and verify, not when you want to move a method around as a file.

What it has closest to a skill is Spaces: a persistent research context made of custom instructions + attached files and sources, which every new conversation inside the Space carries automatically.

So on Skillagram, a Perplexity skill is shared as instructions you rebuild in a Space, not a file you drop in.

What Perplexity calls a "skill"

A Space groups conversations, files, and instructions into a persistent workspace. The instructions apply to every new conversation you open there; attached files stay available as additional sources alongside web results.

Rebuilding a skill in Perplexity (the realistic "import")

When you find a skill on Skillagram you want in Perplexity, you recreate it as a repeatable Space:

1. Open Spaces from the left menu and click Create a Space.
2. Name the Space and write the custom instructions following the skill's instructions from Skillagram — tone, focus, required format (e.g. "always cite the statutory source in full," "answer with the holding first, then the reasoning").
3. Attach the files and links the skill relies on: go to Files, add documents from your computer, a connector (Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, Dropbox, Box), or by pasting a link. They become citable sources inside the Space.
4. Set the source scope: if you need an answer grounded only in your documents, turn Web off and My Files on; if you also want open search, leave both on.
5. Test it on a real case and compare the result — and especially the cited sources — against what you expect from the skill.

As you refine the instructions, the Space becomes a repeatable starting point: every new search begins from the same context, without rewriting the prompt each time.

Sharing a Space you built in Perplexity

Sharing happens inside Perplexity, governed by permissions. From the Space, use the Share button: you can invite colleagues by email with roles (viewer or contributor), or generate a link. Spaces are private by default until you explicitly share them.

To share it outside Perplexity — e.g. to publish on Skillagram — you export the human-readable instructions: the text of the custom instructions, the list of sources it relies on, and a sample question and answer. That's what another lawyer rebuilds on their side.

The sourced-research angle

What sets Perplexity apart is that every answer comes with citations: you see where each statement comes from and can open the source. For legal research that's its strength — a Perplexity skill usually sets up how to search and which sources to favor, not how to produce a finished filing. Frame the skill equivalent that way: a well-built Space is a repeatable research routine, not an automatic drafter.

The portability reality

Perplexity keeps context inside Spaces and relies on connectors to external repositories, but it does not import or export skill definitions as portable files across tools. For now, a Perplexity skill stays in Perplexity. Skillagram bridges the gap by carrying the method — instructions and sources — so it can be rebuilt anywhere.

Heads-up: consistent doesn't mean correct. Perplexity cites its sources, and that helps — but even an answer with citations needs checking: the source can be misread, outdated, or irrelevant to your jurisdiction. The lawyer verifies every legal reference, opens the cited sources, and adapts to their own jurisdiction before relying on the result. A citation is a starting point for review, not a guarantee.

Product features change quickly. If Perplexity's interface has moved since this was written, check Perplexity's Help Center for the current steps.