Recipes

Use these prompts as starting points when you ask a connected AI assistant to work in Skillsail. Adapt the topic, audience, length, and tone to your needs.

1. Build a short module from a prompt

"In Skillsail, create a new module called 'First day safety basics' in English. Draft about five slides covering welcome, evacuation routes, personal protective equipment, fire extinguishers, and a short summary. Add a three-question multiple-choice quiz with feedback. Set score-based completion to 80%. Show me the plan before you create anything."

2. Add a single slide

"In my 'Phishing 101' module, add a short slide after slide 3 about warning signs in suspicious emails. Use three bullet points."

3. Rewrite an existing slide

"In my 'Phishing 101' module, rewrite slide 2 to be more concise and suitable for someone new to email security."

4. Add a quiz question

"Add a four-option multiple-choice question to my 'Onboarding' module about which fire extinguisher class to use on an electrical fire. Mark the correct answer and add feedback for correct and incorrect responses."

5. Translate into more languages

"Keep English as the source language for my 'Onboarding' module, add German and Spanish, and update the missing translations."

Review industry terms and names after translation.

6. Add an image to a slide

"Add an image to slide 1 of my 'Onboarding' module. Make it a clean illustration of an open office with people working, with no logos or text in the image."

For a slide where seeing distinct examples together improves understanding:

"Turn slide 3 of my 'Kite surfing basics' module into a four-image gallery comparing four distinct safe launch positions. Keep it as a presentation slide; use an interactive activity only if learners need to practice a decision."

7. Replace or refine an image

"In my 'Onboarding' module, make the image on slide 4 brighter and adjust the framing so there is space on the right for a caption."

8. Add a short video

"Attach my uploaded 10-second ladder-safety video to slide 3 of my 'Site safety' module."

The connected assistant can attach a video that has already been uploaded, but it cannot generate a new video.

9. Add narration to a slide

"Generate narration for slide 2 of my 'Onboarding' module using the slide text."

To use a different script:

"Generate narration for slide 2 with this script: 'Welcome to your first day. Today you will meet your team, set up your laptop, and learn how we keep each other safe.'"

10. Publish a module as a template

"Show me the sharing settings for my 'Onboarding 2026' module. After I confirm, publish it as a template so other teams can copy it."

Publishing as a template makes the module public and removes any passphrase, so review the change before confirming.

11. Publish a module that already has a passphrase

"Publish my already protected 'Customer escalation playbook' as a public link and keep its existing passphrase. Ask me to confirm before publishing."

The connected assistant cannot set or change a passphrase. Do that in the Skillsail web app, and never paste a password or access credential into assistant chat.

12. Return to an earlier version

"List the saved versions of my 'Onboarding' module. Show me the version from this morning and wait for my confirmation before restoring it."

Restoring replaces the module's current content. Confirm the exact version before proceeding.

13. Use a PDF as source material

File support differs between assistants. Attaching a PDF to the chat does not necessarily upload it to Skillsail.

If the assistant can read the attachment and you only need its content for a draft:

"If you can read the attached safety handbook, use it as source material for a six-slide module with a four-question quiz. Show me the outline first. Do not claim that the file is stored in Skillsail."

If you want the file stored in Skillsail and the assistant supports file transfer:

"Help me upload the safety handbook to Skillsail. Tell me how to transfer the file, then ask Skillsail to check and process it before using it for a module."

If the assistant cannot access or transfer the file, use the Skillsail web app instead.

14. Export for an LMS

"Export my 'Onboarding 2026' module as a SCORM 2004 package."

The assistant returns a private download link that expires after two hours. It does not upload the package to your LMS, enroll learners, or read learner completion results.

15. Make several coordinated changes

"In my 'Customer service basics' module, move the welcome slide to the beginning and the summary to the end. Then update the German translation. Show me the plan before making the changes."

Limits to keep in mind

• The connected assistant cannot read old Skillsail authoring chats.
• It cannot set or change sharing passphrases.
• It cannot generate videos, enroll learners, or read completion results from your LMS.
• Attachment and upload support varies by assistant; a chat attachment is not automatically a Skillsail resource.
• Ask for explicit confirmation before deleting content, restoring a version, publishing, removing a passphrase, or making a module private.

Tips that apply to most jobs

• Be specific about which module you mean: use its name, link, or a clear description.
• Ask for a plan before changes when the request affects more than one item.
• Review the result in Skillsail. AI drafts are useful starting points, not automatic final versions.
• State the audience, desired length, and tone for more consistent results.

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