Help
The most common questions with short answers. All of them are open, so you can find what you need on the page.
Setup
What exactly does Skillducks do?
It picks a small set of skills for your job, scans it, installs it into your AI and keeps it current. A skill is a ready-made set of directions that tells your AI how a job is done. You name your department or job, you see which skills will be installed, and you approve. Nothing installs without your approval.
Which tools does it work in?
In tools that can write files, a skill is installed on your computer permanently and is ready in every new session. In chat apps, a skill is loaded into that conversation only, and you load it again in a new one. We test every tool one by one and say clearly on the Setup page which ones are done.
Go to the Setup pageWhat is the setup command and where do I type it?
The setup command is a single line you paste into the Terminal app on your computer. Terminal is the window where you give your computer instructions in text, and it comes with Mac and Windows. Copy it from the Setup page, paste it, press Enter and follow the questions. If you prefer not to use Terminal, choose setup by connection.
Go to the Setup pageDo I need to install another program?
Some skills need no extra program. Some do. The Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills, for example, need the free LibreOffice program for certain tasks. Most video skills need more setup. You can see whether a skill needs an extra program next to the skill, before you approve the package, so there are no surprises.
How do I use a skill once it is installed?
You do not need to type anything special. Write your request as usual, for example ask for a five-slide presentation from your notes. Your AI looks at the descriptions of the installed skills and opens the one that fits. You can also name the skill if you like. If the result is off, say specifically what you want changed.
Payment
Does signing up cost anything?
No, signing up is free. You can see the packages, the skills in them, their authors and their licenses without paying. A fee is asked only at the setup step. There is no trial period and no credit counter. Whichever package you choose, you see what will be installed before you pay, and you approve again during setup.
What is the difference between the packages?
There are three. The one-time setup costs 19 USD: the skills chosen for your job are installed once, and updates are not included. The monthly package costs 9 USD and covers setup plus keeping your skills current. The yearly package costs 39 USD, gives the same as monthly and works out to 3.25 USD a month.
Go to the Setup pageAm I paying for the skills?
No. Skills belong to their authors and are published for free. Skillducks does not sell someone else's skill. Your fee covers four things: choosing the skills that fit your job, scanning them, making setup easy and keeping them current. You can also install the same skills yourself from their authors, and we show every original address openly.
When will payment open?
Our payment setup is not ready yet, so we cannot take payments right now. We cannot give a firm date either. You can leave your email address at the payment step on the Setup page, and we will write to you once when payment opens. Until then you can browse the packages, the skills and every guide for free.
Go to the Setup pageCan I get a refund?
We will publish the refund terms on the Refunds page before payment opens. It would not be right to state a period or a rate here before the terms are final. We suggest reading that page before you pay. If you run into a problem after payment opens, write to us through the Contact page.
Go to the Refunds pageSecurity
Are the skills safe?
We say our skills are scanned, we do not say they are safe. The scan checks the instruction file, risky patterns in helper programs, the source and the license. It is not a line-by-line review and does not show that no risk remains. The Trust and scanning page lists what the scan checks and what it does not.
Read the Trust and scanning pageCan anything be installed without my approval?
No. Before setup you see an approval screen. It shows which skills will be installed, who wrote them and under which license. Nothing installs until you approve. The same rule applies to updates: when a new version comes out we let you know, and you approve the update too. If you decline, the version you have stays.
Can skills reach my files?
A skill works where your AI works. Whatever folders your AI can reach, the skill can work in as well. Some skills include helper programs that open and rewrite files. For that reason we suggest working on copies of important documents, not the originals. Our scan note says whether a skill runs programs on your computer.
Read the Trust and scanning pageHow is a skill without a license installed?
We do not copy and distribute a skill whose license is not clear. In the catalog we mark these skills as referral only. If you choose one, the setup downloads it straight from the author's source, not through us. The author's name and the source address are still shown next to the skill, so you see where it comes from.
Account
How will I sign in?
When sign-in opens there will be two ways: signing in with your Google account, or clicking a link we send to your email address. You will not need to set and remember a separate password. The sign-in page is still being prepared. Until then you can browse without an account.
What is the email address I leave used for?
We use the address you leave on the Setup page only to tell you when payment opens. We use the address in the skill submission form only to get back to you about that skill. The Privacy page will say which information we keep, why and for how long. To have it deleted, write to us through the Contact page.
Go to the Privacy pageCan I ask for my account and information to be deleted?
Yes. Write to us through the Contact page and ask for your account and the information we hold about you to be deleted. Skills installed on your computer are files on your own machine, so they stay even if your account is deleted, and removing them is up to you. The Privacy page will describe this in detail.
Go to the Contact pageDid not find your answer?
Write to us through the Contact page. If you add what you were trying to do and which tool you use, we can help faster.