Studio
Use Skilder's interactive Studio to test skills, run tools, and chat with AI agents using your workspace's capabilities.
Use the Studio to validate that your skills and tools work correctly before connecting external agents. It lets you test skills, invoke tools, and have conversations with an AI agent that has access to your workspace's full set of capabilities.
Prerequisites
Before using the Studio, you need at least one AI provider configured in your workspace. The Studio uses your connected provider to power the AI agent in conversations.
If no provider is configured, the Studio will prompt you to set one up. See AI Providers for instructions.
Opening the Studio
Click Studio in the top navigation bar. The Studio opens with a chat interface where you can start a new conversation or continue a previous one.
Conversation Management
The Studio keeps a history of your conversations so you can revisit previous tests and interactions.
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Start a new conversation | Click the New Conversation button in the Studio |
| Browse conversation history | Use the conversation list in the Studio sidebar |
| Delete a conversation | Select a conversation and use the delete option |
| Conversation titles | Titles are auto-generated based on the conversation content |
Each conversation is scoped to your workspace, so you will only see conversations relevant to the current workspace.
Chat Interface
The Studio provides a streaming chat experience:
- Message input -- Type your message at the bottom of the chat and press Enter or click Send.
- Real-time streaming -- Responses stream in as they are generated, so you see output as it happens.
- Stop generation -- Click the stop button while a response is streaming to cancel it.
- Message actions -- Hover over a message to access actions like Copy and Regenerate.
- Message history -- Scroll through the full conversation thread within each session.
Tool Invocation
When you chat with the agent in the Studio, it can discover and use the skills and tools configured in your workspace. This is the primary way to test that your setup works end to end.
For example, if you have a skill called "Answer Customer Questions" with an MCP server providing a knowledge base search tool, you can ask the agent a customer question and watch it:
- Discover the relevant skill based on the conversation context.
- Invoke the associated tools (such as searching the knowledge base).
- Return a response that incorporates the tool results.
Tool calls are visible in the conversation, so you can inspect what the agent did and verify the correct tools were used.
Provider Selection
The Studio uses whichever AI provider you have configured in your workspace. If you have multiple providers set up, the Studio will use the active provider configuration.
To change providers, go to AI Providers and update your configuration.
Tips for Testing Skills
- Test one skill at a time -- Start with focused prompts that target a specific skill so you can isolate behavior.
- Check tool invocations -- Watch the tool call details in the conversation to confirm the right MCP server and tool are being used.
- Try edge cases -- Ask questions that fall outside the skill's instructions to see how the agent handles them.
- Iterate on instructions -- If the agent does not behave as expected, go back to the skill editor, refine the instructions, and test again in a new conversation.
- Validate with different inputs -- Test with various phrasings and scenarios to make sure the skill is robust.