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For most teams, the best way to use skills and workflows is simple: talk to the AI Assistant in natural language. In many cases, you do not need to think about whether the AI should use a skill, a workflow, or both. You can just describe what you want, and TeamCopilot will try to find the right skill or workflow for the task.

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Running skills

The recommended way to use a skill is to ask for what you want in plain language. For example, you can say things like:
  • “Review this release plan using our release process.”
  • “Use our incident response skill to help triage this issue.”
  • “Help me prepare an RCA in the format our team uses.”
If a matching skill already exists, TeamCopilot will try to find it and apply it.

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Using a skill shortcut

If you know exactly which skill you want, you can also invoke it directly with its shortcut name. In the current TeamCopilot setup, this is typically written as: 
/skill-name
For example: 
Use /release-teamcopilot-npm to dry-run the npm release for this repo.
This is useful when:
  • you already know which skill should be used
  • you want predictable behavior from a specific skill
  • your team uses named skills regularly

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If you are not sure which skill to use

You can simply describe the task. TeamCopilot will try to find the most relevant skill for you. That means you can say:
  • what you are trying to do
  • what outcome you want
  • any important constraints or context
This is usually the easiest and most natural way to work.

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Running workflows

You can also ask the AI Assistant to run a workflow for you in natural language. For example:
  • “Run the customer-report workflow for account 123.”
  • “Use the deployment workflow for staging.”
  • “Run our sync workflow with yesterday’s data.”
If you know the exact workflow you want, you can say so directly. If you do not, you can still describe the task and let the AI try to find the right workflow.

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Running a workflow manually

Workflows can also be run manually from the Workflows tab. This is useful when:
  • you want to choose the workflow yourself
  • you want to provide inputs explicitly in the UI
  • you want a more structured run flow than chat
To run a workflow manually:
  1. Open the Workflows tab.
  2. Select the workflow you want.
  3. Open the manual run screen.
  4. Fill in any required inputs.
  5. Start the workflow.
After the run starts, TeamCopilot tracks it through the workflow run system. For day-to-day use:
  • start with natural language in the AI Assistant
  • use a named skill shortcut when you know the exact skill you want
  • use manual workflow runs when you want explicit control over workflow inputs
This gives most teams the best balance of speed, flexibility, and control.