Skills

Skills are the execution layer of Karyam.

While Models provide intelligence and reasoning, Skills provide the ability to perform actions in the real world.

Without Skills, AI can answer questions.

With Skills, AI can perform work.

Examples include:

Querying databases
Sending emails
Creating tickets
Executing commands
Calling APIs
Retrieving information
Interacting with cloud services

Why Skills Exist

Modern business processes rarely operate in isolation.

AI systems often need to interact with:

Databases
Internal APIs
Cloud infrastructure
Monitoring systems
Communication tools
File systems
Developer platforms

Skills provide a secure and reusable interface for these interactions.

Skills in Karyam

Skills can be attached to:

Agents
AI Flows

Once attached, they become available to the model during execution.

The model decides when and how to use them based on the current task.

Skill Categories

Karyam organizes Skills into several categories to improve discoverability and management.

Infra & Execution

Infrastructure and execution capabilities for interacting with operating systems and servers.

Available skills:

SSH
SSH Key
Local Command

Typical use cases:

Server administration
Configuration management
Log collection
Infrastructure automation

Dev Platforms

Integration with software development and cloud platforms.

Available skills:

GitHub
AWS

Typical use cases:

Repository management
Pull request automation
Infrastructure operations
Deployment workflows

Analytics

Skills for querying and analyzing structured data.

Available skills:

DuckDB Analytics

Typical use cases:

Reporting
Data exploration
Business intelligence
Analytics workflows

Monitoring & Security

Skills for observability, security, and governance.

Available skills:

OSV-DB
Prometheus
Human Confirmation / Approvals

Typical use cases:

Vulnerability scanning
Metrics collection
Human-in-the-loop approvals
Operational monitoring

Web & External

Access information and services outside the organization.

Available skills:

Web Search
Browser

Typical use cases:

Research
Market analysis
Data collection
Website automation

File System

Interact with local files and documents.

Available skills:

File-Read
File-Write

Typical use cases:

Report generation
Document processing
Configuration management
File automation

Communication

Interact with communication channels and messaging systems.

Available skills:

Email-Send
Email-Read
Webhook
Google Chat

Typical use cases:

Notifications
Alerting
Workflow integration
Team communication

Voice Input

Enable voice interactions with AI systems.

Available skills:

Google Speech-to-Text (V2)

Typical use cases:

Voice assistants
Hands-free operation
Voice-driven workflows

Databases

Provide direct access to structured business data.

Available skills:

PostgreSQL
Redis
Elasticsearch
Cassandra
ClickHouse
MongoDB
Oracle

Typical use cases:

Customer lookup
Operational data access
Reporting
Business workflows

Vector Search

Access enterprise knowledge stored in vector databases.

Available skills:

Vector Search

Typical use cases:

Knowledge retrieval
Enterprise search
Document understanding
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Utilities

Reusable utility functions and transformations.

Available skills:

Social Media Formatter

Typical use cases:

Content generation
Platform formatting
Marketing automation

Skills and Security

Skills execute actions that may affect business systems and infrastructure.

Because of this, Karyam provides several governance mechanisms:

Human approvals
Audit logs
RBAC
Service Catalog publishing
Domain restrictions

These controls ensure Skills operate safely within enterprise environments.

Relationship to Other Concepts

Models
    +
Skills
        ↓
Agents
        ↓
AI Flows
        ↓
Runs

Skills provide the capabilities that allow AI systems to move beyond conversation and into action.

Skills vs MCP Servers

Skills and MCP Servers both provide external capabilities, but they serve different purposes.

Skills	MCP Servers
Native Karyam integrations	External tool ecosystems
Managed directly inside Karyam	Connected using MCP
Built-in authentication flows	Server-managed authentication
Optimized for common business use cases	Ideal for custom integrations

Organizations often use both together.

The Karyam Philosophy

AI becomes valuable when it can perform work, not just generate text.

Skills are what transform intelligence into action.