> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.driven.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Skills

> Driven Skills are purpose-built investing workflows with defined frameworks, data sources, and quality checks. Learn how automatic and manual Skill invocation work.

Skills are purpose-built workflows that help your Agent produce higher-quality investment analysis than a general chat answer. Where a general model writes a fresh essay every time you ask, a Skill follows a defined process, so the analysis stays consistent, repeatable, and auditable.

## What a Skill defines

A Skill usually specifies:

* **The analytical framework** — the lens the analysis uses
* **Data sources to inspect** — which of Driven's 245 data endpoints to pull, and which fields
* **Steps to follow** — the order of operations
* **Output shape** — how the result is structured
* **Quality checks** — cross-verification before the answer is presented

Because the framework and data sources are fixed in advance, two people asking the same Skill the same question get comparably structured answers. That consistency is what separates a research workflow from a chat reply.

## Two ways to invoke a Skill

**Automatic matching.** By default, Driven reads your prompt and selects the right Skill for the job. Ask to value a company and it routes to the valuation workflow; ask to find stocks meeting criteria and it routes to the screener. You do not have to know the Skill names.

**Manual selection.** You can also invoke a Skill explicitly through the menu or the command line. This is useful when you know exactly which workflow you want, or when you want to override the automatic choice. Type the command or pick from the menu and the Agent runs that specific Skill.

## Built-in Skills

* [Deep Research](/skills/deep-research) — multi-source research with cited evidence
* [Market Pulse](/skills/market-pulse) — fast market overview
* [Sector Radar](/skills/sector-radar) — sector-level scan
* [Stock Screener](/skills/stock-screener) — multi-factor stock screening
* [Stock Analysis](/skills/stock-analysis) — balanced single-stock analysis
* [Competitor Analysis](/skills/competitor-analysis) — peer comparison
* [Valuation Matrix](/skills/valuation-matrix) — structured valuation
* [Smart Money](/skills/smart-money) — institutional and insider tracking
* [Portfolio Monitor](/skills/portfolio-monitor) — holdings health check

## How to ask for a Skill

You can ask naturally and let Driven route:

```text theme={null}
Use Deep Research to analyze MSFT's AI growth story and risks.
```

Or describe the task without naming a Skill:

```text theme={null}
Screen profitable US software companies with strong free cash flow and reasonable valuation.
```

Both work. The first names the Skill directly; the second lets automatic matching pick it.

## Quality tip

Ask the Agent to show its assumptions, evidence, and any missing data. This makes any Skill's output easier to audit:

```text theme={null}
Show the assumptions, the evidence behind each, and flag any data you could not retrieve.
```

## Related

* [Skills reference overview](/skills/overview) — the full catalog with details
* [Skill routing logic](/reference/skill-routing-logic) — how automatic selection works
* [Prompt library](/prompts/overview) — copyable prompts that trigger each Skill