{"id":7470,"date":"2026-08-19T19:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wiven.ai\/wiven-llm\/docs\/agents\/competences\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:10:07","slug":"competences","status":"publish","type":"wvn_doc","link":"https:\/\/www.wiven.ai\/en\/wiven-llm\/docs\/agents\/competences\/","title":{"rendered":"Agent skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Agent skills<\/h1>\n<p>A <strong>skill<\/strong> is a tool that an agent can call. They are activated by two<br \/>\nlevels: globally by an administrator, then space by space.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Where to activate them<\/h2>\n<p><strong><code>Settings \u2192 Agents<\/code><\/strong> <em>(administrator)<\/em> \u2014 activates or deactivates a skill<br \/>\nfor the entire instance, and configures those that require it (access to a database, to a<br \/>\nmessaging, to a search engine). A skill disabled here is not<br \/>\nNot available anywhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Space settings \u2192 Agent<\/strong> \u2014 chooses, from among the authorized skills, those<br \/>\nthat the agent of this space can actually use, and fixes its model.<\/p>\n<p>This dual level allows for a sensitive skill for the instance.<br \/>\nby activating it in only one space.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Catalog<\/h2>\n<h3>Search and web<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Web search<\/strong> \u2014 queries a search engine and reports the results.<br \/>\nRequires an engine to be configured; several services are supported.,<br \/>\nincluding self-hosted engines for installations without external dependencies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reading a web page<\/strong> \u2014 retrieves the content of a URL and extracts the text<br \/>\nUseful. Works without configuration.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>These two skills send requests outwards. On a<br \/>\nIf installed in isolation, they are irrelevant.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Documents and files<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Document summary<\/strong> \u2014 summarizes a document from space based on its<br \/>\nfull text rather than excerpts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>File system<\/strong> \u2014 lists, reads and writes to an authorized directory.<br \/>\nEach elementary operation can be deactivated separately \u2014 for example<br \/>\nallow reading and prohibit writing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>File creation<\/strong> \u2014 produces documents (text, spreadsheets, documents<br \/>\noffice software) which the user retrieves at the end of the task.<\/p>\n<h3>Data<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SQL Agent<\/strong> \u2014 connects to a database to list the tables, read<br \/>\ntheir structure and execute queries. Supported engines cover<br \/>\nPostgreSQL, MySQL and SQL Server.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Create a dedicated read-only account.<\/strong> The agent constructs its queries<br \/>\nhimself. Limited access to only the necessary tables is good practice.,<br \/>\nand the only true protection.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Graphs<\/strong> \u2014 produces a graph from data collected during the<br \/>\nstain.<\/p>\n<h3>Communication<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gmail<\/strong> And <strong>Outlook<\/strong> \u2014 search, read and <strong>prepare<\/strong> messages. The<br \/>\nThe design prioritizes the draft submitted for human validation rather than<br \/>\ndirect delivery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google Calendar<\/strong> \u2014 checks availability, reads and creates events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Microsoft Teams<\/strong> \u2014 reads discussion threads and posts messages to them.<\/p>\n<p>These connections are configured once by an administrator. On an instance<br \/>\nIn multi-organizations, each organization connects its own access points.<\/p>\n<h3>Memory and knowledge<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Conversation history<\/strong> \u2014 research in previous exchanges of<br \/>\nspace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Brain<\/strong> \u2014 consult and enrich your personal knowledge base.<br \/>\n\u2192 <a href=\"\/en\/wiven-llm\/docs\/utilisation\/second-brain\/\">Second Brain<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skills library<\/strong> \u2014 load an instruction sheet upon request<br \/>\nprofession. \u2192 <a href=\"\/en\/wiven-llm\/docs\/agents\/bibliotheque\/\">Skills library<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Creation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Image generation<\/strong> And <strong>video generation<\/strong> \u2014 produce a visual at<br \/>\nduring a task. Requires a configured provider.<br \/>\n\u2192 <a href=\"\/en\/wiven-llm\/docs\/utilisation\/multimedia\/\">Images, videos and voices<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Meetings<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Meeting minutes<\/strong> \u2014 structure a transcript into a report:<br \/>\nparticipants, decisions, actions to be taken.<\/p>\n<h3>Interaction<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Request for clarification<\/strong> \u2014 allows the officer to ask you a question instead<br \/>\nto assume, when the instructions are ambiguous. He awaits your response before<br \/>\npursue.<\/p>\n<h3>Job skills<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SEO Audit<\/strong> And <strong>Prospecting<\/strong> \u2014 two complete business applications,<br \/>\naccessible both through conversation and via their own interface.<br \/>\n\u2192 <a href=\"\/en\/wiven-llm\/docs\/agents\/agents-metier\/\">Business agents<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Skills active by default<\/h2>\n<p>A small set is activated immediately, because it is useful everywhere and without<br \/>\nRisk: conversation history, document summary, web page reading, and<br \/>\nthe two embedded business skills.<\/p>\n<p>Everything else is activated on demand.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Intelligent skills selection<\/h2>\n<p>The more tools an agent has, the more space is devoted to describing those tools.<br \/>\nin its context \u2014 to the detriment of the task itself.<\/p>\n<p>WivenLLM can therefore only present the skills to the agent <strong>relevant for<br \/>\nthe current application<\/strong>, rather than the whole. The agent retains access to<br \/>\nthe whole set; he simply doesn&#039;t see them all on each turn.<\/p>\n<p>The benefit is twofold: less context consumed, and better choices<br \/>\nof tools \u2014 an agent who sees five relevant tools makes fewer mistakes than an agent<br \/>\nwho sees fifty.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Choose what to activate<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Principle: the bare minimum.<\/strong> Each additional skill expands this<br \/>\nthat an agent can do \u2014 including by mistake.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Use of space<\/th>\n<th>Reasonable skills<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Documentary questions<\/td>\n<td>Document summary, historical background<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monitoring and research<\/td>\n<td>Web search, page reading, summary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Data analysis<\/td>\n<td>Read-only SQL, graphs, file creation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Administrative assistance<\/td>\n<td>Calendar, messaging, file creation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Open space for guests<\/td>\n<td>No sensitive skills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Questions to ask yourself before activating:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who has access to this space?<\/li>\n<li>What can happen if the agent misuses this skill?<\/li>\n<li>Does this capability send data externally?<\/li>\n<li>Is there a human validation process before the final effect?<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"parent":7455,"menu_order":402,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-7470","wvn_doc","type-wvn_doc","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Comp\u00e9tences des agents \u2014 Documentation WivenLLM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Le catalogue des outils que les agents peuvent utiliser, et comment les activer espace par espace.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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