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title: "Distribute skills from a shared folder"
description: "Register a managed team's shared skill library and assign individual skills through team policies."
canonical: "https://bearly.ai/docs/teams/skill-stores/"
markdown: "https://bearly.ai/docs/teams/skill-stores.md"
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# Distribute skills from a shared folder

HTML: [https://bearly.ai/docs/teams/skill-stores/](https://bearly.ai/docs/teams/skill-stores/)

> Register a managed team's shared skill library and assign individual skills through team policies.

> **Note — Limited availability**
> **Skill stores** are available to administrators of eligible managed teams. Registration and assignment require the Bearly desktop app. If the team has no **Skills** tab, the feature is not available for that team yet.


A skill store lets a managed team distribute approved Bearly skills from a shared folder. Administrators register the folder once, inspect the skills Bearly finds, and enable each skill on one or more team policies.

Members assigned to those policies must also be able to reach the shared folder from their computers. Before rollout, agree on a mounted location that is consistent for the team.

## Prepare the team

- Create at least one [team policy](https://bearly.ai/docs/teams/policies.md). Skills are assigned through policies, not directly to individual members.
- Put each ready-to-use skill in its own folder within the shared location. Bearly lists folders that contain a skill definition and groups them by their top-level folder.
- Mount the shared drive on the administrator's computer and on every member computer that should use the skills.

## Add a skill store



1. Open Bearly desktop, then select your account menu → **Teams**.
2. Select the managed team and open **Skills**. The page heading is **Skill stores**.
3. Under **Add a skill store**, select **Shared folder** → **Choose folder…**, then choose the mounted folder.
4. Enter a recognizable **Store name**, such as `Editorial skills`.
5. Select **Add Store**.



Bearly confirms that the store was added, opens it, and reads the available skills. Register the shared root rather than a private copy on one person's computer.

## Assign skills to policies



1. Select the store to expand it. Bearly shows **Reading skills…** while it checks the folder.
2. Open a folder group, then review each skill's name and description. A **Python** badge means the skill includes scripts and deserves the same review you would give other executable work.
3. Under **Enable on Policies**, select a policy name to assign the skill. A checkmark marks an active assignment.
4. Select the same policy again to remove that assignment.



The skill row reports **Unassigned** or how many policies currently use it. Policy members receive the assignment when Bearly can reach that shared store on their computer.

> **Caution — Review shared skills before assigning them**
> A skill can shape how Bearly works and may include scripts or supporting files. Treat the shared folder as managed software: control who can change it, review updates, and test a skill with a limited policy before broad assignment.


## Remove a store

Select **Remove store** on the store row. Removing the registration also removes that store's assignments from the team's policies. It does not delete the shared folder or its files from the drive.

If the folder is only temporarily unavailable, leave the store registered and restore the drive connection instead of removing it.

## If Bearly cannot find the skills

| What you see | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| **Create a team policy first — skills are assigned to policies.** | Create a policy, then return to **Skills**. |
| **Could not read this store** | Open Bearly desktop on a computer where the shared drive is mounted, confirm that the folder still uses the registered path, then open the store again. |
| **No SKILL.md folders found under this path.** | Check that the selected root contains properly prepared skill folders, rather than only documents or an extra empty nesting folder. |
| A member does not receive an assigned skill | Confirm the member's policy assignment, that the policy is checked on the skill, and that the same shared path is mounted on the member's computer. |
| **Skills** is missing | Confirm that you are a managed-team administrator. If you are, the limited feature is not available for the team yet. |

For creating and using personal skills, see [Use skills in Bearly](https://bearly.ai/docs/features/skills.md).

## Continue through the documentation

- [Documentation index](https://bearly.ai/docs.md): Browse every Bearly guide.
- [Previous: Create and manage a team](https://bearly.ai/docs/teams/overview.md)
- [Next: Manage team members](https://bearly.ai/docs/teams/members.md)
- [Related: Set team policies](https://bearly.ai/docs/teams/policies.md)
- [Related: Add workflows with Skills](https://bearly.ai/docs/features/skills.md)