---
title: "Naming, Describing, and Tagging Skills"
description: "How to name, describe, and tag skills so your team finds the right one in seconds and reuses it across projects."
url: https://help-takeoff.kreo.net/en/articles/11688705-naming-describing-and-tagging-skills
collection: "Skills"
updated: 2026-07-26
language: en
---

# Naming, Describing, and Tagging Skills

How to name, describe, and tag skills so your team finds the right one in seconds and reuses it across projects.

Every skill has a name, a Skill Description, and tags. These three fields are what make a skill findable and reusable — a skill is created once and used across all your future projects, so it pays to fill them in well.

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## Name

Give the skill a name that says what it does, not how it works. Good examples:

-   Rooms & Areas Recognition
    
-   Classify Texture
    
-   Floor Plan Report
    

A teammate should be able to tell from the name alone whether this is the skill they need.

## Skill Description

The description is where you add the detail that doesn't fit in the name:

-   What the skill does, step by step, in one or two sentences.
    
-   What input it expects (for example: a project with floor plan pages).
    
-   What it produces (for example: measurements grouped and renamed by texture).
    

## Tags

Tags are entered comma-separated and used for search and filtering. Tag by:

-   **Process** — takeoff, classification, reporting.
    
-   **Object** — floor plans, measurements, rooms.
    
-   **Team or trade** — if different teams keep their own skills.
    

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## Why this matters

Once your team has more than a handful of skills — and that happens fast — search is the only way to find the right one. Consistent names and tags mean the right skill is found in seconds, and nobody rebuilds a workflow that already exists.

## Related

- [What Are Skills? An Overview](https://help-takeoff.kreo.net/en/articles/11688700-what-are-skills-an-overview.md)
- [Creating Your First Skill](https://help-takeoff.kreo.net/en/articles/11688701-creating-your-first-skill.md)
- [Skill Steps: How to Describe Tasks](https://help-takeoff.kreo.net/en/articles/11688702-skill-steps-how-to-describe-tasks.md)
- [Using If/Else Branching for Quality Control](https://help-takeoff.kreo.net/en/articles/11688703-using-ifelse-branching-for-quality-control.md)
- [Adding Notes to Skills for Team Collaboration](https://help-takeoff.kreo.net/en/articles/11688704-adding-notes-to-skills-for-team-collaboration.md)