# skills > one-tap helpers that run on their own. a daily brief, a workout buddy, a price watch. add, remove, or make your own. a **skill** is something folk does for you on its own, again and again. add one and folk takes care of the schedule, the questions, and the follow-ups. **You:** add the daily brief skill **folk:** done. what time do you wake up? **folk:** i'll text you weather, your calendar, and the news right after ## add or remove one - **by text**: "add the workout skill", "remove my mood check-in" - **on the dashboard**: open the **skills** tab and tap **add** - **from a link**: a friend sends you a skill link, you tap **add** some skills need an app connected (the inbox sweep needs your email, for example). folk asks for it when you add the skill. ## what's in the catalog **every day** - **daily brief**: weather, your calendar, and the news each morning - **nag me until it's done**: keeps reminding you until you say done - **birthday & dates keeper**: never forget a birthday again - **wake-up call**: folk calls your phone to wake you up - **daily news digest**: the news on topics you care about, no doomscrolling - **daily language drop**: one phrase a day, with a quiz on sunday - **sunday meal plan**: the week's meals and a grocery list - **chore rotation**: who does which chore this week - **my team today**: game-day heads-ups and final scores - **package tracker**: only the updates that matter - **ticket hunter**: tells you when tickets drop under your price **money & shopping** - **deal radar**: follows your favorite brands and only texts the good sales - **price & restock watch**: tells you when something gets cheaper or comes back - **collection hunter**: hunts restocks for things you collect - **money weekly recap**: your spending and any subscriptions creeping up - **daily money move**: one small money step a day - **savings goal buddy**: weekly check-ins toward a goal - **earn more**: a side-hustle plan with one step a day - **excel budget tracker**: text what you spent, it lands in a spreadsheet - **cheapest taxi finder**: compares ride apps and finds the cheapest - **flight finder**: live fares and help booking **health** - **calorie tracker**: snap your food, get calories, comes with its own app - **workout accountability partner**: did you train today? keeps your streak - **gym honesty mode**: checks you're actually at the gym (uses your location) - **habit streak keeper**: check in on several habits a day - **water check**: count your glasses, keep the streak - **medication & supplement keeper**: reminders and a weekly recap - **skincare am & pm**: morning and night check-ins - **cycle sync**: heads-ups for your cycle, with a private app - **wind-down**: gets stricter each night until your phone is away - **screen time guard**: interrupts the scroll - **daily mood check-in**, **gratitude journal**, **breakup recovery** **school & work** - **study lock-in sprints**: focus sprints and a sunday study plan - **canvas deadline guardian**: what's due soon from Canvas - **job hunt copilot**: roles, an application tracker, and follow-ups - **needs-reply inbox sweep**: emails still waiting on your answer, with drafts - **newsletter digest**: last night's newsletters in one morning text - **follow-up chaser**: people you're waiting to hear back from - **meeting prep brief**: who you're meeting and why, before each meeting - **sunday week-ahead planner**: your week, with clashes flagged - **morning task triage**: your top 3 tasks for today - **calendly day-ahead**, **canva design studio**, **strava training recap** - **github pr watch**, **linear morning digest** (for people who code) **people** - **should i send this?**: a second opinion before you hit send - **am i crazy, or...?**: an honest outside read on a conversation - **say the hard thing**: plan and practice a tough talk - **does he like me?**: send a screenshot, get a read **faith** - **daily bible verse**, with its own bible app - **guided bible reading plan** - **daily quran** - **salah times** for your city - **morning & evening prayer** see them all with pictures at [folk.com/folkways](https://folk.com/folkways). ## make your own describe it and folk builds it: > make me a skill that texts me the cheapest flight to tokyo every morning it's private to you until you share it. tweak it any time by texting folk. ## share it and earn ask folk for the link to your skill. anyone who taps it gets the same skill in one tap. when your skill brings in new people, you get paid: - **$10** for each new person who joins through your link, subscribes, and actually uses folk - **$1 a month** for each paying person who keeps using your skill payouts work the same way as [inviting friends](/docs/referrals). want it in the public gallery? ask folk to submit it. the folk team looks it over, usually within a few days. ## free vs pro on the free plan, up to **3** things can run on their own at once (skills, routines, and watchers all count). pro has no limit. see [plans](/docs/plans). --- Canonical page: https://www.folk.com/docs/skills More about folk (for AI agents): https://www.folk.com/llms.txt ยท full context: https://www.folk.com/llms-full.txt folk is the friend in your texts that keeps you on track (iMessage, Telegram, WhatsApp). Free forever, Pro $9.99/mo, Max $100/mo. Made by Nozomio Labs. Sign up: https://www.folk.com/